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According to monitoring by OnchainLens, the smart money address 0x15a, which has been dormant for several months, deposited $1 million USDC into Hyperliquid and opened a 40x leveraged long position of 200 BTC, with the position valued at roughly $12.58 million. The address’s last on-chain activity occurred in March this year, and its historical cumulative profit from perpetual contracts stands at approximately $2.28 million.

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Jiang Zhuoer: Strategy’s approved 20,000 BTC for sale will likely be fully sold.

Jiang Zhuoer, founder of BTC mining pool BTC.TOP, posted that U.S. crypto asset firm Strategy has sold 3,588 BTC for $216 million. This marks Strategy’s first large-scale BTC sell-off, carried out despite holding $2.55 billion in cash reserves — enough to cover 17.6 months of interest payments — and voluntarily selling more BTC than required to meet its interest obligations. This move signals the breakdown of Strategy’s long-held "never sell BTC" narrative. Jiang said he does not understand the reason behind Strategy’s current large-scale sell-off, noting that even if it lacks U.S. dollars, it could continue raising funds by issuing additional common stock. While this would reduce BTC holdings per share, he argues that preserving the "never sell" narrative and related beliefs is far more important than per-share BTC metrics. If Strategy fails to repurchase BTC at lower prices after the sell-off, it will also lead to a decline in per-share BTC holdings. Jiang added that Strategy’s willingness to bear this cost can only be interpreted as its preparation to conduct significant BTC swing trading. Jiang further stated that the 20,000 BTC already approved by Strategy’s board will almost certainly be sold in full. He believes that during the upcoming bull market phase, the market may witness a sell-off by an entity holding hundreds of thousands of BTC.

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American Bitcoin adds 500 BTC to its holdings, bringing its total BTC holdings to 8,000.

Bitcoin mining firm American Bitcoin, backed by the Trump family, has increased its holdings by 500 BTC, bringing its total position to 8,000 BTC.

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Dell’s stock surges more than 8% after Trump’s public crypto endorsement

According to market data from BIT (bit.com), Dell’s stock has risen more than 8%, currently trading at $427.26. In an earlier report, US President Donald Trump publicly said, "Go buy a Dell computer," once again endorsing Dell. Regarding Dell’s previous donation to the "Trump account," Trump stated, "We will find a way to get that money back."

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Trump responds to whether the "Trump account" includes Bitcoin: "It might happen."

According to Reuters, when asked whether the "Trump account" might hold Bitcoin, Trump stated: "It could happen."

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Trump: Early investment is key, and the stock market will soar.

Trump said that thanks to the Trump Account, newborns today will hold a massive financial advantage by the time they turn 18. While promoting the account’s launch ceremony, he heavily touted early investment as a means to build long-term wealth, noting that the Dow Jones, Nasdaq, and S&P 500 have all risen recently. “I think the market will skyrocket,” he said, urging families to keep investing rather than cashing out. (Jinshi)

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Viewpoint: Strategy’s BTC sale helps restore market confidence in STRC and mitigate short-term tail risks for Bitcoin

Grayscale Research Head Zach Pandl published a note stating that in his view, Strategy’s sale of Bitcoin is a necessary move to restore market confidence in STRC and its overall structure. Last week’s partial Bitcoin sale by Strategy further reduced short-term tail risks for Bitcoin, and STRC is expected to continue performing well going forward. As previously reported, Strategy sold 3,588 Bitcoin last week, generating $216 million in proceeds to pay dividends on its digital credit securities. As of July 5, the company’s Bitcoin reserves stood at 843,775 coins, alongside $2.55 billion in U.S. dollar reserves.

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BNY Mellon: Urgency for further Federal Reserve tightening has diminished.

Jeff, Senior Macro Strategist at the Bank of New York Mellon, pointed out that weak U.S. labor data and improved inflation metrics have reduced the urgency for the Federal Reserve to implement further monetary tightening. However, this does not resolve lingering questions about whether the growth slowdown is within a controllable range or whether policy expectations have been overly adjusted. He remarked, “The global narrative is growing less unified.” In the U.S., the key question is whether the Federal Reserve can maintain patience without inflation risks reemerging; in Europe, meanwhile, the focus of discussions has shifted from urgent inflation management to issues including economic growth, fiscal credibility, and defense financing.

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Recently, only two whales on Hyperliquid have completed position building for MU, with the average entry price for long positions standing at $1,019.

According to Hyperinsight’s monitoring, following the U.S. stock market’s closure for Independence Day last Friday, U.S. stock trading volumes slowed sharply over the weekend, with MU’s 24-hour volume reaching just $99 million. Only one whale built and held a MU (Micron Technology) position on Hyperliquid over the weekend. This whale’s address (0x93c) was created three days ago and currently only engages in long MU trades on Hyperliquid. Approximately three hours ago, the address opened another long position of 1,319.5 MU with 7x leverage, worth roughly $1.33 million, at an average entry price of $1,002 and a liquidation price of $904. Separately, only one whale also opened a MU position during last Friday’s market closure and has held it since. This whale currently holds a long position valued at approximately $8.31 million, with an average entry price of $1,036, and is currently in a slight unrealized loss.

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DeFi protocol Summer Finance hacked, $6 million in losses

According to Blockaid's monitoring, DeFi protocol Summer Finance is under ongoing attack, with approximately $6 million in assets stolen so far.

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JPMorgan Chase maintains an "Overweight" rating on Tencent, with a target price of HK$690.

JPMorgan said in a report that uncertainties surrounding Tencent’s WeChat AI Agent include whether it can fully integrate into the WeChat platform, the extent of its transaction permissions, and whether Tencent can build a supply system accessible to AI Agents without relying on existing e-commerce platforms to open inventory. With Tencent launching the beta test for WeChat AI Agent in June, the bank has significantly boosted its confidence in the agent’s value creation framework. The Agent service is now sufficiently visible, enabling a clear distinction between its existing components and areas still under development. This has shifted WeChat AI Agent from an AI initiative with no clear timeline to a phased rollout project with observable milestones. The bank believes the initial impact of WeChat AI Agent’s launch on Tencent’s stock price will likely stem from a reduction in risk premium and higher valuation multiples, rather than short-term earnings per share growth. It assigned Tencent an "Overweight" rating, with a target price of HK$690.

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South Korea is pushing forward civil enforcement rules for virtual assets, with plans to allow courts to seize and liquidate crypto assets.

South Korea’s Supreme Court has issued a legislative notice for the Partial Amendment to the Civil Execution Rules, which will for the first time bring virtual assets under the scope of civil compulsory enforcement. Following a public comment period, the amended rules are set to take effect on October 1, 2026. Key provisions include: Compulsory enforcement of claims for digital asset transfers (courts may launch enforcement via seizure orders, barring third-party debtors like trading platforms from transferring assets to the debtor, while restricting the debtor from disposing of such claims); Compulsory enforcement of digital assets themselves (courts may seize virtual assets held by the debtor, which will be taken over by enforcement officers, with the debtor prohibited from disposal); Liquidation methods: Seized digital assets can be monetized via transfer orders or auction orders. For assets with low liquidity, conversion into other digital assets prior to auction is allowed.

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Garret Jin increases his short position on ZEC, with the position valued at $14.9 million.

According to monitoring by Onchain Lens, Garret Jin, agent of the "BTC OG Insider Whale", has increased his ZEC short position to 32,759.57 ZEC, worth $14.9 million. Garret still holds a 5x leveraged BTC long position valued at $80 million, currently with a loss exceeding $16.38 million.

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BNY Mellon: Urgency for further Federal Reserve tightening has diminished.

Jeff, Senior Macro Strategist at the Bank of New York Mellon, pointed out that weak U.S. labor data and improved inflation metrics have reduced the urgency for the Federal Reserve to implement further monetary tightening. However, this does not resolve lingering questions about whether the growth slowdown is within a controllable range or whether policy expectations have been overly adjusted. He remarked, “The global narrative is growing less unified.” In the U.S., the key question is whether the Federal Reserve can maintain patience without inflation risks reemerging; in Europe, meanwhile, the focus of discussions has shifted from urgent inflation management to issues including economic growth, fiscal credibility, and defense financing.

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Recently, only two whales on Hyperliquid have completed position building for MU, with the average entry price for long positions standing at $1,019.

According to Hyperinsight’s monitoring, following the U.S. stock market’s closure for Independence Day last Friday, U.S. stock trading volumes slowed sharply over the weekend, with MU’s 24-hour volume reaching just $99 million. Only one whale built and held a MU (Micron Technology) position on Hyperliquid over the weekend. This whale’s address (0x93c) was created three days ago and currently only engages in long MU trades on Hyperliquid. Approximately three hours ago, the address opened another long position of 1,319.5 MU with 7x leverage, worth roughly $1.33 million, at an average entry price of $1,002 and a liquidation price of $904. Separately, only one whale also opened a MU position during last Friday’s market closure and has held it since. This whale currently holds a long position valued at approximately $8.31 million, with an average entry price of $1,036, and is currently in a slight unrealized loss.

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DeFi protocol Summer Finance hacked, $6 million in losses

According to Blockaid's monitoring, DeFi protocol Summer Finance is under ongoing attack, with approximately $6 million in assets stolen so far.

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JPMorgan Chase maintains an "Overweight" rating on Tencent, with a target price of HK$690.

JPMorgan said in a report that uncertainties surrounding Tencent’s WeChat AI Agent include whether it can fully integrate into the WeChat platform, the extent of its transaction permissions, and whether Tencent can build a supply system accessible to AI Agents without relying on existing e-commerce platforms to open inventory. With Tencent launching the beta test for WeChat AI Agent in June, the bank has significantly boosted its confidence in the agent’s value creation framework. The Agent service is now sufficiently visible, enabling a clear distinction between its existing components and areas still under development. This has shifted WeChat AI Agent from an AI initiative with no clear timeline to a phased rollout project with observable milestones. The bank believes the initial impact of WeChat AI Agent’s launch on Tencent’s stock price will likely stem from a reduction in risk premium and higher valuation multiples, rather than short-term earnings per share growth. It assigned Tencent an "Overweight" rating, with a target price of HK$690.

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South Korea is pushing forward civil enforcement rules for virtual assets, with plans to allow courts to seize and liquidate crypto assets.

South Korea’s Supreme Court has issued a legislative notice for the Partial Amendment to the Civil Execution Rules, which will for the first time bring virtual assets under the scope of civil compulsory enforcement. Following a public comment period, the amended rules are set to take effect on October 1, 2026. Key provisions include: Compulsory enforcement of claims for digital asset transfers (courts may launch enforcement via seizure orders, barring third-party debtors like trading platforms from transferring assets to the debtor, while restricting the debtor from disposing of such claims); Compulsory enforcement of digital assets themselves (courts may seize virtual assets held by the debtor, which will be taken over by enforcement officers, with the debtor prohibited from disposal); Liquidation methods: Seized digital assets can be monetized via transfer orders or auction orders. For assets with low liquidity, conversion into other digital assets prior to auction is allowed.

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Garret Jin increases his short position on ZEC, with the position valued at $14.9 million.

According to monitoring by Onchain Lens, Garret Jin, agent of the "BTC OG Insider Whale", has increased his ZEC short position to 32,759.57 ZEC, worth $14.9 million. Garret still holds a 5x leveraged BTC long position valued at $80 million, currently with a loss exceeding $16.38 million.

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BNY Mellon: Urgency for further Federal Reserve tightening has diminished.

Jeff, Senior Macro Strategist at the Bank of New York Mellon, pointed out that weak U.S. labor data and improved inflation metrics have reduced the urgency for the Federal Reserve to implement further monetary tightening. However, this does not resolve lingering questions about whether the growth slowdown is within a controllable range or whether policy expectations have been overly adjusted. He remarked, “The global narrative is growing less unified.” In the U.S., the key question is whether the Federal Reserve can maintain patience without inflation risks reemerging; in Europe, meanwhile, the focus of discussions has shifted from urgent inflation management to issues including economic growth, fiscal credibility, and defense financing.

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DeFi protocol Summer Finance hacked, $6 million in losses

According to Blockaid's monitoring, DeFi protocol Summer Finance is under ongoing attack, with approximately $6 million in assets stolen so far.

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JPMorgan Chase maintains an "Overweight" rating on Tencent, with a target price of HK$690.

JPMorgan said in a report that uncertainties surrounding Tencent’s WeChat AI Agent include whether it can fully integrate into the WeChat platform, the extent of its transaction permissions, and whether Tencent can build a supply system accessible to AI Agents without relying on existing e-commerce platforms to open inventory. With Tencent launching the beta test for WeChat AI Agent in June, the bank has significantly boosted its confidence in the agent’s value creation framework. The Agent service is now sufficiently visible, enabling a clear distinction between its existing components and areas still under development. This has shifted WeChat AI Agent from an AI initiative with no clear timeline to a phased rollout project with observable milestones. The bank believes the initial impact of WeChat AI Agent’s launch on Tencent’s stock price will likely stem from a reduction in risk premium and higher valuation multiples, rather than short-term earnings per share growth. It assigned Tencent an "Overweight" rating, with a target price of HK$690.

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South Korea is pushing forward civil enforcement rules for virtual assets, with plans to allow courts to seize and liquidate crypto assets.

South Korea’s Supreme Court has issued a legislative notice for the Partial Amendment to the Civil Execution Rules, which will for the first time bring virtual assets under the scope of civil compulsory enforcement. Following a public comment period, the amended rules are set to take effect on October 1, 2026. Key provisions include: Compulsory enforcement of claims for digital asset transfers (courts may launch enforcement via seizure orders, barring third-party debtors like trading platforms from transferring assets to the debtor, while restricting the debtor from disposing of such claims); Compulsory enforcement of digital assets themselves (courts may seize virtual assets held by the debtor, which will be taken over by enforcement officers, with the debtor prohibited from disposal); Liquidation methods: Seized digital assets can be monetized via transfer orders or auction orders. For assets with low liquidity, conversion into other digital assets prior to auction is allowed.

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Garret Jin increases his short position on ZEC, with the position valued at $14.9 million.

According to monitoring by Onchain Lens, Garret Jin, agent of the "BTC OG Insider Whale", has increased his ZEC short position to 32,759.57 ZEC, worth $14.9 million. Garret still holds a 5x leveraged BTC long position valued at $80 million, currently with a loss exceeding $16.38 million.

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Analysis: Bitcoin rebounds, yet spot trading volume shrinks rapidly, with risks of long squeezes in derivatives accumulating.

Crypto analyst Murphy notes that as Bitcoin rebounded from $58,000 to nearly $64,000, its spot relative volume plummeted rapidly. A rebound unsupported by spot demand is unlikely to form the foundation of a trend reversal, often being merely a sentiment-driven recovery rally, so its sustainability demands close monitoring. On the positive front, the USDC/USDT exchange rate has retreated from 1.001 to 1.0006, signaling waning exit intentions and recovering trading activity. While major stablecoins on trading platforms still remain in net outflow, the outflow magnitude has continued to narrow, and this marginal improvement in funding conditions underpins the rebound’s continuation. However, the weakening of spot drivers means derivatives have gained relatively more weight. The 7-day average long premium for perpetual contracts has climbed steadily to $160,000 per hour, indicating taker buy orders have persistently pushed perpetual contract prices above spot levels. Open interest has declined somewhat but remains significantly higher than levels in February this year. The current long premium is still within a normal range, but as the rebound persists, the risk of a long squeeze will keep building. Once open interest rebounds again, fierce battles between bulls and bears will trigger faster and more violent volatility—a hidden risk that requires advance attention.

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Garret Jin increases his short position on ZEC, with the position valued at $14.9 million.

According to monitoring by Onchain Lens, Garret Jin, agent of the "BTC OG Insider Whale", has increased his ZEC short position to 32,759.57 ZEC, worth $14.9 million. Garret still holds a 5x leveraged BTC long position valued at $80 million, currently with a loss exceeding $16.38 million.

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Analysis: Bitcoin rebounds, yet spot trading volume shrinks rapidly, with risks of long squeezes in derivatives accumulating.

Crypto analyst Murphy notes that as Bitcoin rebounded from $58,000 to nearly $64,000, its spot relative volume plummeted rapidly. A rebound unsupported by spot demand is unlikely to form the foundation of a trend reversal, often being merely a sentiment-driven recovery rally, so its sustainability demands close monitoring. On the positive front, the USDC/USDT exchange rate has retreated from 1.001 to 1.0006, signaling waning exit intentions and recovering trading activity. While major stablecoins on trading platforms still remain in net outflow, the outflow magnitude has continued to narrow, and this marginal improvement in funding conditions underpins the rebound’s continuation. However, the weakening of spot drivers means derivatives have gained relatively more weight. The 7-day average long premium for perpetual contracts has climbed steadily to $160,000 per hour, indicating taker buy orders have persistently pushed perpetual contract prices above spot levels. Open interest has declined somewhat but remains significantly higher than levels in February this year. The current long premium is still within a normal range, but as the rebound persists, the risk of a long squeeze will keep building. Once open interest rebounds again, fierce battles between bulls and bears will trigger faster and more violent volatility—a hidden risk that requires advance attention.

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ANSEM posts a short-term rally of 25%, with its current market cap standing at $380 million.

According to GMGN monitoring, Solana ecosystem meme coin ANSEM surged 25% within one hour, with its market cap rebounding to around $380 million, posting a 30% 24-hour gain and trading volume exceeding $39.7 million over the same period. The rally is likely due to Ansem himself (X: blknoiz06) announcing the completion of a new round of airdrop distribution, totaling approximately $7 million. BlockBeats Note: Meme coin trading is highly volatile, largely dependent on market sentiment and concept hype, with no actual value or use cases; investors should exercise caution regarding risks.

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HTX Genesis Hackathon Attracts Over 30 Teams from Top Universities at Home and Abroad

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Whale MK4 opened a long position in LIT at $1.29, with an unrealized profit of $6.7 million.

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Glassnode published a report disclosing that its on-chain metric, the Hyperliquid Entry Price Heatmap, displays traders’ specific position entry prices. Currently, a large volume of long positions in the $72,000–$76,000 range and short positions established around $60,000 are in unrealized losses, leaving the Bitcoin market highly vulnerable to both upward and downward price swings. Price fluctuations could further trigger cascading liquidations.

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Solana’s active addresses over the past seven days rose 38% year-on-year to 31.38 million, ranking first among all public blockchains.

According to on-chain analyst Ai Yi (@ai_9684xtpa), meme coins continue to be a key factor driving growth in public blockchain metrics. Solana’s active address count jumped 38% year-over-year to 31.38 million over the past seven days, ranking first among major public chains by a large margin; its transaction volume rose 9.8% in the same period, while transaction fees climbed 38%. The analyst added that today, fueled by CZ’s response, trading activity for BSC meme coins has picked up noticeably, and BSC’s on-chain data is expected to post strong performance tomorrow.

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Meme coin CZ on the BSC chain briefly surged past $80 million in market capitalization, hitting an all-time high.

According to GMGN monitoring, the BSC-based meme coin CZ (The Final Form Bull) briefly exceeded $80 million in market capitalization, hitting an all-time high, and is currently at $76 million, with a 24-hour surge of 380 times and trading volume of approximately $43.7 million over the same period. Earlier reports noted that crypto blogger @TCryptochicks released a series of "riddle" images, after which Binance founder CZ retweeted the post and replied: "Water (drop) your BNB wallet", reigniting market hype around celebrity-linked meme coins. BlockBeats Note: Meme coin trading is highly volatile, mostly dependent on market sentiment and conceptual hype, with no actual value or practical use cases. Investors should exercise caution and be mindful of the associated risks.

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Current funding rates on major centralized (CEX) and decentralized (DEX) exchanges show that bearish momentum for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) is easing, with market sentiment remaining neutral to slightly bearish.

According to Coinglass data, current funding rates on major centralized (CEX) and decentralized (DEX) crypto exchanges show that the bearish sentiment for Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) has weakened compared to earlier, but most platforms have not yet formed sustained bullish signals. Specifically, BTC funding rates on multiple platforms hover around the 0.0100% benchmark line, reflecting an overall neutral-to-weak pattern. For ETH, funding rates on multiple platforms have risen above the 0.005% threshold, with ETH’s long sentiment recovering slightly stronger than BTC’s, though no broad bullish signal has emerged yet. BlockBeats Note: Funding rates are fees set by crypto trading platforms to maintain the balance between perpetual contract prices and their underlying asset prices, typically applied to perpetual swaps. They function as a fund exchange mechanism between long and short traders; platforms do not collect this fee, instead using it to adjust the cost or return of holding contracts to keep contract prices aligned with underlying asset prices. A 0.01% funding rate is the benchmark. A rate above 0.01% indicates widespread bullish market sentiment, while a rate below 0.005% signals widespread bearish sentiment.

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The probability that the CLARITY Act will be signed into law in 2026 has risen to 52%.

According to Polymarket data, the probability that the CLARITY Act will be signed into law in 2026 has climbed to 52%, a 12-percentage-point increase from July 3. On the news front, the U.S. Major County Sheriffs' Association (MCSA) announced that after initially raising concerns about how the bill would affect illicit financial investigations, it no longer opposes the CLARITY Act. Analysts note that the MCSA’s shift in stance has eliminated a key barrier to the bill’s advancement, improving its feasibility of moving to a Senate vote. Still, opposition from the banking sector to stablecoin yield products and DeFi regulation remains a major source of uncertainty.

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South Korean chip stocks have extremely high leverage concentration, with the asset size of SK Hynix’s leveraged ETF exceeding four times its average daily trading volume.

The Kobeissi Letter stated in a post that leverage levels in South Korean chip stocks have spiraled out of control. Total assets of single-stock leveraged and inverse ETFs tracking SK Hynix currently stand at roughly $19 billion, more than four times the stock’s approximately $4.5 billion average daily trading volume (ADTV) this year. Meanwhile, leveraged ETFs linked to Samsung hold around $12.4 billion in assets, a 176% premium over its roughly $4.5 billion ADTV. The Hong Kong-listed 2x long SK Hynix ETF has about $13 billion in assets, roughly double SK Hynix’s average daily stock trading volume — the largest gap among major stocks tracked by leveraged ETFs. By comparison, leveraged ETFs tied to Micron Technology (MU) hold roughly $9.9 billion in assets, below its approximately $27.5 billion ADTV; leveraged ETFs for Tesla (TSLA) and NVIDIA (NVDA) have around $6 billion and $5.6 billion in assets respectively, also far lower than their respective ADTVs of roughly $23.6 billion and $28.8 billion. Leverage concentration in South Korean chip stocks has reached extremely high levels.

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Intel is considering adopting a double-sided power supply architecture for its 1.4nm process technology to catch up with TSMC and Samsung.

Intel is considering adopting a dual-side power supply architecture (utilizing both front and back sides) for its 1.4-nanometer ultra-fine process to catch up with competitors. Industry sources said Intel originally planned to use PowerDirect, a dedicated backside power supply technology, for its 1.4-nm base process 14A, but is now considering introducing a dual-side architecture that leverages both front and back sides in its subsequent 14A2 process. Intel previously announced plans to achieve 1.3x higher chip density on its 14A process compared to 18A; the 14A process targets an M0 pitch of around 28nm, while the 14A2 process could push the M0 pitch to 21nm via a half-node improvement. Intel will maintain a backside power network as its primary setup, while reallocating some front-side metal interconnects for auxiliary power and clock signals to compensate for insufficient power headroom caused by scaling and lithography limitations. Intel’s 14A process is scheduled to enter risk production in 2028 and mass production in 2029. The chipmaker needs to release the 0.9 version of its 14A process design kit (PDK) to external customers this October, and secure firm orders from large fabless clients within the following 18 months. By comparison, TSMC plans to ship its true 1.4nm A14 products in 2028, while Samsung Electronics aims to commercialize its SF2Z, a modified 2nm process utilizing backside power supply technology, in 2027.

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Gold dropped approximately $100 on Hyperliquid’s perpetual futures contract on July 4, with prices dipping below $4,090 before snapping back. The whole thing played out in roughly a minute. The flash crash occurred on Hyperliquid’s XAU perpetual contract, a synthetic instrument that tracks the price of gold using oracle feeds rather than physical delivery. Arbitrage bots and market makers quickly moved to close the gap between Hyperliquid’s price and the oracle reference, stabilizing the contract.

Hyperliquid’s gold perp was operating in thin liquidity conditions when this crash hit. Market makers and arb bots identified the price deviation from the oracle and bought the dip to restore equilibrium. But “self-corrected” doesn’t help the trader who got liquidated during the 60-second window when prices were in freefall.

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This isn’t Hyperliquid’s first rodeo with sudden price dislocations on non-crypto assets. Back in late May, the SPACEX-USDH pre-IPO perpetual contract crashed 45% after an oracle mishandled data related to a stock split. That incident liquidated $1.51 million across 1,393 positions. The gold crash appears smaller in absolute dollar terms, but the pattern is familiar: thin liquidity plus oracle-dependent pricing plus leverage equals occasional chaos.

Hyperliquid’s commodity ambitions Hyperliquid now supports over 300 perpetual and spot markets, spanning crypto tokens, commodities like gold and silver, and even indices. HIP-3 permissionless markets hit a record daily trading volume of $5.2 billion in early 2026. In January, Hyperliquid’s native HYPE token surged 24% partly driven by soaring silver futures volume on the platform.

What this means for investors For traders using leverage on commodity perps, the lesson is straightforward: position sizing matters more on platforms where a $100 wick can materialize and vanish in under a minute. Stop losses on thin markets can become stop-market orders that execute far from your intended exit. The gap between “the system eventually self-corrects” and “traders don’t get hurt” remains significant, and it widens every time someone adds leverage to a synthetic gold position during off-hours on a holiday weekend when traditional venues are closed and the usual liquidity providers aren’t active.

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U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs posted a cumulative net outflow of roughly $527 million over the four trading days ending July 2, marking their eighth consecutive week of net outflows and setting the longest weekly outflow streak since the product category launched. While the sector recorded a single-day net inflow of $221.72 million on July 2, ending a prior streak of 10 consecutive trading days with total outflows of around $2.71 billion, the overall weekly outflow trend remained unreversed. Among the products, Fidelity’s FBTC saw a single-day net inflow of $165.96 million, while ARKB (from ARK and 21Shares) posted a net inflow of $91.84 million. In contrast, BlackRock’s IBIT logged a net outflow of $40.43 million that day, marking its 11th consecutive trading day of redemptions, with total outflows reaching roughly $2.2 billion. Separately, U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs recorded a weekly net outflow of $13.67 million for the week ending July 2, extending their streak of weekly net outflows to eight consecutive weeks and matching the all-time longest outflow streak. However, the sector has posted net inflows for two consecutive trading days, with BlackRock’s ETHA notching a $29.74 million net inflow on July 2. Meanwhile, U.S. Hyperliquid ETFs saw a weekly net inflow of $4.32 million, the lowest single-week inflow since their launch in mid-May, a sharp slowdown from the prior week’s record $111.36 million net inflow.

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Vitalik: Ethereum to enter 'Lean Ethereum' phase, core protocol may undergo full overhaul in the next 3–4 years

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin published a post stating that Ethereum researchers recently held a meeting in Berlin, continuing discussions with client teams initiated in Svalbard in April, to update the blockchain’s long-term protocol roadmap. Vitalik noted that "Lean Ethereum" is not a single upgrade, but a series of protocol evolutions to be rolled out gradually over the next 3 to 4 years—its impact is comparable to The Merge as Ethereum’s second major iteration, while the current phase may mark its third major evolution. He outlined core upcoming changes for Ethereum: replacing direct execution verification with recursive STARK proofs, integrating post-quantum cryptography, adjusting the consensus mechanism to a decoupled design of available chain and finality, and implementing multi-dimensional gas models alongside state structure restructuring. At the state level, Ethereum may form a "two-tier state structure" around 2030, consisting of ~2TB of traditional dynamic state and ~100TB of new scalable state to support scaling needs across different application scenarios. Vitalik emphasized that privacy capabilities will no longer be an add-on feature, but a core goal of protocol design. The system will also rely more on formal verification to boost security, and push the EVM toward higher-level abstractions, with the underlying layer potentially transitioning gradually to RISC-V or leanISA architectures. Key parameters including gas limits, blob sizes, and block times will be adjusted multiple times over the next few years, as Ethereum continues scaling via client optimizations and protocol upgrades. Vitalik concluded that Ethereum is entering a phase of continuous restructuring and scaling, aiming to complete underlying system upgrades without disrupting the existing application ecosystem.

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The Major County Sheriffs Association (MCSA) has shifted its stance on the CLARITY Act from opposition to neutrality. In a letter to Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott and Senator Elizabeth Warren, the organization noted that some of its concerns about Section 604 of the bill have been addressed. Previously, the MCSA had warned that the provision could undermine, to some extent, law enforcement capabilities targeting illegal financial activities related to crypto assets. Section 604 is tied to the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act, with its core focus on limiting liability for developers of decentralized protocols. Supporters argue that developers should not be held liable as intermediaries for user actions, while law enforcement agencies had earlier raised fears that the provision could create regulatory and enforcement "loopholes" that would hinder investigations into cases like money laundering, ransomware, drug trafficking, and terrorist financing. Despite the neutral stance, the MCSA still calls for including local law enforcement agencies in relevant research and coordination mechanisms in future revisions to boost digital asset crime investigation capabilities. Analysts say this change removes a key obstacle to the CLARITY Act’s progress, boosting its feasibility of advancing to a Senate vote. However, opposition from the banking sector to stablecoin yield products and DeFi regulation remains a major uncertainty.

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Perspective: The next phase of tokenization will be "customized investment portfolios", rather than just improving settlement efficiency.

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Bitcoin broke through $63,000 this morning, erasing all losses from the end of June, with XRP leading gains among major cryptocurrencies.

Bitcoin rose above $63,000 earlier today for the first time in two weeks, up roughly 3.6% from last week and nearly erasing losses from late June. The rally unfolded during thin trading volume for the U.S. Independence Day holiday, with low liquidity widely seen as amplifying short-term volatility. Among major cryptocurrencies, XRP gained 5.3% to reach $1.18, notching a nearly 10% weekly rise and lifting its market cap to around $73 billion, overtaking USDC to become the fifth-largest crypto asset. On-chain data shows XRP holders’ average losses have hit an extreme historical level, leading some traders to view this as a sentiment reversal signal. Ether (ETH) climbed 3.2% to approximately $1,793, with a weekly gain of ~11.5%; Dogecoin (DOGE) rose 2.6%; Solana (SOL) added around 13.2% week-over-week, extending the broader rebound trend. Analysts attribute the rally to Federal Reserve officials signaling easing inflation pressure, weaker non-farm payroll data, and short covering, with Bitcoin bouncing rapidly from below $60,000 to above $63,000. The market’s future trajectory will hinge on upcoming U.S. inflation data and the return of institutional liquidity after the holiday.

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Hyperliquid (HYPE) price is hovering near $69. The bullish crossover reflects increasing buying pressure. Zooming in on the altcoin market, Hyperliquid (HYPE) attempts to trade on the upside, breaking bearish chains. If the bulls turned stronger, they would dictate their further trajectory. The charts exhibit the short-term fading of bearish momentum. 

Also, the technical setup is flipping positive, as the asset hovers within the green zone. The bullish price structure confirms that buyers are dominating the broader market trend of HYPE.

Moreover, Hyperliquid is currently trading near the $69.25, with a 6.34% gain in value over the last 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap data. The price is holding above the daily low noted at $65.00, and below the daily high of $69.30.

The trading pattern of the asset shows that the short-term momentum would find significant resistance at $69.57, followed by a range above $69.90. The bulls would hit a higher level, which decides HYPE’s trajectory. On the other hand, the first support level of Hyperliquid is likely found below $68. A weaker move toward the $68.50 range confirms the bearish dominance, and more downside could trigger losses. 

What Does HYPE’s Technical Chart Setup Point To?  The four-hour chart shows that the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) line is above the signal line and both are above the zero line. It indicates that bullish momentum is gaining strength within a positive trend. The bullish crossover reflects increasing buying pressure. 

This setup supports continued upward price movement, provided buying interest remains strong and momentum is sustained.

In addition, the daily Relative Strength Index is resting at around 67.92, which hints at strong bullish momentum. The value is approaching the 70 range, the overbought zone, showing that buyers are firmly in control. 

While the trend still favours further gains, the market is beginning to near an area where buying momentum could slow and profit-taking may emerge. This reading supports continued bullish price action, but traders should also watch for signs of momentum cooling if the RSI moves above 70.

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Two protocol upgrades turned Hyperliquid from a crypto perpetuals exchange into something closer to an operating system for markets. HIP-3 lets anyone with enough staked HYPE launch a perpetuals exchange for stocks, oil, or gold. HIP-4 adds prediction markets that settle without a token vote. Here is how both work, what they have built so far, and where the risks sit.

Hyperliquid spent its first two years being described as the fastest decentralized perpetuals exchange in crypto. The description was accurate and incomplete. Since late 2025, the network has been executing a more ambitious plan: turning its core trading infrastructure into a platform that other builders deploy markets on top of, the way developers deploy apps on cloud infrastructure. Grayscale Research made the comparison explicit in a June 2026 note, writing that Hyperliquid now looks less like a stock exchange and more like Amazon Web Services.

Two upgrades carry that transformation. HIP-3, live on mainnet since October 13, 2025, opened perpetual futures listing to outside builders and brought tokenized stocks, commodities, and indices onto the platform at scale. HIP-4, live since May 2, 2026, added a second market primitive built for prediction markets and other event contracts. Together they explain why seven of the top ten markets by volume on a crypto exchange are now things like Nvidia stock and gold, and why the platform is picking a direct fight with Polymarket and Kalshi.

This guide walks through what each proposal does, how the mechanics work, what has happened since launch, and what can still go wrong.

First, the basics: what a HIP is Hyperliquid is a layer 1 blockchain built around a fully on-chain central limit order book. Its core engine, HyperCore, processes around 200,000 orders per second and handles matching, margining, and liquidations for every market on the chain. A separate component, the HyperEVM, runs Ethereum-style smart contracts on the same consensus layer. The native token, HYPE, secures the network through staking, pays fees, and absorbs most protocol revenue through a continuous buyback program. Cumulative protocol revenue passed $1 billion in late June 2026, with an annualized run rate near $840 million.

Changes to the protocol arrive through Hyperliquid Improvement Proposals, or HIPs, which the community debates and HYPE stakers weigh in on before the core contributors ship the code. The first two set the pattern. HIP-1 created the standard for launching spot tokens, with ticker slots sold through recurring Dutch auctions, so listing a token became a market process instead of an application form. HIP-2 added a protocol-native liquidity mechanism that seeds order books for new tokens automatically, solving the empty-book problem that kills most new listings on other venues. Both dealt with spot markets, and both introduced ideas that return later: auctions as the allocation mechanism for scarce listing slots, and protocol-level guarantees standing behind builder-created markets. The third and fourth proposals took those ideas after the two bigger prizes: perpetual futures on everything, and event contracts on anything.

HIP-3: builder-deployed perpetuals Before HIP-3, listing a new perpetual market on Hyperliquid worked the way it works on most exchanges: the core team decided. That created a bottleneck and a gatekeeper, two things the platform’s own community had complained about as the asset universe stayed narrow while demand for stock and commodity exposure grew.

HIP-3, called Builder-Deployed Perpetuals, removed the gatekeeper. Since October 2025, any builder who stakes 500,000 HYPE can deploy an independent perpetuals exchange on HyperCore, without core team approval. At current prices near $64, that stake represents roughly $32 million, a number that matters for reasons covered below.

The deployer controls nearly everything about their market. They choose the assets, the oracle that sets the mark price, the collateral token, margin requirements, leverage limits, funding parameters, and the front-end experience. The first three assets in any HIP-3 exchange deploy without an auction. Additional assets go through a Dutch auction shared across all HIP-3 deployers, similar to the HIP-1 ticker auctions.

What the deployer does not control is the plumbing. HIP-3 markets inherit the full HyperCore stack: the same matching engine, the same order types, the same margining and liquidation logic, and the same solvency guarantees as the validator-operated markets. A trader interacting with a builder-deployed market gets the same execution quality as on the flagship crypto perps.

The economic design has three pillars:

The stake is a bond, not just a ticket. The 500,000 HYPE can be slashed if the deployer misbehaves, for example by manipulating an oracle or breaking market rules, and the requirement holds for 30 days even after a deployer halts all markets. Fees split down the middle. HIP-3 markets charge users twice the fee of validator-operated perps, and the deployer keeps 50%. The protocol collects the same revenue per trade either way, so builder markets grow the pie without cannibalizing it. Cross margin has eligibility standards. Validators only allow cross margin on HIP-3 assets with sufficient observable liquidity, a reliable external oracle, and resistance to price manipulation, and any 50% intraday move in the reference price triggers a review. The design goal is alignment: builders with $32 million at stake and a 50% revenue share have every reason to run clean, liquid, well-oracled markets, and a slashing mechanism waits for the ones who do not.

What HIP-3 actually built The proposal would be a footnote if nobody used it. The opposite happened. The first market, a synthetic Nasdaq-style index called XYZ100, went live within days of activation. Its deployer, TradeXYZ, then built out United States equities including Nvidia, Tesla, Google, and Amazon, plus gold and silver contracts benchmarked to COMEX front-month futures, and later secured official licensing rights to the S&P 500 ticker, a landmark moment for a DeFi protocol.

The numbers followed. Open interest across HIP-3 markets passed $1.43 billion within months of launch. By spring 2026, seven of Hyperliquid’s top ten markets by volume were tokenized equities or commodities, not crypto pairs. During the West Asia crisis earlier this year, when traditional commodity venues closed for the weekend, traders moved to Hyperliquid to trade oil, gold, and silver around the clock, and HIP-3 markets drove up to 40% of the platform’s total volume. Non-crypto assets showed 60% trader retention in late March, a signal that around-the-clock access to traditional markets is a durable product, not a novelty. At peak HIP-3 activity the platform generated $2.3 million in daily fees, funding $11 million in HYPE buybacks.

Other deployers took different angles. Kinetiq built around its liquid staking token. Liminal used HIP-3 markets to run fully on-chain delta-neutral yield strategies across equities, FX, and commodities, including markets collateralized with yield-bearing assets like Ethena’s USDe. In June, Hyperliquid and TradeXYZ launched the FOMO app, a single interface for trading equities, pre-IPO stocks, crypto, indices, and commodities. Access also spread through consumer wallets: HIP-3 markets can be traded through any Hyperliquid-compatible front end, including Phantom.

The listing economics also flipped in a way worth pausing on. Under the old model, and on centralized exchanges generally, a new asset waits for an exchange’s business development calendar, and projects have long complained about the cost and opacity of the process. Under HIP-3, listing latency collapsed from a governance or negotiation timeline to a deployment transaction plus an auction, and the gatekeeping moved from relationships to capital. A pre-launch project that wants a perpetual market for hedging no longer needs a major venue’s blessing; it needs a deployer willing to run the market. Comparable systems show how unusual this is: dYdX v4 still routes every new market through a governance vote with a week or two of latency, and GMX listings run through its core team. Hyperliquid is the first chain-level implementation where market creation itself carries no approval step.

The concentration is the caveat. TradeXYZ accounts for more than 90% of all HIP-3 open interest, and Blockworks Research has flagged the deployer economics as a structural risk: with a roughly $30 million lockup, auction costs, and stiff competition, a smaller deployer’s break-even period can stretch to four years. Blockworks has proposed lowering the stake for small builders and letting them keep 100% of revenue until they recover their costs. Hyperliquid’s own documentation says the 500,000 HYPE threshold is expected to fall as the infrastructure matures. Until it does, HIP-3 is permissionless in principle and an oligopoly in practice.

HIP-4: outcome markets HIP-3 covered continuous markets, things with a price that moves all day. It could not cleanly handle discrete events. A perpetual future needs an oracle that updates continuously with limits of roughly 1% deviation per update, a design suited to leveraged trading on a live price and incompatible with questions that jump from uncertainty to a hard answer in one instant, like an election call or an inflation print.

HIP-4, announced on February 2, 2026 and live on mainnet since May 2, added a purpose-built primitive for exactly that. Outcome markets are fully collateralized contracts that settle to exactly 0 or 1 at expiry. Each market has two sides, typically Yes and No, and the order books for the two sides are merged: an order to buy Yes at a price of 0.62 is the same order as one to sell No at 0.38, so all liquidity concentrates in one book. Positions are collateralized in USDH, the network’s native stablecoin, and because every position is fully backed, there is no liquidation risk.

The market lifecycle has a distinctive opening. Each new outcome market starts with a single-price clearing auction lasting around 15 minutes, during which traders submit limit orders but nothing executes. The auction clears at the price that matches the most volume, and unfilled orders roll into continuous trading on the standard order book. The mechanism exists to concentrate early liquidity and produce a fair opening price instead of a thin, gappy first print. It borrows a page from how traditional exchanges open trading each morning, which is fitting for a protocol that keeps hiring ideas from the market structure it wants to replace.

The architecture runs natively inside HyperCore, sharing the matching engine, order types, and throughput of every other market on the chain. That matters for one under-discussed reason: liquidity providers can quote prediction markets with the same tooling and speed they use on perps, instead of the bespoke market-making setups that thinner prediction venues require. Deep books were always the missing ingredient on long-tail event markets, and Hyperliquid’s bet is that professional liquidity follows familiar infrastructure.

The fee structure is openly aggressive. Opening or minting an outcome position costs nothing. Fees apply only on closing, burning, or settling, and makers pay zero. That pricing targets Polymarket and Kalshi, which processed a combined $44.8 billion in June on the back of the World Cup, and the community reaction at announcement made the intent plain. When the proposal dropped in February, crypto.news covered the market pricing in exactly that ambition, with traders framing HIP-4 as Hyperliquid trying to house all of finance.

Initial markets are curated and validator-deployed, starting with recurring daily Bitcoin price threshold contracts that reset each day, run by the prediction platform Outcomexyz. Planned categories include politics, sports, macro data releases, crypto events, and entertainment. A later phase opens permissionless deployment: builders will stake 1,000,000 HYPE per market slot, slashable and burned if validators find oracle manipulation, invalid state transitions, or prolonged downtime. One slot supports rolling and recurring markets, recycling after each settlement.

Settlement without a token vote The deepest difference between HIP-4 and the incumbent on-chain prediction markets is not fees. It is how truth gets decided.

Polymarket outsources contested resolutions to UMA’s optimistic oracle, where token holders vote on disputed outcomes, an architecture that has produced repeated controversies in 2026, including a $60 million market on a Strategy Bitcoin sale that resolved against the documented facts. The full mechanics and failure modes of that system are covered in our companion guide to how prediction markets resolve.

HIP-4 replaces the token vote with the chain itself. Settlement runs through Hyperliquid’s validator set executing automated resolution against pre-specified, objective data sources. There is no dispute window, no escalation, and no path for a token holder with a position in the market to also vote on its outcome. The trade-off is scope: deterministic settlement works for objective questions with a clean data source, which is why the first markets are price thresholds. Ambiguous questions, the kind that generate the worst oracle disputes elsewhere, are exactly the kind HIP-4’s design avoids listing.

What all of this looks like from the trader’s side For a user, the machinery above mostly disappears. HIP-3 markets sit in the same interface as the flagship crypto perps, trade through the same API, and settle against the same margin account. A trader shorting gold on a builder-deployed market places the order the same way they would short Ethereum, and the differences show up in three places worth knowing.

Fees are higher on builder markets. The headline rate on a HIP-3 perp is twice the validator-operated rate, which at base tiers works out to roughly 3 and 9 basis points for makers and takers before discounts, with the deployer keeping half. Staking discounts, referral rebates, and collateral-based reductions still apply on top, so an active HYPE staker narrows the gap considerably.

Oracle quality varies by deployer. On validator-operated markets, the network itself maintains the price feed. On a HIP-3 market, the deployer chooses and operates the oracle, which is why the mark price on a weekend oil contract can drift from where Monday’s COMEX open eventually prints. During the West Asia crisis, Hyperliquid’s oil market traded on its own oracle through days when no traditional reference price existed at all. That independence is the product and the risk in one feature.

Collateral differs by market. Most markets margin in stablecoins, but HIP-3 supports alternative collateral where the deployer enables it, including yield-bearing assets, and HIP-4 outcome positions collateralize in USDH. Settlement demand for outcome markets flows through the stablecoin into the same fee-and-buyback loop that already routes nearly all protocol revenue toward HYPE, which is why analysts treat HIP-4 volume as a direct token catalyst rather than a side business.

The practical entry points have multiplied too. Beyond the native app, HIP-3 and HIP-4 markets surface through Phantom, through the FOMO app for the equities lineup, and through any front end built on the public API, since every builder market shares the unified HyperCore order flow.

The risk column Every part of the story above has a counterweight, and an honest explainer lists them.

Deployer concentration is the loudest one. A permissionless system where one builder holds 90% of open interest has recreated a gatekeeper one level up, and the $32 million entry stake keeps it that way for now. Regulatory exposure is the second. Hyperliquid operates without KYC in most of the world, the United Kingdom’s FCA has declared the platform unauthorized, and pending United States market structure legislation could either validate or constrain synthetic stock perpetuals, a product category regulators have barely begun to examine. Institutional ceilings are the third: a June JPMorgan report saw limited institutional demand for perpetual futures generally, citing unbounded basis risk and missing clearing protections, which matters for a token whose valuation leans on volume growth. And the products themselves are dangerous instruments. Leveraged perpetuals on any underlying can liquidate a position in minutes, and cross margin across markets adds its own failure modes.

There is a subtler risk in the oracle layer that the slashing design only partially covers. A deployer’s oracle is a single point of interpretation for its markets, and unusual conditions expose the gap: when traditional venues close and a HIP-3 commodity market keeps trading, the mark price is whatever the deployer’s methodology says it is, with no external reference to check against until markets reopen. Validators review any 50% intraday reference move and slashing punishes proven manipulation, but a subtly mispriced weekend, honest or otherwise, transfers money between longs and shorts without tripping any threshold. Traders in builder markets are underwriting oracle methodology whether they think about it or not.

None of that has slowed the platform yet. Hyperliquid controls an estimated 70% of on-chain perpetuals volume, spot HYPE ETFs drew $111 million in inflows in late June while Bitcoin and Ethereum funds bled, and the ecosystem is spending on the long game, including a $29 million policy center in Washington. Whether the moat holds is a different question from whether it exists.

The bigger picture for L1 competition HIP-3 and HIP-4 also reframe what layer 1 blockchains compete on. Ethereum and Solana fight over DeFi liquidity, users, and fees, a race with its own 2026 scoreboard. Hyperliquid opted out of the general-purpose contest and vertically integrated one thing: markets. The bet is that an exchange-shaped blockchain with permissionless market creation captures more value than a general-purpose chain hosting exchange apps. dYdX tried a dedicated appchain with governance-gated listings. GMX built on someone else’s layer 2. Hyperliquid is the first to make market creation itself permissionless at the chain layer, and the early evidence, an order of magnitude expansion in what can be traded on-chain, suggests the design space was bigger than the industry assumed.

What to watch from here Three markers will tell the story over the next year. First, whether the HIP-3 stake requirement drops and the deployer set widens beyond one dominant builder. Second, whether HIP-4 volume becomes measurable against Polymarket and Kalshi once permissionless deployment opens and categories expand past crypto prices. Third, whether regulators treat builder-deployed stock perpetuals as an innovation to license or a loophole to close. The upgrades themselves are shipped and working. The open question, as always in this industry, is what survives contact with scale.

Frequently asked questions What is Hyperliquid HIP-3? HIP-3, called Builder-Deployed Perpetuals, is a Hyperliquid protocol upgrade live since October 13, 2025. It lets any builder who stakes 500,000 HYPE deploy an independent perpetual futures exchange on HyperCore, choosing the assets, oracle, collateral, and fee capture, while inheriting Hyperliquid’s matching engine, margining, and liquidation systems. It moved market listing from a core team decision to a permissionless, stake-secured process.

What is Hyperliquid HIP-4? HIP-4 is the outcome markets upgrade, announced February 2, 2026 and live on mainnet since May 2, 2026. It adds fully collateralized event contracts that settle to exactly 0 or 1 at expiry, with merged Yes and No order books, USDH collateral, no liquidation risk, and zero fees to open a position. It is Hyperliquid’s entry into prediction markets.

How much does it cost to deploy a HIP-3 market? A deployer must stake 500,000 HYPE, worth roughly $32 million at current prices near $64. The stake is slashable for misconduct and must be held for 30 days even after all of the deployer’s markets are halted. The first three assets deploy without an auction; additional assets go through a shared Dutch auction. Documentation says the threshold should fall over time.

What can you trade on HIP-3 markets? Builder-deployed markets cover tokenized United States equities such as Nvidia, Tesla, Google, and Amazon, index products including a licensed S&P 500 contract and the Nasdaq-style XYZ100, commodities such as gold, silver, and oil benchmarked to COMEX and other references, FX, and long-tail crypto assets. Seven of Hyperliquid’s top ten markets by volume are now non-crypto assets.

How does HIP-4 settlement differ from Polymarket? Polymarket resolves contested markets through UMA’s optimistic oracle, where token holders vote on disputed outcomes. HIP-4 settlement is deterministic: Hyperliquid’s validator set resolves each contract against a pre-specified objective data source, with no dispute window and no token vote. The design avoids governance attacks but limits markets to questions with clean, objective answers.

Who is TradeXYZ? TradeXYZ is the dominant HIP-3 deployer, accounting for more than 90% of builder-deployed open interest. It launched the first HIP-3 market, the XYZ100 index, built out the equities and commodities lineup, secured S&P 500 ticker licensing, and co-launched the FOMO trading app with Hyperliquid in June 2026. Its dominance is also the center of the deployer concentration debate.

Is trading on Hyperliquid safe? The protocol has strong solvency engineering and a clean track record on its core markets, but the products are high-risk by nature. Leveraged perpetuals can liquidate quickly, HIP-3 markets depend on each deployer’s oracle quality, the UK’s FCA lists the platform as unauthorized, and synthetic stock perpetuals sit in a regulatory gray zone. Position sizing and jurisdiction checks matter.

Does HIP-4 have liquidation risk? No. Outcome positions are fully collateralized in USDH at purchase, so the maximum loss is the amount paid for the position and no liquidation engine is involved. That distinguishes outcome markets from perpetuals, where leverage means positions can be forcibly closed. The risk in outcome markets is being wrong about the event, or holding through a settlement data error.

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TLDR: VALR will launch more than 200 perpetual markets through a direct Hyperliquid integration on July 6. The rollout marks Hyperliquid’s first direct integration with a centralized crypto exchange. New contracts span crypto assets, equities, indices, commodities, precious metals, and forex pairs. Mobile access will follow after the web launch as VALR expands its derivatives infrastructure. VALR, Africa’s largest crypto exchange by trade volume, will introduce more than 200 perpetual markets through a direct integration with Hyperliquid, expanding its derivatives offering beyond digital assets. The products will cover crypto, equities, indices, commodities, precious metals, and foreign exchange pairs. 

The launch marks the first direct integration of Hyperliquid by a centralized exchange. Web access is scheduled to go live on July 6, with mobile support arriving shortly afterward.

VALR and Hyperliquid Expand Cross-Asset Perpetual Trading VALR announced the upcoming launch of its new Perps product through posts on X and a company blog update. The exchange said the offering will add more than 200 markets to its platform.

According to VALR, users will open and manage positions directly through the exchange’s interface. Hyperliquid will provide the on-chain infrastructure, liquidity sourcing, and trade execution capabilities.

The integration extends VALR’s derivatives architecture, which first introduced perpetual products in 2023. The exchange described the launch as an expansion of its existing derivatives business rather than a standalone product.

Hyperliquid Hub stated that the rollout represents the first direct integration of Hyperliquid by a centralized exchange. The account also noted that traders will gain access to several asset classes through a single interface.

Web-based trading will become available on July 6. VALR said mobile application support will follow shortly after the initial launch.

Hyperliquid Integration Adds Equities, Commodities, and Forex Markets The new perpetual contracts span multiple global asset classes. VALR said the product will allow users to take long or short positions with leverage.

The equities offering includes contracts linked to companies such as NVIDIA Corporation, Tesla, Inc., Apple Inc., and pre-IPO markets including SpaceX.

The platform will also provide exposure to global stock benchmarks, including the S&P 500. Commodity contracts will cover markets such as Brent crude oil, WTI crude oil, natural gas, gold, silver, platinum, and copper.

Foreign exchange products will include currency pairs such as EUR/USD, GBP/USD, and USD/JPY. The crypto segment will cover major assets, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana, alongside other digital assets.

In its blog post, VALR said the integration marks the first time a major regulated exchange has natively integrated an on-chain Layer-1 protocol to source liquidity and execute trades across global cross-asset perpetual markets.

Chief Operating Officer Gianluca Sacco said the new offering brings around-the-clock access to several asset classes through the regulated exchange infrastructure that existing customers already use. 

He also stated that Hyperliquid’s infrastructure provides access to deep on-chain liquidity for the expanded perpetual markets.

Hyperliquid has cemented its position as crypto’s most aggressive token buyer, recording a single buyback of $283 million, the largest in the industry since the start of 2026. The decentralized perpetual exchange has now crossed $1.1 billion in cumulative buybacks.

The protocol isn’t doing this out of generosity. It’s a mechanical system: 97-99% of Hyperliquid’s trading fees flow directly into open-market purchases of HYPE tokens, which are then burned.

The buyback machine in numbers The Assistance Fund, approved by validators in December 2025, operates as a continuous demand engine for HYPE tokens.

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From January to October 2025 alone, the protocol spent $645 million on buybacks. Quarterly figures tell the acceleration story: $316.76 million in Q3 2025, $255.05 million in Q4 2025, and $192.25 million in Q1 2026. Monthly averages have ranged between $65 million and $85 million during earlier periods.

Over 44 million HYPE tokens have been acquired through the program so far. That represents roughly 4.4% of the total supply permanently removed from circulation.

Hyperliquid has generated over $1.16 billion cumulatively, with nearly the entire sum directed toward HYPE token acquisitions.

Eight projects join the buyback trend Eight crypto projects have now conducted buybacks that outstrip their supply growth since January 2026. That $283 million single buyback exceeds what many protocols generate in total revenue across an entire year.

What this means for investors Because buybacks are tied to trading fees rather than discretionary decisions by a core team, investors can model future demand based on trading volume. If the platform generates fees, HYPE gets bought and burned.

With 4.4% of total supply already removed and the program showing no signs of slowing, HYPE’s circulating supply is shrinking at a meaningful pace. For context, Bitcoin’s supply growth from mining is roughly 0.8% annually.

The model’s health depends entirely on Hyperliquid maintaining its trading volume dominance. Any sustained decline in perpetual trading activity would directly reduce the buyback rate.

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Bitcoin climbed above the $61,000 mark and the recovery was led by macro data, as weaker U.S. jobs numbers increased expectations that the Federal Reserve may shift toward a less restrictive policy stance. The cryptocurrency was trading at $61,739 mark.

In the past 24 hours, Bitcoin was up 2.80% and Ethereum was up 6.24% to trade at $1,716 mark. Among the major altcoins, BNB, XRP, Solana, Tron, Hyperliquid, Dogecoin, and Cardano gained upto 6.68%.

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Riya Sehgal, Research Analyst, Delta Exchange said the move is still a relief rally, not a confirmed reversal. For Bitcoin, $62,200 is the first resistance. A sustained move above this level can open room toward $64,000–$65,000.

ETF flows have improved for Bitcoin but remain uneven, while Ethereum ETF flows are largely flat, Sehgal further said. Bitcoin picked up to $62,000 after whales added 270,000 BTC, forcing $130M short losses and the fear and greed index has risen to 22, as the market sentiments improve but still remain under fear, said CoinDCX Research Team.

The global crypto market capitalisation went up 2.64% to $2.13 trillion, according to CoinMarketCap.

In the past week, Bitcoin and Ethereum were up 1.97% and 8.68% respectively. Among the major altcoins, XRP, Solana, Hyperliquid, Dogecoin, and Cardano gained upto 14.91% whereas BNB and Tron were down 1.25% and 1.15% respectively.

CoinSwitch Markets Desk said BTC staged a rebound towards $62K, driven primarily by a short squeeze. However, the broader backdrop remains mixed. Institutional demand remains weak due to persistent ETF outflows, while higher bond yields continue to compete with risk assets.

The next major directional move will likely depend on macroeconomic conditions, institutional flows, and whether BTC can sustain momentum above $62K toward the $65K resistance, CoinSwitch Markets Desk further said.

Here is what other analyst say

Avinash Shekhar, Co-Founder & CEO, Pi42: Bitcoin’s rebound following weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs data underscores how closely crypto markets are tracking macroeconomic expectations. For investors, the conversation is gradually shifting from “how low can prices go” to “when does liquidity begin returning to the market.

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Nischal Shetty, founder, WazirX: Bitcoin recovered above the $60,000 mark as investors responded positively to expectations of a more accommodative monetary policy, while Ethereum ETFs recorded fresh inflows, signalling renewed institutional interest.

Vikram Subburaj, CEO, Giottus: The recovery above $60,000 has helped stabilise market sentiment. This follows this week's decline towards $58,000. However, it is still not enough to confirm a durable trend reversal.

Akshat Siddhant, Lead quant analyst, Mudrex: On-chain data shows Bitcoin exchange inflows have climbed above 50,000 BTC per day, along with Ethereum exchange inflows exceeding 1.25 million ETH. Historically, such spikes in exchange deposits have often been followed by increased volatility, including June’s decline to $58,000.

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VALR will become the first major regulated exchange to natively integrate Hyperliquid, sourcing onchain liquidity for 200+ perps markets.

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VALR, Africa's largest crypto exchange by volume, is launching over 200 Hyperliquid-powered perpetuals markets, marking the first major regulated exchange to integrate the chain to expand its own offerings.

What's the Scoop?The Launch: Starting July 6th, users will be able to go long or short markets directly through VALR's web app, with mobile to follow. The product builds on the exchange's existing derivatives infrastructure, which launched its first perpetuals in 2023.Available Markets: At launch, coverage will include pre-IPO and listed equities (SpaceX, NVIDIA, Tesla, Apple, Samsung, Palantir), global indices like the S&P 500, energy and metals (Brent, WTI, natural gas, gold, silver, copper), major forex pairs (EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY), and a broad crypto selection.The Reach: VALR serves over 1.9 million registered users and 1,900 institutional clients, licensed by South Africa's FSCA with a provisional Cayman license.
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TradingView has expanded its market coverage by adding real-time data for Hyperliquid and Trade[XYZ], giving users access to onchain perpetual and spot markets directly through its charting platform.

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TradingView has added real-time Hyperliquid and Trade[XYZ] market data to its charting platform. Users can now track crypto, equities, commodities, forex, and pre-IPO perpetual markets around the clock. The integration comes days after Singapore’s MAS placed Hyperliquid on its Investor Alert List. According to TradingView, the new integration brings live pricing for Hyperliquid’s crypto perpetual and spot markets alongside Trade[XYZ] markets covering equities, commodities, foreign exchange, and pre-IPO companies.

Trade[XYZ] and Hyperliquid data is now live on @tradingview. Putting this data where traders live has been a top priority for us.

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— trade.xyz (@tradexyz) July 2, 2026 The data is available through TradingView’s Supercharts, allowing traders to follow price movements throughout the day, including when traditional financial markets are closed.

The addition extends the range of assets available on TradingView without requiring users to leave the platform for onchain market data. Hyperliquid markets appear under the HYPERLIQUID symbol prefix, while Trade[XYZ] listings can be accessed using the HIP3XYZ prefix through the platform’s symbol search.

Hyperliquid expands beyond its core exchange Built on its own layer-1 blockchain, Hyperliquid operates an onchain perpetual futures exchange that currently supports more than 300 perpetual and spot markets across cryptocurrencies, commodities, and indices.

The ecosystem has also grown through HIP-3, a protocol upgrade that allows third-party developers to launch perpetual markets using Hyperliquid’s infrastructure. Under that framework, Trade[XYZ] has become the first major deployment, offering perpetual markets tied to multiple asset classes, including cryptocurrencies, equities, as well as crypto spot trading.

By adding both Hyperliquid and Trade[XYZ] feeds, TradingView has made those markets available alongside its existing charting tools, enabling traders to monitor perpetual contracts and spot assets from a single interface.

Regulatory attention has continued alongside platform growth The TradingView integration comes days after the Monetary Authority of Singapore added Hyperliquid to its Investor Alert List, as previously reported by crypto.news.

According to the regulator, the listing covers both the Hyper Foundation website and the Hyperliquid trading application. MAS said the Investor Alert List is intended as a consumer protection measure identifying entities that could be mistakenly viewed as licensed or regulated by the authority. The regulator also stated that inclusion on the list does not constitute a ban or an enforcement action.

Following the listing, Hyperliquid said it had never claimed to be licensed or authorized by MAS.

Despite the regulatory attention, the decentralized exchange has remained one of the largest trading platforms in the sector. According to CoinGecko, Hyperliquid ranks as the sixth-largest decentralized exchange by trading volume. Separately, DefiLlama estimates that the protocol currently secures about $5.76 billion in total value locked.

The latest TradingView integration gives market participants another way to follow activity across Hyperliquid’s expanding ecosystem, combining live data from crypto perpetuals, spot assets, and Trade[XYZ]’s cross-asset markets within a single charting environment.

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Shiba Inu remains under heavy pressure despite showing some signs of stabilization near local lows. After losing a number of significant support levels during the overall market decline, the asset is currently trading at $0.0000043. The 50-day, 100-day, and 200-day trend lines on the chart continue to point downward, indicating that bears are still in control of the market. SHIB is clearly below all major moving averages. 

The recent rebound from June lows has been modest at best. Another rejection and continuation lower resulted from SHIB's short-lived formation of a small ascending structure that was unable to maintain momentum. 

SHIB/USDT Chart by TradingViewPositively, the RSI is trying to form a higher low after recovering from extremely oversold territory, indicating that selling pressure is progressively lessening. The first significant obstacle for bulls is still the $0.0000046 region, which is followed by more robust resistance close to $0.0000050-$0.0000055, where a number of moving averages converge. 

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A breakout above those levels could trigger a more meaningful recovery. Any upward movement should be seen as a relief rally within a broader downtrend, though, as long as SHIB stays below them.

Should XRP Rival SHIB?Technically, XRP is outperforming SHIB by a small margin. The asset has held above the psychologically significant $1 level after a protracted decline, and it has recently recovered toward $1.09. XRP is still trading below the 100-day and 200-day trend indicators, but the recovery has forced it back toward its short-term moving average. 

The completed breakdown from a multi-month consolidation range is the chart's most prominent feature. That breakdown accelerated selling pressure throughout June, but XRP appears to be attempting to establish a local bottom above the $1 support zone. 

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Momentum is improving, as seen by the RSI's recovery toward neutral territory. If buyers keep things under control, XRP may face resistance at $1.12 and then $1.21, which is where the 100-day moving average is currently located. The asset's outlook would be greatly enhanced by a successful move above those levels. 

Although XRP is still in a bearish long-term structure for the time being, it is exhibiting relative resilience in comparison to many significant altcoins. While holding above $1 is still crucial, a recovery above $1.21 would be the first clear sign of a more significant reversal. 

Hyperliquid Makes HasteDespite the recent decline, Hyperliquid is still one of the market's top large-cap performers. HYPE is currently consolidating around $66 after surging to new all-time highs close to $76, returning some of its gains while preserving a strong bullish structure. 

In contrast to the majority of altcoins, HYPE is still trading well above its upward-sloping 50-, 100-, and 200-day moving averages. The wider uptrend is confirmed to be intact by that alignment. The price has returned to the 50-day moving average at $63.9 as a result of the recent correction, and this is serving as the first significant dynamic support. 

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After spending weeks close to overbought territory, the RSI has retreated to the neutral 53 area, indicating a significant cooling of momentum. That is a healthy development rather than a bearish one, as it reduces the risk of an overheated market. Another attempt to recover the $70 level is more likely if buyers hold onto the $63–$64 support zone. 

Although the long-term outlook would remain bullish unless that level also fails, losing that support would expose HYPE to a deeper correction toward the 100-day moving average near $61.5. 

Synapse's Unexpected RecoveryIn just a few weeks, Synapse went from below $0.05 to above $0.50, making it one of the market's most explosive performers. The rally was propelled by multiple events that reinforced one another rather than a single catalyst. After Binance placed SYN under its Monitoring Tag, the action started as an aggressive short squeeze. As the price recovered from extremely oversold levels, heavily shorted positions were compelled to cover rather than causing capitulation. 

SYN/USDT Chart by TradingViewAfter the Synapse team shifted the project's narrative from its legacy bridge business to Hypercall, an options exchange based on Hyperliquid, the rally picked up speed. There was a resurgence of speculative interest in that new direction. The last significant boost came when Arthur Hayes, a co-founder of BitMEX, revealed an OTC purchase of over six million SYN tokens for about $2.2 million.

He described this as asymmetric exposure to the Hypercall ecosystem. His support raised market awareness considerably. Technically, however, caution is warranted. SYN is trading well inside overbought territory, with an RSI close to 88. The unusually long wicks of daily candles indicate significant profit-taking and high volatility. 

The price is currently trading several hundred percent above the long-term moving averages, even though they have turned bullish. This leaves ample opportunity for significant retracements. Bulls continue to have momentum as long as SYN stays above the psychological $0.50 area. But after such a vertical move, volatility should be expected, and another 20–40 percent correction would not necessarily invalidate the broader uptrend.

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The cryptocurrency Gram (GRAM), which returned to its historic name as part of a major rebranding of the TON ecosystem, is showing a local rally amid a broader market revival. 

At the time of writing, the price of the GRAM token, previously named Toncoin, has already climbed from $1.56 to a local peak above $1.71, and it is currently holding around $1.65–$1.67, securing the asset in the top 20 largest cryptocurrencies on CoinMarketCap with a total market capitalization of $4.49 billion.

GRAM token price action since the rebranding announcement, Source: TradingViewThe current jump is explained by the fact that this ticker now carries an old and familiar brand for the market. It was under the name Gram that Pavel Durov and the Telegram team raised a record $1.7 billion in 2018 to build the Telegram Open Network blockchain.

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However, in 2020, due to heavy pressure from the U.S. regulator the SEC, the project had to be shut down in its original form, and Durov returned the money to investors. The blockchain was then taken over by an independent community of developers, who continued developing it for years under the Toncoin and The Open Network brand.

Binance and Hyperliquid step in for GRAMThe return to the Gram name years later has become an extremely convenient marketing move for attracting new liquidity. In a rising market, such speculative narratives work as a strong catalyst for buying, and the momentum was immediately reinforced by larger centralized and decentralized venues — Binance and Hyperliquid, respectively.

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Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, quickly opened spot pairs with USDT, USDC, and FDUSD, while also launching futures contracts. Meanwhile, the DeFi platform Hyperliquid added leveraged contracts at the community's specific request. 

As a direct result, global traders received a working combination of a strong bullish backdrop, a loud news catalyst, and immediate access to trading on key platforms.

Following a major rebranding within the TON ecosystem, Gram has returned to its historic name and experienced a short-term rally in line with the broader recovery in the cryptocurrency markets. With this latest move, the asset has maintained its status among the 20 largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization, according to CoinMarketCap.

Price movement and market capitalizationThe price of GRAM climbed from $1.56, surging past the local peak of $1.71, before stabilizing between $1.65 and $1.67. Its total market capitalization reached $4.49 billion.

This uptick is largely driven by the renewed focus on the Gram brand, which holds significant recognition in the market. The Gram name first emerged when Telegram founder Pavel Durov and his team raised $1.7 billion in 2018 to develop the Telegram Open Network blockchain. Durov is widely known as the founder of the messaging platform Telegram.

The Gram name has long been recognized in the market after $1.7 billion was raised in 2018 for the Telegram Open Network initiative.

Setbacks due to SEC interventionInitially, the project was halted in 2020 following pressure from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). During this period, Pavel Durov returned funds to investors. The blockchain subsequently came under the stewardship of an independent developer community and continued evolving over the years under the Toncoin and The Open Network brands.

Years later, the revival of the Gram brand stands out as a compelling marketing move, particularly amid a rising market. Coupled with a surge of positive news, this strategic pivot has bolstered new liquidity and driven increased demand among investors.

Rapid listings boost upward momentumThe strong rally was further fueled by swift action from both centralized and decentralized trading platforms. Binance listed GRAM with USDT, USDC, and FDUSD trading pairs and swiftly rolled out perpetual futures contracts. Hyperliquid, responding to community demand, also introduced leveraged contracts for GRAM.

PlatformNewly added productsBinanceUSDT, USDC, FDUSD spot pairs and perpetual futuresHyperliquidLeveraged contractsBinance’s rapid rollout of spot and futures products, along with Hyperliquid’s addition of leveraged contracts in response to community demand, quickly broadened access to GRAM.

Thanks to these developments, global investors encountered an upbeat market environment, a wave of positive news, and instant access across major platforms. Together, these factors became the main pillars behind the recent price movement in GRAM.

Disclaimer: The information contained in this article does not constitute investment advice. Investors should be aware that cryptocurrencies carry high volatility and therefore risk, and should conduct their own research.