VALR, Africa's largest crypto exchange by trading volume, is using Hyperliquid as the onchain infrastructure layer to bring perpetuals to its users.
This marks the first time a centralized exchange has integrated Hyperliquid directly. By building on Hyperliquid, VALR can focus on the experience and interface its users trust. Users benefit from Hyperliquid's deep liquidity and onchain transparency, while never having to leave the VALR platform.
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Observation:
Hyperliquid is doing well but HyperEVM is not.
- Ventuals shut down.
- Hypurrfi shut down.
- Liminal faded off.
- Felix/Hyperlend are pretty dead.
- USDH proposal felt like a farce and was sunset by the Coinbase takeover anyways (which was the ideal outcome btw)
- plus others that you forgot about or never knew the name of
The only builder with meaningful product traction is @unitxyz as the primary deployer of HIP-3 markets (and maybe @Kinetiq_xyz for liquid staking). Unclear if there's any nepotism there with unit, but there is at minimum concentration risk.
That concentration risk and the overall path so far for HyperEVM is discouraging for future builders. Most success has remained fairly limited to Hypercore.
There's hesitation to building anything on HyperEVM in fear of either a) nobody caring (PMF) or b) HL building it themselves (existential risk)
Similarly it is discouraging for users. There's little reason to take additional risk tying up their capital on HyperEVM with a protocol that is a) unlikely to airdrop and worse, b) likely to be defunct within the next year.
A year ago that wasn't so clear. Today it is.
Yet HL has stated clearly that building out the ecosystem and attracting builders is important to them.
We haven't seen builder growth in the same way Solana was able to achieve in 2021-2022 or Ethereum before it.
Perhaps that's just because crypto is now dead. And if so, then RIP.
But maybe there's still a chance for the EVM.
Let's see.
coinbase teasing a big announcement today
imo they will discontinue their perps platform
and relaunch it using hyperliquid builder codes
this is the obvious correct path for them - they should focus on being a brokerage business
their 'expertise' is distribution + the client relationship
the aqav2 deal btwn crcl / coinbase and hyperliquid made me sure this would happen eventually
when it does $hype is teleporting to $100+
lets see if its today 🫡
$coin $crcl $hype
Launch perps. Own the fees.
We're partnering with @Kinetiq_xyz to bring the first HIP-3 launchpad to life!
https://t.co/9v50aQWk6Y will list directly on Kinetiq's @Markets_xyz exchange, becoming the exclusive Co-Deployer.
More details below.
a year ago, we had a crazy idea — what if you built perps for private companies?
many people told us it would never work, but we thought it was worth trying anyways.
and over the course of the past year, we proved it could be done.
it was by no means a perfect system. but for much of this year, Ventuals became the go-to venue for realtime pricing information on the most important private companies well before their IPOs.
and most importantly, for the first time ever, exposure to private companies was open to everyone — with instant execution, no paperwork, no management fees, and no performance fees.
since our mainnet launch, over 11,000 traders have done over $1B in annualized volume across our markets, and Ventuals has ranked in the top 10 RWA perps DEXs measured by open interest.
and for me, the personal anecdotes made it all the more fun. several traders have put on multi-million dollar positions in our pre-IPO markets. employees at SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic, along with several late-stage VC funds, have reached out to tell us they have been using Ventuals to price their own shares.
but all good things come to an end, and this ending is making room for what’s next.
today we announced that we’re winding down Ventuals, and will be joining another team building in the Hyperliquid ecosystem. we’re really excited to share more on that soon, but today’s announcement is focused on the wind down.
over the next few days, all Ventuals deployed HIP-3 markets will be settled and halted for trading. please read the full article for details.
starting on June 19, all vHYPE holders will be able to withdraw their deposited HYPE. users can expect to get their HYPE back 1:1, plus any accrued native staking yield since their deposit. since inception, Ventuals has never earned any fees from vHYPE.
thank you to all of the traders, stakers, and market makers who gave us a shot. thank you also to the Hyperliquid team, and all the other ecosystem builders who we’ve partnered with over the last year.
while it’s bittersweet that this part of the journey is coming to an end, i am incredibly proud of what our small team pulled off, and we couldn’t have done it without your support.
more to share soon on what’s next. onwards!
CFTC Chair on Hyperliquid:
→ He thinks HL is transforming the US markets with their 24/7 offering
→ Smart contract logic automates a lot of what exchanges have to comply with
→ ADL is an unconventional mechanism, not good or bad
→ Modernizing the rules to bring things onshore
never thought I’d see a retail consumer app like @moomoo show data from Hyperliquid $SPCX perps
next logical step - enable perps trading via builder codes 🙏🏼
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Almost got a heart attack when I opened my wallet tracker.
Apparently I got a $max airdrop (no idea what it is).
Checked on HL it's only worth $100.
2M would have been great.