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Hyperliquid Hits $1B Fee Milestone

Hyperliquid Hits $1B Fee Milestone

Perp DEXJul 18, 2026

Hyperliquid is expanding its decentralized perpetuals dominance through record open interest, tokenized equities, growing fee revenue, and HYPE token buybacks.

Hyperliquid surpassed $1 billion in total fees generated since its 2024 launch. USDC monthly transfer volume on the platform reached $45.58 billion, adding a concurrent on-chain activity metric to the fee milestone. Grayscale separately listed a Hyperliquid staking ETF on Nasdaq with the lowest fees in its category.

HYPE: the $1.2 billion business

4.5% of all HYPE ever created has already been bought back and removed - paid for entirely by trading fees, not venture capital or token sales.

$1.2 billion isn't a fundraising number. It's revenue that Hyperliquid is systematically converting into a smaller total supply cap as the platform grows.

Most crypto tokens are priced on narrative. HYPE is increasingly priced on cashflow. That's a different animal.

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