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HYPE Hits Wall Street as BTC ETFs Bleed $1B and $19B in Assets Go On-Chain

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4.7698 Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2026

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of CoinDesk's Public Keys from the New York Stock Exchange, Jennifer Sanasie is joined by Fundstrat Head of Digital Asset Strategy Sean Farrell to unpack the crypto IPO slowdown, the Fed's hawkish pivot, and why Bitcoin miners pivoting to AI infrastructure remain one of the year's best places to hide in crypto. 21Shares Global Head of Research Eli Ndinga breaks down the launch of the first Hyperliquid ETF in the U.S. market, makes the bull and bear case for HYPE, and shares his $75 price target. Plus, NUVA Labs CEO Anthony Moro discusses the company's launch with nearly $19 billion in tokenized real-world assets from Figure Technologies and his vision for bringing TradFi to DeFi. - Timecodes: 00:00 Welcome to Public Keys 00:38 Clarity Act Passes, Macro Headwinds Hit Crypto 01:53 Crypto IPO Boom Hits a Speed Bump 02:09 Fundstrat's Sean Farrell Joins Public Keys 03:30 Why AI Is Driving the Tech IPO Market 05:00 Bitcoin Miners Pivot to AI for Higher Yields 06:13 Macro Outlook and Fed Chair Warsh 08:12 Hyperliquid's $850M Revenue and Pre-IPO Markets 12:23 Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs See Major Outflows 13:48 Two HYPE ETFs Launch on Wall Street 14:25 21Shares' Eli Dinga on the THYP Debut 17:30 The Bull and Bear Case for Hyperliquid 22:30 21Shares' $75 Price Target for HYPE 23:55 Nuva Labs Launches with $19B in Tokenized RWAs 30:00 The Nuva Roadmap and Token Generation Event - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.

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0:00.0

On today's public keys at the New York Stock Exchange, one of the biggest weeks in Washington for crypto collided with the hottest inflation print in years.

0:07.1

The crypto boom hits a speed bump.

0:09.7

Hyperliquid ETFs start trading on Wall Street and nearly $19 billion and tokenized real world assets.

0:15.0

Just hit the Ethereum blockchain. I'm Jensenessi. Let's get into it.

0:26.6

Happy Monday, everyone. Bitcoin lost its steam over the weekend, sitting below the psychologically important $80,000 level this morning

0:32.6

after the Bulls got squeezed with over $560 million in crypto liquidations.

0:36.6

Let's take a look at what happened.

0:38.7

On Thursday, the Senate Banking Committee passed the Clarity Act, 15 to 9 in a bipartisan vote.

0:44.1

This is the biggest piece of crypto legislation since the Genius Act. It finally answers the

0:48.8

question that has haunted this industry for a decade, what cryptos are securities versus

0:52.9

commodities? The bill draws clear

0:54.9

jurisdictional lines between the SEC and CFDC and aims to bring certainty to digital asset

0:59.8

developers, exchanges and everyday investors. Markets reacted positively. Coinbase surge 10%,

1:05.2

strategy jumps 7%, and Marathon was up 6. Then the weekend hit. Hot producer price data,

1:13.0

PPI up 6% year over year.

1:18.7

The biggest annual jump since 2022 shattered lingering hopes for a Fed rate cut this year. Suddenly,

1:24.2

the market was pricing in the possibility of a hike with odds jumping to around 50% on Friday.

1:29.3

The regulatory tailwind got overwhelmed by macro headwinds and risk assets got hammered. Bitcoin dropped to around $76,000. But Bitcoin ETF saw their worst week of outflow since January.

1:35.3

Coinbase slipped and strategy fell. Here is where we are. Crypto is one step closer to a regulatory framework in the United States.

1:43.3

But right now, the Fed matters more than Congress when macro stabilizes that Clarity Act,

1:49.1

tail of wind, couldn't be powerful until then. It's a turbulent ride.

1:52.5

All right, let's turn to crypto IPOs now.

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