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Hyperliquid’s Rise: Revenue, Valuation & Risks | Michael Nadeau

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Tech News, News, Technology

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Hyperliquid is less than a year old, yet it’s already rivalling Ethereum and Solana in revenue. In this episode, Ryan and Michael from the DeFi Report dive deep into the rise of crypto’s hottest exchange: from its fair-launch token drop to its Binance-like UX, to why whales and builders can’t get enough of it. We cover the project’s inception story, the ecosystem forming around HyperEVM, and the unique buyback model funnelling millions back into its token. Along the way, we unpack tough questions about valuation, decentralization, and regulatory risk. Is Hyperliquid the future of on-chain trading or just another bull market phenomenon? Tune in for a full breakdown of the fundamentals, the risks, and the potential upside. --- 📣SANCTUM | STAKE YOUR SOL https://bankless.cc/Sanctum-report --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🪙FRAX | SELF SUFFICIENT DeFi https://bankless.cc/Frax 🦄UNISWAP | SWAP ON UNICHAIN https://bankless.cc/unichain 🛞MANTLE | MODULAR LAYER 2 NETWORK https://bankless.cc/Mantle 🎩DEGEN | JOIN THE COMMUNITY https://bankless.cc/degen --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 1:47 Hyperliquid’s Revenue Surge 6:33 Valuation Questions 13:42 Product Experience & Growth Flywheel 18:16 The Team Behind Hyperliquid 20:14 Ecosystem Expansion 24:33 Decentralization & Risks 33:34 Regulation, AML, and KYC 38:35 Tokenomics & Buybacks 49:18 Valuation Comparisons 57:15 Closing Thoughts --- RESOURCES Michael Nadeau https://x.com/JustDeauIt The DeFi Report https://x.com/the_defi_report Hyperliquid (HYPE) https://x.com/HyperliquidX --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures

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0:00.0

Hey, Bankless Nation's special episode for you today. It's something that I've wanted to dig into

0:07.2

for some time. What is the bulk case for hype? Hype, of course, is the hyper liquid token. This is the

0:12.4

Perps Exchange that is taking all of crypto by storm. They also have an EVM chain. The question on

0:17.8

my mind is, is it too late to buy? Should I buy hype now? Or is it

0:21.7

overvalued? Uh, that's the question. Overvalued or undervalued at current price. And what is

0:27.3

this project? And also, what are the risks? As a user, what sort of property rights do I have?

0:32.3

And is hyper liquid a threat to other layer ones? Something like Ethereum or the L2s or Solana?

0:39.7

We get into all that and more with our guest Michael Nato from the Defi report.

0:43.5

Before we get in, want to shout out our friends and sponsors over at Sanctom.

0:48.3

They are not just the fourth largest Solana protocol.

0:51.0

They are one of the leaders of Solana staking.

0:53.7

That is Solana Liquid Staking. They're setting a new standard for token transparency in the space.

1:00.3

They partnered with Blockworks. I don't know if you've seen this. They have token transparency

1:04.6

reports. They have a native token called Cloud, and they became one of only two companies

1:09.8

to score a perfect 40 out of 40 on Blockworks

1:13.5

Token Transparency Framework, and of course, token transparency, something that is essential

1:18.5

for investors moving forward in crypto. To give their stakeholders a deeper look at their

1:23.2

progress, they've just published a quarterly report. This might be a crypto-native quarterly report, the kind that you'd see out of TradFi. And we'll include a link to that in the show notes. This is a comprehensive report that gives you a clear picture of what they're up to and their business drivers. So if you're serious about due diligence, go check out Sanctum, go check out that token report.

1:45.1

You can't miss it. There's a link in the show notes. All right, guys, we're talking about hype today. We've got Michael from the Defi Report. And you wrote this memo over the weekend that I had a chance to read. Actually, it was published on Friday. And I've read it this weekend. The Hyper Liquid memo is the hype warranted. And I think we got to start here with the objective

2:02.3

truth, which is hype is minting and printing a lot of money right now. These revenue charts

2:08.5

look incredible. What are we seeing on the hype revenue side from like daily fees perspective?

2:15.0

Yeah, printing, printing money, I think is the story here. And it was something

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