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Why Michaël van de Poppe Sees $100 for HYPE | Markets Outlook

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🗓️ 21 May 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Unpacking Hyperliquid's ATH with Michaël van de Poppe. In today's Markets Outlook, Michaël van de Poppe, Founder and CIO of MN Capital and MN Fund, joins CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie to share why Hyperliquid is hitting new all-time highs. He makes the case for NEAR and Bittensor as undervalued AI crypto plays compared to overhyped tech IPOs, and explains why he's steering clear of privacy coins like Zcash. Plus, his key macro signals to watch over the next four to six weeks. - Timecodes: 00:00 - What Michaël Is Watching in the Markets? 01:47 - Why European Traders Are Flocking to Hyperliquid 02:59 - HYPE Price Target & HYPE vs. Solana 05:09 - Responding to CME, ICE Regulatory Scrutiny of HYPE 07:27 - Are Altcoins Dead? 08:59 - The Case for NEAR Over AI IPOs 10:43 - Why Bittensor Could Reach $1,000-$2,000 12:48 - Privacy and Zcash 16:33 - Macro Outlook: Yields, the Fed, and What's Next - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie.

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0:00.0

I wouldn't be surprised to see hyperliquid run towards 100 bucks or more in the next period of time.

0:07.2

It's all depending on how strong the entire appetite will be within the crypto markets,

0:12.1

value wastes can be a little bit overextended.

0:14.8

But if you compare hype to, for instance, Solana, it can easily go to 100 plus. Markets move fast. Crypto moves faster. From the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Kondesk's public keys tracks the money, markets, and moves shaping digital assets.

0:53.0

Michael Fonda Pope, welcome to Market's Outlook.

0:55.9

Thank you very much for having me.

0:58.1

All right.

0:58.7

Let's just start here.

1:01.0

I mean, lots going on in the markets, but what are you watching?

1:03.5

What's keeping you up at night?

1:05.4

Well, I think the markets are actually getting better in terms of the crypto markets.

1:10.6

Hyperliquid is making a new

1:12.1

all-time high today. And in general, you'll see a little bit more of a appetite that people

1:18.2

are willing to trade all coins. And I think that's just great for the markets as a whole.

1:22.6

I want to unpack both of those with you. Let's start with Hyper Liquid, Hyper Liquid really outperforming the rest of the

1:28.7

market on the back of those two hype ETF launches in the United States yesterday. Talk to me a little

1:34.0

bit about your thesis around hyperliquid. You know, we talk so much about what's going on in the

1:39.4

United States, but Hyper Liquid is really a global story. And I think that from your perspective is one that we don't often cover on CoinDesk.

1:47.7

I think, like, I've got a very unique stance in that sense,

1:52.6

because if you are in Europe and you would like to trade perps on the markets,

1:57.0

it's nearly impossible to do it on most of the ventures,

2:00.1

which means that a lot of my

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