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Hyperliquid

Decentralized perpetual-futures exchange on a custom Layer-1 blockchain with fully on-chain order books
Crypto / DeFi 📍 Remote / Distributed Founded 2022
Current Valuation
$11B
as of 2026-Q3
DECACORN

IPO Outlookprivate

Is Hyperliquid going public?
No. Hyperliquid is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Hyperliquid's valuation in 2026?
Hyperliquid is valued at $11B as of 2026-Q3, set by its None (bootstrapped, no VC) (Nov 2024). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Hyperliquid filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Hyperliquid.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Hyperliquid is a decentralized perpetual-futures exchange built on its own custom Layer-1 blockchain optimized for fully on-chain order books and sub-second finality. Founded by ex-Hudson River Trading quant Jeff Yan in 2022, the company famously took zero venture capital and bootstrapped to ~$900M in annual revenue with a team of around 11-15 people. The HYPE token launched in November 2024 via airdrop and trades with a market cap above $10B as of mid-2026, putting Hyperliquid in the upper tier of DeFi infrastructure.

Company Profile

CEO
Jeff Yan
Founded
2022
HQ
Remote / Distributed
Employees
~15
Est. Revenue
$900M (2025-Q4)
Growth
Never raised venture capital — no investors, no priced equity round; the "valuation" is the HYPE token market capitalisation, roughly $11.7B in August 2026. Protocol revenue is running $35-50M a month, down more than 50% year over year from the 2025 peak.
IPO Status
private

Fundraising Status

None (bootstrapped, no VC) · 1y 9mo ago
private

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
None (bootstrapped, no VC)Nov 2024N/A - HYPE token launch

Talent Signal

No public careers page or job board could be found for Hyperliquid as of 2026-08-17. That itself is a datapoint: no open external hiring surface.
Checked the company site and major hosted job boards. Re-checked monthly.

Founders & Key People

Jeff Yaniliensinc

Products

  • Hyperliquid L1 blockchain (custom for on-chain order books)
  • Perpetual-futures DEX (100+ markets)
  • Spot trading on HyperEVM
  • HYPE token (governance + gas)

Competitors

dYdX · GMX · Drift Protocol · Vertex Protocol · Centralized perps (Binance, Bybit)
DeFiDEXPerpetualsLayer 1Bootstrapped
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2026-Q3. Refreshed quarterly.