The system earns fees on USDC reserves minted by Circle on the HyperEVM, creating a revenue stream independent of trading activity. This first payment implies an annualized income of roughly $193 million, or a daily fee increase of about $500,000, to support value capture for the HYPE token.
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Hyperliquid Funds Native Token Buybacks with First $14.58M USDC Reserve Payment
Crypto16 days ago
Hyperliquid has introduced a mechanism to monetize idle capital on its platform by using USDC reserves to finance the purchase of its own native assets. Through the new AQAv2 framework, the exchange received an initial payment of $14.58 million over a 30 day period, which was routed to an Assistance Fund to execute buybacks of the hyperliquid:native token.
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