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Story: Bitwise HYPE ETF Pulls $25.5M in 48 Hours as Hyperliquid Grabs 44% of All Blockchain Fees

By Pankaj K

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Trading Volume, Inflows, and the 18-Fold Jump. By May 20, five days after launch, the two US-listed HYPE ETFs together triggered a 50% surge in…

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Hyperliquid's Fee Dominance and the Burn Mechanism. The ETF story doesn't exist in a vacuum. It's built on top of what Hyperliquid has actually been…

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Price Targets and What Could Break the Rally. So where does HYPE go from here? Unclear, honestly. The $70 and $80 targets depend on inflows…

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Bitwise Asset Management launched its HYPE ETF on the NYSE on May 15, 2026, and the money came fast. Within two days, the fund pulled in $25.5 million in net inflows — $8.

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The fee structure is worth noting upfront. The ETF carries a 0.34% sponsor fee, but Bitwise waived it for the first $500 million in assets during the opening month.

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The price followed. HYPE jumped over 50% in two weeks. Analysts watching the ETF flow data think sustained eight-figure monthly inflows could push the token past $70, with $80 as…

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The ETF story doesn't exist in a vacuum. It's built on top of what Hyperliquid has actually been doing on-chain, and the numbers there are kind of remarkable.

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Hyperliquid's derivatives volume hit $2.9 trillion in 2025. That's over 400% growth from the prior year.

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And 97% of those fees don't stay in the protocol treasury. They go toward buying and burning HYPE tokens.

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Related: Hyperliquids HYPE Token Breaks $65 on Record ETF Inflows and Futures Surge

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The Assistance Fund adds another layer. By the time the data was compiled, the Fund had acquired 28.5 million HYPE tokens through open-market purchases, spending over $1.

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So where does HYPE go from here? Unclear, honestly. The $70 and $80 targets depend on inflows staying strong after the fee waiver period ends.

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The risk scenario is simpler. Inflows drop, the fee waiver disappears, and buyers who came in for the launch rotate out.

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HYPE's current phase is price discovery. It's broken through multiple resistance levels in a short window, and it's outperforming most comparable assets in the same period.

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The Assistance Fund's $1.3 billion in cumulative purchases is probably the single most important number in that equation.

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