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By James Thorp
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Unitree's Numbers Are Hard to Ignore. Founded in 2016, Unitree built its name on four-legged and humanoid robots deployed across a range…
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How Hyperliquid's Pre-IPO Futures Actually Work. Hyperliquid has become a go-to platform for pre-IPO perpetual futures — derivatives that let…
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The Liquidation Risk Nobody's Talking About Enough. Here's where it gets dicey. Allium ran the numbers on what happens to leveraged positions…
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Unitree Robotics is going public. The Hangzhou-based robotics firm set its IPO price at 150.80 yuan — roughly $22.
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Pre-IPO perpetual contracts on the platform are pricing Unitree at closer to $38 billion, with contract prices running between $92 and $94, per blockchain analytics firm Allium.
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Eight thousand times oversubscribed. That's not enthusiasm — that's a frenzy.
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The oversubscription alone tells you retail appetite for robotics and tech-driven companies out of China is running hot right now.
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Hyperliquid has become a go-to platform for pre-IPO perpetual futures — derivatives that let traders speculate on a company's valuation before shares hit a public exchange.
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That might sound like a niche product, but the track record is getting harder to dismiss. Allium pointed to CXMT, a Chinese memory-chip maker, whose pre-IPO contract prices…
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Two markets on Hyperliquid are running Unitree contracts right now. Trade.xyz and Paragon together reported $9.1 million in open interest and $59 million in turnover. Trade.
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Here's where it gets dicey. Allium ran the numbers on what happens to leveraged positions depending on where Unitree actually opens.
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If the stock debuts around $45 — well below the speculative contract range — roughly 33% of long positions face liquidation.
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And that's the thing about pre-IPO perpetual futures that doesn't always get enough attention. The leverage makes the upside exciting, but the downside can be brutal and fast.
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