HIP-3 Is Consolidating - Losers Are Shutting Down

Top 7 | Tech, AI & Crypto Analytics (@top7ico), Jun 29, 2026, 13:42 UTC

HIP-3 Is Consolidating - Losers Are Shutting Down Hyperliquid's HIP-3 lets anyone launch their own perp market, and the category has exploded past $300B in volume. But one player ate almost everything: TradeXYZ now controls ~97% of HIP-3 volume - and the rest are quietly closing up shop: • Felix Protocol - the first-ever HIP-3 deployer (silver, gold, oil perps). Shut down June 19, openly admitting "we failed because we weren't TradeXYZ." • Ventuals - pre-IPO markets for OpenAI & Anthropic via vHYPE staking. Did $650M+ in volume, raised 500K HYPE, then wound down and folded its team into anot…

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