CME and ICE target Hyperliquid over manipulation

The post Jump in the price of the HYPE token today, +20% in less than 24 hours appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Yesterday the price of HYPE tokens was around $39. Today it jumped above $45, but during the night it nearly touched $47. This is a +20% move in less than 24 hours, followed by a small pullback.  The trend of HYPE’s price HYPE is the token of the HyperLiquid DEX.  It landed on crypto markets less than two years ago at an initial price of $3. In fact, throughout the first month it kept rising until it even exceeded $30, but this initial boom was then followed by a correction that brought it back down to $10. This is probably the reference price that makes sense to use to analyze its subsequent performance.  After touching $10 it started a new rally that in September last year pushed it to an all-time high of almost $60.  Since then it seems to have entered a long period of very volatile sideways movement, but with medium-term trends rather than short-term ones.  For exampl

The post House Committee Leaders Urge Trump to Nominate CFTC Members, Citing CLARITY Act appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. The Republican chair and Democratic ranking member of the US House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture have called on President Donald Trump to fully staff the leadership at a key financial regulator, citing the potential impact of a crypto market structure bill. In a Friday letter to Trump, House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn Thompson and ranking member Angie Craig asked the president to “nominate a full panel” of bipartisan leaders for the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The representatives cited “urgent regulatory issues” facing the US regulator in addition to a “significant rulemaking process” required if the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (CLARITY) becomes law. “Ensuring the Commission is well-equipped as the leading derivatives markets regulator in the world is a bipartisan priority for the members of our Committee,” said Thom

The post Hyperliquid Pushes Back Against Wall Street Concerns Over DEX Manipulation Risks appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Hyperliquid Pushes Back Against Wall Street Concerns Over DEX Manipulation Risks Skip to content Home Crypto News Hyperliquid Pushes Back Against Wall Street Concerns Over DEX Manipulation Risks Source: https://bitcoinworld.co.in/hyperliquid-refutes-wall-street-dex-manipulation-concerns/

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The post CME, ICE Seek US Review of Hyperliquid Over Oil Market Risks appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. CME and ICE urged U.S. regulators to review Hyperliquid over market and sanctions risks. Hyperliquid drew concern over anonymous trading, perps, and possible sanctions evasion. Coinbase and Circle partnerships kept Hyperliquid in focus despite regulatory scrutiny. CME Group and Intercontinental Exchange, or ICE, pressed U.S. regulators to review Hyperliquid over market manipulation and sanctions evasion concerns. Bloomberg reported the discussions on Friday, citing people familiar with talks involving federal officials and lawmakers. Executives from CME and ICE raised the issue with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The matter also reached lawmakers on Capitol Hill, according to the report. CME, ICE Flag Hyperliquid Trading Risks The concerns focus on Hyperliquid’s fast-growing perpetual futures market. Bloomberg said both exchange operators warned about possible risks to

The post Bitwise Launches HYPE-linked Fund as Hyperliquid Interest Grows appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Bitwise Asset Management has launched a US-listed investment product tied to Hyperliquid, offering investors spot exposure to the token and staking rewards linked to the decentralized derivatives platform. The fund, trading under the ticker BHYP on the New York Stock Exchange, is the second US-listed Hyperliquid product to launch this week. Bitwise said the fund plans to stake a significant portion of its HYPE (HYPE) holdings through its in-house staking division. Hyperliquid is a decentralized trading-focused layer 1 blockchain launched in 2023 that offers perpetual futures, spot trading and lending services. Bitwise said the platform processed about $2.9 trillion in trading volume in 2025 and accounted for roughly 60% of global onchain derivatives open interest as of May 5, citing DefiLlama data. HYPE was trading at around $44 on Friday with a market capitalization of roughly

The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is currently headed by Chair Michael Selig, with no public statement from Donald Trump about fully staffing the five-member panel of commissioners.

CME Group and ICE urged US regulators to scrutinize Hyperliquid for manipulation and sanctions risks on May 15. CME and ICE warned that Hyperliquid’s anonymous, round-the-clock perpetual futures trading could distort global commodity benchmarks, particularly in oil markets. The exchanges…