Valantis Acquires stHYPE, Expanding Liquid Staking Reach on Hyperliquid

Valantis, a decentralized trade (DEX) protocol, has acquired Staked Hype (stHYPE), the second-largest liquid staking token (LST) on Hyperliquid. Financial phrases of the deal weren’t disclosed.

stHYPE, which launched as the primary LST on HyperEVM, at present holds about $180 million in complete worth locked (TVL), based on the stHYPE web site.

Following the deal, stHYPE’s operations, growth, and scaling shall be managed by Valantis Labs. Addison Spiegel, founding father of Thunderhead, the staff behind stHYPE, will function an advisor to Valantis.

Liquid staking has turn out to be a central pillar inside Hyperliquid’s ecosystem. According to DeFiLlama, liquid staking accounts for greater than half of Hyperliquid L1’s $2.26 billion in DeFi TVL

The acquisition builds on Valantis’ earlier launch of LST-specific DEX swimming pools for each stHYPE and hHYPE, which collectively have attracted practically $70 million in TVL and processed greater than $500 million in buying and selling quantity.

Valantis stated in a press launch it plans to increase stHYPE’s integrations with its DEX and HyperCore, with the purpose of creating a broader liquidity community for Hyperliquid.

HyperEVM, which went dwell in February, has grown to greater than $2 billion in TVL throughout practically 100 protocols.

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