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HYPE Price Jumps 800% After Airdrop, but Trouble Looms — Time to Sell?

26.12.2024
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Key Takeaways:

  • Hyperliquid surged by 818.42% after its airdrop but faces challenges, including centralization and security concerns tied to only four validators.
  • Despite recent market panic and fund outflows, Hyperliquid remains a top-performing L1 coin, with a 9.66% weekly gain as of Dec. 25.
  • A collaborative response to potential security risks could set a groundbreaking precedent for DeFi’s resilience.

Hyperliquid (HYPE) started trading on Nov. 29 at $3.80 and rose to $34.90 on Dec. 22, earning the crypto community the title of one of the most successful projects, but dark times have arrived.

HYPE’s price reached its all-time high (ATH) on Dec. 22, when it rose to $34.90, according to CoinGecko. Almost a month after the airdrop, the gain was 818.42%.

Source: CoinGecko

However, on Dec. 23, rumors emerged that North Korean hackers had been using the platform for several months. MetaMask security researcher Taylor Monahan brought this to the attention of the market, causing panic. The hackers have allegedly been using Hyperliquid since October.

On Dec. 23, the data showed a large outflow of funds from the platform, which turned out to be greater than the inflow: $502.71 million against $253.5 million.

The outflow on Hyperliquid continued the next day. On Dec. 24, Dune data shows that the outflow was $171.25 million, and the inflow was $160.93 million.

Source: Dune

Hyperliquid has already stated in its Discord channel that there was no exploit and user funds are not at risk. However, will the project be able to survive this crisis?

Hyperliquid: Fast-Growing DeFi Project, but There Are Challenges

Hyperliquid is a Layer 1 (L1) protocol functioning as a trading platform for derivatives, partly hosted on the Arbitrum Chain.

According to DeFiLlama, Hyperliquid became the fastest-growing protocol among the top 20 in decentralized finance (DeFi).

The total value locked (TVL) increased by 655% in a month, placing the protocol 8th in the rankings with $1.9 billion.

Source: DeFiLlama

Despite its airdrop and rapid price growth, Taylor Monahan identified another vulnerability in the protocol: centralization.

Monahan reported that the network operates with only four validators, likely running the same code. This makes Hyperliquid more susceptible to attacks from North Korean hackers and others. For example, it could involve rival software:

‘That will silently deliver a rat. Malware will be variation of the same, something we’ve seen before. If they really want to move fast they’ll use a chrome 0day to land the malware but is not necessary here so they won’t.‘

With fewer validators, compromising the network becomes easier. Three validators are needed to withdraw funds, following the two-thirds quorum rule.

In theory, Hyperliquid is a decentralized protocol initially built on Arbitrum with plans to transition to its own Tendermint-based chain in March 2024.

However, Arbitrum remains the only bridge to Hyperliquid, meaning the protocol’s liquidity is tied to this chain.

Crypto researcher cygaar suggested two scenarios to prevent an attack. The first involves collaborating with Circle, whose stablecoin USDC is used by Hyperliquid. Circle could block token transactions and freeze assets.

The second, more drastic approach involves changing the Arbitrum chain to enforce its security protocols. In theory, this could trace all malicious activity and restore the network.

Both approaches, however, require swift and substantial resources.

I can't speak much on the security of the actual Hyperliquid validators, but I am somewhat familiar with how the HL USDC bridge and Arbitrum work.
Right now there's $2.3B of USDC in the HL bridge contract deployed on Arbitrum. Most of the functions in this bridge contract are… https://t.co/roetLjDqFG

— cygaar (@0xCygaar) December 23, 2024

Is Hyperliquid Over?

It’s too early to conclude that the Hyperliquid story has ended, especially given the platform’s strong initial performance.

The price of HYPE has decreased amid recent concerns, as expected, but not significantly. As of Dec. 25, the coin is trading at nearly $27, which is only slightly lower than its ATH of $34.90.

Moreover, a whale took advantage of the minor dip, purchasing 210,420 tokens at $27.6.

A whale deposited 18.3M $USDC into #Hyperliquid to buy $HYPE in the past 24 hours.
So far, the whale has spent 5.81M $USDC to buy 210,420 $HYPE at $27.6.https://t.co/xTBDrYMvbh pic.twitter.com/rabo6elIDm

— Lookonchain (@lookonchain) December 24, 2024

Despite the negative news, HYPE remains the top-performing L1 coin over the past seven days, with a gain of 9.66%. For comparison, Bitcoin (BTC) showed a weekly decline of -5.29%.

Source: dexu.ai

It’s also important to note that Hyperliquid was not hacked. However, the protocol’s centralization, with just four validators, presents a challenge for the DeFi ecosystem, which has often been criticized for falling short of its decentralization ideals.

If other projects collaborate to prevent a potential Hyperliquid hack or reverse any future attacks, it could set a significant precedent for the crypto market.

The post HYPE Price Jumps 800% After Airdrop, but Trouble Looms — Time to Sell? appeared first on Cryptonews.

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