Jeff Yan's Plan to Bring the Entire Financial Industry Onto Hyperliquid
Jeff Yan, CEO and co-founder of Hyperliquid Labs, joins Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway to explain how the high-throughput Layer 1 blockchain operates as a neutral financial layer. He breaks down how perpetual contracts are deployed and cleared on-chain, how price oracles and risk limits function, and the mechanics behind 24/7 weekend trading of commodities like crude oil. Yan also discusses the regulatory road ahead following interest from US regulators, arguing that verifiable on-chain solvency represents a major technological leap for market transparency.
- Hyperliquid prevents instant flash-loan attacks by capping consecutive oracle price updates to a maximum 1% shift at the protocol level. Read →
- Donald Trump made public remarks stating that US regulators want frameworks to bring Hyperliquid onshore legally, creating an opening for decentralized platforms to interface with the CFTC. Read →
- Jeff Yan left Hudson River Trading to launch Hyperliquid Labs in 2023 because centralized crypto exchanges force users to take unhedged counterparty risk. Read →
- Hyperliquid aims to host global trading on a single Layer 1 blockchain instead of building a private exchange application. Read →
- Deployers must lock 500,000 HYPE tokens natively on-chain before gaining the right to create new perpetual markets. Read →