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JPMorgan says Hyperliquid's exchange-traded funds have swung to net outflows as competition from rival altcoin wrappers and centralized platforms intensifies.
Hyperliquid's spot ETFs swung to roughly $30 million in net outflows by early August, JPMorgan said, as competition from rival altcoin funds and centralized exchanges intensified. The reversal follows a debut that briefly outpaced Bitcoin ETFs on a market-cap-adjusted basis.
"We see significant challenges to the market share of decentralized platforms such as Hyperliquid," Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, lead crypto analyst at JPMorgan, said in a note to clients.
The two spot products — BHYP and THYP, launched May 12-15 — pulled in $25.5 million on May 20 alone, a single-day figure that outperformed Bitcoin ETFs during several of their own debut sessions. Cumulative inflows reached roughly $280 million by July before turning negative: more than $13 million exited in July, and a $29.8 million outflow streak ran across 12 consecutive sessions through Aug. 3. HYPE fell about 13 percent from its June peak during July and traded 3 percent lower at $55.30 early Aug. 6.
The stall matters because HYPE's ETFs remain a rounding error next to the roughly $77 billion in Bitcoin ETF assets, and JPMorgan questioned whether the token can close the gap with Solana and XRP. "Whether Hyperliquid eventually surpasses in market cap other tokens such as Solana and XRP remains to be seen," the analysts said.
Hyperliquid's Assistance Fund funnels about 99 percent of platform trading fees into open-market HYPE purchases, totaling over $1 billion in certain periods — a structural buyer that operates independently of Wall Street flows. That acts as a floor for the token, though not an invincible one given July's 13 percent drawdown.
JPMorgan pointed to mounting competition from Ethereum, Solana, and other token products vying for the same pool of investor capital, alongside prediction markets as Hyperliquid expands beyond perpetual futures trading. The bank's analysts said it remains unclear whether Hyperliquid can keep taking share from larger rivals.
Investors tracking the space should watch daily net flows for BHYP and THYP, Hyperliquid's platform trading volume as a proxy for buyback firepower, and the launch calendar for competing altcoin ETFs that could further fragment attention.
This article is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice.
