{"id":49390,"date":"2025-09-25T03:46:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T03:46:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=49390"},"modified":"2025-09-25T03:46:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T03:46:47","slug":"hype-price-under-pressure-12b-unlock-and-hayes-ferrari-sale-shake-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=49390","title":{"rendered":"HYPE Price Under Pressure: $12B Unlock and Hayes\u2019 Ferrari Sale Shake Confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hyperliquid (HYPE) token is under heavy selling pressure as concerns mount over a looming $12 billion unlock event. Trading at $43.37, HYPE has fallen more than 12% in the past 24 hours and is down 20.8% this week, raising alarm across the crypto market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scheduled unlock on November 29 will see team tokens representing 23.8% of the total supply released over 24 months, with analysts warning of $500 million in monthly selling pressure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research group Maelstrom described the upcoming vesting as a \u201cSword of Damocles\u201d moment, noting that only 17% of the supply may be absorbed by buybacks.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This overhang has already caused major whales to trim their positions, with one investor withdrawing $122 million worth of HYPE while holding onto $90 million in unrealized profits.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-588665 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HYPEUSD_2025-09-24_15-09-31.png?resize=809%2C660\" alt=\"Hyperliquid HYPE HYPEUSD\" width=\"809\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HYPEUSD_2025-09-24_15-09-31.png?w=1674 1674w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HYPEUSD_2025-09-24_15-09-31.png?w=515 515w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HYPEUSD_2025-09-24_15-09-31.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HYPEUSD_2025-09-24_15-09-31.png?w=809 809w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HYPEUSD_2025-09-24_15-09-31.png?w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HYPEUSD_2025-09-24_15-09-31.png?w=750 750w, https:\/\/bitcoinist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HYPEUSD_2025-09-24_15-09-31.png?w=1140 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\"><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Arthur Hayes\u2019 Ferrari Sale Sparks Hyperliquid (HYPE) Selloff<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adding fuel to the bearish sentiment, BitMEX co-founder <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lookonchain\/status\/1969801722123166172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1969801722123166172%7Ctwgr%5E9df7d8bad8336e7f8aab13c13c7ca19115fd1208%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcryptopotato.com%2Fhyperliquid-hype-dumps-12-as-hayes-sells-stash-for-ferrari%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Arthur Hayes<\/a> recently exited his entire HYPE position, cashing out over 96,000 tokens for approximately $4.8 million. Hayes revealed on social media that the sale was to cover a deposit for his new Ferrari 849 Testarossa, generating nearly $823,000 in profit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The move stunned the market, especially given Hayes\u2019 bold prediction just weeks earlier at the WebX 2025 conference, where he forecasted a 126x surge in HYPE over three years. His abrupt selloff, paired with mounting unlock concerns, has shaken investor confidence in Hyperliquid\u2019s long-term trajectory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tokenomics Reform Proposal: Can It Restore Trust?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response to growing concerns, DBA Asset Management\u2019s Jon Charbonneau and researcher Hasu have introduced a comprehensive proposal to overhaul HYPE\u2019s tokenomics. The plan recommends:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Burning 45% of HYPE\u2019s supply<\/strong>, including unminted tokens allocated for emissions and assistance funds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Eliminating Hyperliquid\u2019s fixed 1 billion supply cap<\/strong>, aligning with flexible issuance models seen in Ethereum and Solana.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supporters argue the proposal could remove distortions in fully diluted valuation (FDV) metrics and create a fairer assessment of <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@dartmouthblockchain\/understanding-hyperliquid-a-comprehensive-overview-f8a5ed1823a0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Hyperliquid\u2019s fundamentals<\/a>. However, critics warn that cutting emissions may weaken growth incentives and reduce flexibility in responding to future challenges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite its current price struggles, Hyperliquid remains one of the fastest-growing decentralized derivatives exchanges, recently hitting $3.4 billion in daily trading volumes. Whether the proposed reforms can stabilize HYPE ahead of November\u2019s unlock will be a decisive test for the project\u2019s resilience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cover image from ChatGPT, HYPEUSD chart from Tradingview<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hyperliquid (HYPE) token is under heavy selling pressure as concerns mount over a looming $12 billion unlock event. Trading at $43.37, HYPE has fallen more than 12% in the past 24 hours and is down 20.8% this week, raising alarm across the crypto market. The scheduled unlock on November 29 will see team tokens [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-49390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49390\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}