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Kinetiq
Kinetiq is a liquid staking and markets protocol built for the Hyperliquid blockchain. It lets users stake HYPE to mint kHYPE, a reward-accruing liquid staking token, while also offering perpetual futures trading on equities, indices, currencies, and commodities. Its clients are Hyperliquid users and DeFi participants seeking staking rewards and trading opportunities, as well as institutional entities via its compliant staking rails.
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Description
Kinetiq builds and deploys software purpose-built for the Hyperliquid network, centered on its liquid staking token kHYPE, which lets users stake HYPE to earn rewards while remaining liquid. The protocol also offers Kinetiq Earn (vkHYPE), which deposits kHYPE into curated DeFi strategies powered by Veda for additional yield, and Markets by Kinetiq, enabling 24/7 trading of perpetual futures on equities, indices, currencies, and commodities via Hyperliquid. Kinetiq operates an autonomous validator scoring and stake distribution system that delegates HYPE to top-performing validators to maximize yield and secure the Hyperliquid network. For institutional and regulated entities, it offers iHYPE, providing compliant, customizable, custody-integrated liquid staking rails. The protocol emphasizes security, with its codebase audited by multiple industry-leading security groups and a $1M bug bounty program, and integrates with numerous DeFi protocols across the Hyperliquid ecosystem including Curve, Hyperswap, Ramses, Felix, Hyperlend, Sentiment, Harmonix, Hybra, Pendle, and Treehouse.Grant Funding
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2025
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$1.8M