Hyperliquid Draws First Japanese Corporate Buyer as US Funds Shed $27 Million
Eole has become the first Japanese listed company to hold Hyperliquid (HYPE). The Tokyo-listed firm bought 1,078 tokens for 10.08 million yen.
The purchase lands as US-listed HYPE funds record their longest stretch without inflows since launch. Large holders have moved tokens onto exchanges over the same period.
Japanese Firm Commits 100 Million Yen to Hyperliquid
The company paid an average of 9,352.776 yen per token. It plans further purchases in tranches through the end of August, taking the total to 100 million yen.
Eole ties the buy to its Neo Crypto Bank plan, announced in October 2025. The company argues that AI without bank accounts needs settlement rails that run entirely in software. Smart contracts would carry those payments at low cost and high speed.
"As part of driving that infrastructure forward, eole has now acquired HYPE - the native token of Hyperliquid, the world's largest on-chain derivatives platform and one well suited to autonomous AI agent execution - as a strategic asset, in addition to its existing Bitcoin (BTC) holdings. The company says this is the first such case by a listed company in Japan," the firm said.
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