Hyperliquid (HYPE) Price: Whale Drops $11.8M as Hashdex ETF Inclusion Pushes HYPE to $83

TLDR

• HYPE price is up 1.29% to around $83 after Hashdex added Hyperliquid to its NCIQ crypto ETF
• HYPE joins the Nasdaq CME Crypto Index with a 3.36% weighting, expanding the fund from eight to nine assets
• Hyperliquid Strategies expanded its equity financing facility with Chardan Capital Markets from $1 billion to $2.5 billion on September 1
• A whale purchased $11.8 million in HYPE in a single day, according to crypto analyst Ted (@TedPillows) on X
• Hyperliquid is also in talks with Kraken parent Payward to offer regulated perpetual futures to U.S. traders

Hyperliquid’s native token HYPE is trading around $83, up 1.29% after two pieces of news landed at roughly the same time. Asset manager Hashdex added HYPE to its multi-asset spot crypto ETF, and Hyperliquid Strategies raised its equity financing capacity to $2.5 billion.

Hashdex made the change to its Nasdaq CME Crypto Index ETF, which trades under the ticker NCIQ, effective September 1, 2026. The fund now holds nine crypto assets, up from eight.

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