HIP‑3 clears $62 B in May, giving Hyperliquid the biggest share of perpetuals volume across all platforms.
active loans on Aave V4 have doubled over the past 30 days, indicating strong on‑chain borrowing demand.
$50 M of buybacks executed continuously, scaling with SOL miner fees to keep value on‑chain rather than leaking to fiat.
emergency upgrade fixes a double‑spend vulnerability; no funds were lost and the ZEC supply remains unchanged.
$TEA becomes claimable and stakeable a hour before mainnet, seeding the market and generating early $AERO emissions.
340 k AERO repurchased, bringing total locked AERO to 190 M and boosting protocol treasury.
The episode analyzes a shifting crypto market where high-cap alts like NEAR, Zcash, and Hyperliquid (HYPE) outperform Bitcoin, driven by revenue, privacy, and AI narratives. Hyperliquid's tokenomics, buybacks, and institutional interest (e.g., Circle’s $20M position) are highlighted, while Bitcoin faces criticism for dividend-funded sell pressure and MicroStrategy’s STRC struggles.
MicroStrategy's capital structure (equity, Bitcoin, preferred debt) is under strain as it sells BTC to fund dividends, with analysts questioning the sustainability of its $1.5B/year preferred dividend obligations and asset-liability mismatch.
Bankless episode analyzes the unprecedented scale and timing of SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic IPOs, projecting a combined $180B raise and discussing AI capital intensity, infrastructure bottlenecks, and forced passive fund absorption of supply.
The episode analyzes macroeconomic resilience driven by AI capex, fiscal deficits, and structural shifts like supply chain resiliency, arguing these forces delay recession despite inflationary pressures and Fed policy uncertainty.
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