Real-world asset markets accounted for more than half of Hyperliquid’s trading volume for two consecutive weeks in July, the first time perps tied to stocks, commodities and indexes out-traded crypto on the platform. RWA perps did $25.1 billion in the week of July 13-19, or 52% of Hyperliquid’s $48.2 billion total. Lorenzo Valente, director of digital asset research at ARK Invest, called it a new era for DeFi, while Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire described it as a major structural shift moving away from speculating on endogenous digital commodities.
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