NEAR's $5.3 million in buybacks trails new issuance, Bitwise's research head concedes
Bitwise research head Ryan Rasmussen says NEAR's $5.3 million in buybacks since February do not yet offset new token issuance. He still backs NEAR and Hyperliquid on revenue, in an interview with Crypto Briefing.
Reality
- Evidence35
- Adoption50
- Hype gap+30
- Incentives70
- Confidence55
Hyperliquid Labs has finished unstaking 3.75 million HYPE, worth about $330 million, for an over-the-counter deal with an undisclosed institution. The buyer and the terms are private, so holders can judge future supply only by where the tokens sit onchain.
Reality
- Evidence60
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives55
- Confidence58
A White House remark about CFTC Chairman Michael Selig repriced HYPE and a Nasdaq treasury stock. No approval, no registration path and no timeline has been put on the record.
Perspective Coverage
7 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 13%
- Operator
- Operator 36%
- Investor
- Investor 51%
Reality
- Evidence62
- Adoption20
- Hype gap+55
- Incentives68
- Confidence60
Hyperliquid Strategies' 251% climb rests on a token Americans struggled to buy
Hyperliquid Strategies is up 251% this year while Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana treasury companies have slumped. Its market value sits close to the worth of the HYPE it holds, so the gain looks more like the token's than the company's.
Reality
- Evidence45
- Adoption
- Not scored
- Hype gap+35
- Incentives40
- Confidence40
Duquesne's second-quarter filing pairs $64.7 million of Bitdeer with $23.1 million of Hyperliquid Strategies, and part of the funding came from leaving traditional semiconductors.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption30
- Hype gap+35
- Incentives
- Not scored
- Confidence55
Hyperliquid Strategies has drawn $646.6m at an average $8.70 a share to build a 29.3 million HYPE treasury, and the new ceiling is $2.5bn, but below $12.02 a share only 42.6 million further shares can go out without a holder vote.
Perspective Coverage
3 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 10%
- Operator
- Operator 25%
- Investor
- Investor 65%
Reality
- Evidence72
- Adoption60
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives60
- Confidence70
Three-quarters of the single-stock ETFs trading at the end of 2025 launched that year
Morningstar says single-stock funds, leveraged and derivative ones included, account for more than half of ETFs whose first prospectus was filed by June 30. The ten biggest hold about 44% of the category's assets.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption62
- Hype gap+12
- Incentives72
- Confidence55
Arkham traces $30M of North Korean bitcoin through the exchange Washington wants inside its perimeter
Payward's Bitnomial filing answers the market-structure question the CFTC already knows how to answer. The open item is the screening of a permissionless order book, and no answer to that question exists yet.
Reality
- Evidence40
- Adoption45
- Hype gap+45
- Incentives72
- Confidence45