$HYPE to Hit $150 By August Says Admitted “Hype Man” Arthur Hayes 

Arthur Hayes has revealed his household workplace crypto funding fund, Maelstrom, now holds a major quantity of Hyperliquid ($HYPE) token, as he blatantly plugged the token in a prolonged newsletter.

Hayes mentioned the aim of Maelstrom was to be “hype males that monetize consideration” — and particularly that he desires everybody’s consideration on HYPE — which has just lately turn into the agency’s “largest liquid shitcoin place”.

Daring predictions are clearly key to Hayes’ hype man duties, and he didn’t disappoint. He declared an August 2026 worth goal of US$150 (AU$212) for HYPE, which might be a few 5x achieve.

The token was valued at round US$30 (AU$42) on the time, however has spiked by over 12% prior to now 24 hours to succeed in virtually US$35 (AU$49), in response to CoinMarketCap knowledge. The rally is attributed to elevated buying and selling exercise on Hyperliquid as traders positioned open positions on oil futures over the weekend, in response to US strikes on Iran.

In August 2025, Hayes predicted HYPE’s value may enhance by as much as 126 instances inside three years. Hayes then exited his place in HYPE in September 2025, taking on US$800k in income, earlier than buying extra HYPE in early 2026. 

Hayes mentioned his present view on HYPE’s worth spiking is predicated on the concept that the best-performing shitcoins in bear markets are exchanges that proceed incomes charges regardless, and that Hyperliquid is best-placed because the dominant perpetuals decentralised trade (DEX).

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Hayes’ Thesis on Why Hyperliquid Will Prevail

The outspoken crypto pundit, former BitMEX CEO, and pardoned felon mentioned his thesis is contingent on two necessary elements:

• Hyperliquid would want to develop its 30-day revenues to US$1.4 billion by August (from $843 million in March) within the face of elevated DEX competitors; and
• The month-to-month $HYPE crew token distribution would observe decrease (he assumes round 815,750).

Hayes mentioned Hyperliquid may double its 30-day annualised income run price inside months if it might appeal to 3.97% of the worldwide buying and selling quantity of crypto perps from centralised exchanges.

He additionally argues that the Hyperliquid Enchancment Proposal 3 (HIP-3) mechanism, which allows a permission-less course of for itemizing new perp markets when a consumer stakes 500,000 HYPE, can do the “heavy lifting” to assist develop the trade’s buyer base. 

HIP-3 performance has seen suppliers provide buying and selling in tokenised real-world property resembling Nasdaq Futures, Silver, Gold, and Foreign exchange. Hayes’ mannequin assumes 160% HIP-3 income progress in six months.

“In solely 4 months, HIP-3 volumes account for near 10% of whole Hyperliquid revenues. Permissionless listings had been all the time the holy grail of DEXs, and the speedy progress in buying and selling volumes proves that is how Hyperliquid will differentiate itself from the pack,” Hayes mentioned.

The anticipated introduction of permission-less itemizing of prediction markets (aka HIP-4 improve introduced in February) on Hyperliquid is the “cherry on-top” in response to Hayes. 

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He additionally warns: “that if Hyperliquid can’t develop revenues from right here, the token received’t rise. If that’s your view, don’t purchase $HYPE beneath any situation.”

Hayes mentioned Maelstrom began investing in $HYPE when the token was valued within the mid $20-range. 

“$HYPE shortly turned our largest liquid shitcoin place, and we intend to proceed promoting all different inferior initiatives to personal extra $HYPE whereas inside this buying and selling vary.”

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