From Interview Desk to Arena: Lighter Founder Once Interviewed Hyperliquid Co-Founder Jeff Yan
BlockBeats News, January 13th, according to Fortune magazine, Lighter's founder Vladimir Novakovski interviewed Hyperliquid co-founder Jeff Yan during their time at Harvard, using an internship application (at wealth management software company Addepar).
Although this future competitor later created his own cryptocurrency exchange platform, Jeff Yan does not remember this interview. The report mentioned that Hyperliquid's PR said Jeff "does not remember this interview."
Hyperliquid is rising rapidly, becoming one of the most influential new players in the cryptocurrency industry. Co-founded by Harvard graduate Jeff Yan, the company has risen to the top of the industry in just over two years with an 11-person team and no venture capital.
In October of this year, amidst the market turmoil caused by Trump's threat to impose a new round of tariffs, Hyperliquid experienced the largest-scale on-chain "flash crash" stress test in history. Data shows that on that day, the total market liquidation amount exceeded $19 billion, with Hyperliquid's daily settlement volume surpassing $10 billion, far exceeding Binance and Bybit. The system remained stable, serving as a significant endorsement of its technical prowess.
According to DefiLlama data, Hyperliquid's derivative trading volume in the past month was approximately $140 billion, with an annualized revenue of over $616 million. Its native token HYPE has a market capitalization of nearly $5.9 billion, placing it in the top tier of cryptocurrency assets.
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