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Aug 25, 2026

Kinetiq unveils Elysium L2 for Hyperliquid with HYPE as gas token

Kinetiq, which controls approximately 82.5% of Hyperliquid's liquid staking market, announced the launch of Elysium, a new Layer 2 chain built on top of the Hyperliquid ecosystem. The L2 aims to improve HyperEVM performance, revive spot trading, and create a new KNTQ buyback engine using HYPE as the gas token.

Aug 25, 2026·2 sources
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Top claims

  • ▪Kinetiq will allocate 50% of Elysium's sequencer fees to fund open-market buybacks and burns of the KNTQ token.
  • ▪Kinetiq's kHYPE supply fell 62% from its August 2025 peak through May 2026, while its liquid-staked HYPE share dropped from 10.42% to 4.42% of total staked HYPE.
  • ▪Kinetiq's core kHYPE total value locked declined by nearly 18% over the month preceding the August 2026 announcement.

Topics

Gas marketsBlockchain scalability solutionsLiquid stakingDeFiLayer 2s