Morning Edition · Monday, June 29, 2026
Hyperliquid Forces Its Builders Off Its Own Stablecoin and Onto USDC
A $10 million grant program will pay developers to migrate from USDH to Circle's dollar token or shut down, concentrating the network's settlement onto a single dollar token.
The Hyper Foundation, which supports the high-throughput trading chain Hyperliquid, said it will allocate about $10 million in grants to help applications move away from the USDH stablecoin and onto Circle's USDC, or wind down, by July. The…
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