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HYPE Float Shrinks as 75% of Supply Gets Staked, Wrapped, or Locked

18 hours ago
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75.78% of HYPE is staked, 22.28M is in liquid staking, and HyperLend holds about 48% of the liquid staking market.

HYPE’s circulating supply appears less available than the headline figure suggests. A large share is now locked in staking, wrapped in liquid staking tokens, or posted as collateral. 

That setup has narrowed the amount of HYPE that can move freely across the market. It also shows that the token’s active float may be much smaller than the reported circulating supply.

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Staking Takes Most of the Available HYPE

About 75.78% of outstanding HYPE is now staked. This means more than three quarters of the supply is not sitting idle. 

Instead, it is committed to earning yield through staking channels. That reduces the amount of HYPE that can trade freely at any moment.

Direct protocol staking is the main destination for that supply. It holds 405.78 million HYPE, which equals 93.88% of the staked base. This shows that most users still prefer the native staking route. It also shows that staking activity is heavily concentrated in one place.

The remaining stake is much smaller. 

Liquid staking and HIP-3 deployer stake together account for about 6% of the staked amount. Even so, that smaller segment still matters because it creates tokens that can move into other parts of the market.

This structure points to a tight supply picture. 

A token can count as circulating while still being hard to access for trading. That is the case when most of it is already committed to yield-bearing positions.

Liquid Staking Adds Another Layer of Supply Lock

Liquid staking tokens now represent 22.28 million HYPE. That equals 9.35% of circulating supply. These tokens let holders keep exposure to staked HYPE while using a wrapped version elsewhere in the ecosystem.

kHYPE is the leading liquid staking wrapper. Its lead shows where most of the wrapped HYPE exposure sits today. That matters because wrapper concentration can shape both liquidity and market behavior across linked platforms.

Wrapped supply does not always return to spot markets. 

In many cases, it moves into lending venues, liquidity pools, or collateral positions. That means liquid staking can add flexibility, but it does not always increase free float in practice.

As a result, part of the circulating supply stays active on paper but remains tied up in structured positions. This keeps tradable HYPE lower than many headline supply readings may suggest.

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Collateral Use Tightens the Float Even More

HyperLend now holds about 10.78 million HYPE-linked tokens on the supply side. It also holds around 2.91 million on the borrowed side. That means roughly 48% of the liquid staking market is concentrated in a single lending venue.

Deposit activity and borrow activity are not spread evenly. 

kHYPE leads deposits, while wHYPE leads borrows. This shows that users are not only staking HYPE, but also using wrapped forms to access more capital.

In many cases, holders are borrowing HYPE against HYPE that has already been staked. 

That creates layered exposure inside the same asset system. It also means more of the supply is locked into collateral loops rather than moving through open markets.

A small but growing share is also moving into structured products. Around 0.08% of HYPE supply is held by DATs already. HYPE ETFs are not live yet, so this share could rise further if new products launch.

Taken together, the data points to one clear market condition. 

Most HYPE is staked, wrapped, or used as collateral. Because of that, the token’s visible circulating supply looks much larger than the float that can actually trade.

Source: https://www.livebitcoinnews.com/hype-float-shrinks-as-75-of-supply-gets-staked-wrapped-or-locked/