Staking your HYPE usually meant giving up liquidity.
But what if you could earn yield, stay fully liquid, and never manage validators again?
That's exactly what @kinetiq_xyz offers, a liquid staking layer of @HyperliquidX
Let's dive into why $kHYPE is a game-changer for stakers & DeFi users on Hyperliquid
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At its core, Kinetiq lets you stake $HYPE and receive %kHYPE, a liquid staking token that:
🔹 Earns staking rewards (2%+ APY)
🔹 Tracks validator performance via StakeHub
🔹 Is composable across DeFi platforms
No lockups, no re-delegations, no friction. Just pure capital efficiency.
How it works:
You stake $HYPE via @kinetiq_xyz
Behind the scenes, Kinetiq routes your stake to the top validators on @HyperliquidX, ranked & rebalanced automatically by StakeHub, its autonomous scoring engine.
You receive $kHYPE, which accrues yield over time.
Why $kHYPE > native staking:
🔹 Stay liquid
🔹 No manual validator selection
🔹 Rewards accrue automatically (no rebasing)
🔹 Use across DeFi (lending, trading, collateral)
🔹 Stake once, earn forever
All while securing and decentralizing @HyperliquidX
Powering it all: StakeHub
StakeHub scores every validator on:
🔹 Reliability
🔹 Security
🔹 Governance
🔹 Economics
🔹 Longevity
Your stake moves automatically to the best-performing validators, keeping rewards high and risk low.
StakeHub is a step in the right direction to ensuring that Kinetiq Staked HYPE –– $kHYPE is the most secure option for those who choose to liquid stake their HYPE.
This also makes $kHYPE the optimal choice for collateral (e.g. Lending and Borrowing, margin on exchanges built atop of Hyperliquid, etc), and a paired asset (e.g. kHYPE-HYPE, kHYPE-USDC, etc) across all of Hyperliquid DeFi, as both stakers and operators can rest assured that the stake is managed in a transparent, secure, and decentralized way.
What can you do with $kHYPE?
Thanks to integrations across the @HyperliquidX ecosystem, kHYPE becomes a DeFi powerhouse:
🔹 Collateral in CDP stablecoins ($feUSD, $USDXL, $USDHL)
🔹 Lending/borrowing (Felix, Hyperlend, HypurrFi)
🔹 LP pairs on AMMs (Pendle, Valantis, Laminar)
Want to earn even more?
@kinetiq_xyz has teamed up with @veda_labs to launch the Earn Vault, an automated $kHYPE yield strategy
🔹 Curated by top risk managers
🔹 Diversified yield across DeFi
🔹 LP token ($vkHYPE tracks your growing balance)
100% passive. 0% hassle.
Getting started is simple:
🔹 Stake min. 5 $HYPE on the Kinetiq dApp
🔹 Receive kHYPE instantly
🔹 Use it in DeFi or vaults
🔹 To unstake: either wait 7 days/sell on the open market
Everything is seamless, liquid, and built for scale.
Now, getting to the juicy part: kPoints
🔹 kPoints reward active users weekly.
🔹 Use Kinetiq → earn kPoints → get rewarded.
🔹 Distributed every Thursday, based on snapshots.
🔹 800,000 kPoints distributed per week.
A powerful incentive layer for early and long-term users.
Lastly, covering how I'm personally maximizing on kPoints 👇
First, buy all the $kHYPE you want, and you can split it by:
🔹 Lending on:
👉 @hyperlendx:
👉 @HypurrFi:
👉 @felixprotocol:
🔹 Borrowing stables against $kHYPE & locking it in @liminalmoney ( and/or @0xHyperBeat ( vaults and/or buying $HYPE to re-loop & maximize exposure:
🔹 Locking some in Kinetiq Earn for $vkHYPE + Kinetiq, Felix, and Hyperlend points:
🔹 Depositing on @ValantisLabs for kHYPE LP + Hyperlend, Kinetiq, and Felix (soon) points:
🔹 LPing with $HYPE/$USDT0 on @prjx_hl:
🔹 LPing on @pendle_fi to earn up to 35x on Kinetiq points (YT kHYPE) & stable yield (PT kHYPE/ kHYPE LP):
Overall, I believe staking shouldn’t force you to choose between yield, liquidity, or performance, and with @kinetiq_xyz solving exactly that, we can now stake smarter, stay liquid, and grow our yield passively, all while supporting the @HyperliquidX ecosystem as a whole.
With that, while I wrap up this post for the time being, I'm sure most of you are wondering what @pendle_fi's PT & YT tokens are all about, all while wondering if it's better to stake on @ValantisLabs or @0xHyperBeat
I'll be covering these topics in the coming 🧵's, but in the meantime, make sure to L+RT this post, and I'll be back with more!
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