Arthur Hayes Bets $100K On Hyperliquid, Says HYPE Will Beat Solana By Year‑End

As Hyperliquid (HYPE) reaches new all-time highs (ATHs), Arthur Hayes has guess six figures that the token will proceed to rally and outperform Solana (SOL) within the coming months.

Arthur Hayes Doubles Down On Hyperliquid

On Sunday, BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes reaffirmed his bullish outlook for Hyperliquid, affirming that the token will outperform the main cryptocurrencies by market capitalization.

In an X post, he requested long-time Solana believer and Chairman of Forward Industries, Kyle Samani, to do “a gentleman’s charitable guess” on which token would have the very best efficiency by the tip of the yr.

“I put $100k on the road to a charity of your alternative that HYPE outperforms some other present prime ten crypto in USD phrases from now till yr finish. Who is your champion?” Hayes said.

Samani accepted the deal, selecting Solana as HYPE’s competitor. Notably, the Forward Industries chairman has been publicly crucial of Hyperliquid, beforehand alleging that “Building belief is antithetical to the way in which Hyperliquid operates” and calling it “Binance 2.0” concerning its regulatory standing within the US.

Hayes’s guess follows his conviction on HYPE’s future worth motion. He just lately affirmed that Hyperliquid “ought to at a minimal overtake SOL earlier than this bull run is over,” citing the efficiency of most prime cryptocurrencies on brief and mid-term timeframes.

Earlier this yr, he additionally asserted that the cryptocurrency might surge to $150 by August 2026, roughly 5x larger than its then-$30 worth, even when the broader crypto market continues to carry out weakly.

Since then, the token has already surged practically 2.4x, flipping Dogecoin (DOGE) to enter the highest 10 cryptos by market capitalization, and persevering with to succeed in new all-time highs over the previous few weeks.

HYPE To Rally To $163?

Over the weekend, Hyperliquid broke previous the $65 resistance and commenced a multi-day worth discovery streak that has been creating since Friday. After breaking the $70 on Sunday, the cryptocurrency jumped practically 6% to succeed in its newest all-time high of $74.18 on Monday morning.

Amid this efficiency, market observer Ali Martinez retracted his earlier warning a few potential prime, noting that “HYPE continues to make new file highs, pushing deeper into worth discovery.”

Last week, the analyst shared the “unpopular opinion” that Hyperliquid had reached its market prime after reaching its latest highs and printing promote alerts on the TD Sequential each day and three-day charts.

As reported by NewsBTC, Martinez had highlighted that HYPE was “approaching a crucial resistance space whereas a number of indicators are flashing warning indicators,” following its huge efficiency.

He identified that the token was seeing the same setup to the final two occasions TD Sequential promote alerts appeared on HYPE’s chart, whereas the RSI and Chande Momentum Oscillator have been additionally at overheated ranges, which led to important corrections.

Based on that, he said that Hyperliquid could nonetheless push towards $59 or barely above $60 earlier than momentum light, warning {that a} rejection from that space might improve the possibilities of a retrace towards the $40 assist.

Now, the analyst famous that these promote alerts have been invalidated, and shared potential worth discovery rally targets of $97 and even $163, as momentum continues.

As of this writing, HYPE trades at $71.8, a 16.8% improve within the weekly timeframe.