Lawrence.hl
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Lawrence.hl
@lawrence_leeee
research @Mint_Ventures

The Biden administration drove crypto asset firms and liquidity offshore, including the perpetual futures markets. We've had perpetual futures in crypto assets for a very long time, but they've developed offshore. We've got to bring perpetual futures back to the US and are working towards getting them here soon. Watch⬇️






520,000 Hyperliquid users generating $330.8B vs 26.5M Robinhood users generating $237.8B. That's $636,000 volume per user vs $9,000. Power user concentration creates exponentially higher unit economics on decentralized platforms. Sophisticated traders migrate first, bringing disproportionate volume. Retail follows infrastructure, not the reverse. Second-order insight: Traditional platforms optimize for user acquisition. DEXs optimize for user intensity. Entirely different games.


1/ Jupiter is no longer satisfied as Solana’s top DEX aggregator, as it aims to become crypto’s first real DeFi super-app. With dominance in perps, ~$280M in projected revenues, and a strategy spanning swaps, launchpads, NFTs, and mobile, Jupiter’s 2025 is shaping up fast.





For those unfamiliar, the platform fees are routed to the HLP vault and the USDC assistance fund (AF for short). We don't know how the fees are split between HLP and the USDC AF but we can add up the YTD PnL for all relevant wallets to get the total. Lets first start with HLP MM vault: - HLP: $40m - HLP Strategy A: -$2m - HLP Strategy B: $2m - Liquidator: $4m 𝐓𝐎𝐓𝐀𝐋: ~$𝟒𝟒𝐦 𝐇𝐋𝐏 𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐘𝐓𝐃











