October 6 token unlock: What it means for the Hyperliquid price

Published on 10/16/2026 at 19:03 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

The release equaled 1.69 percent of circulating supply. The Hyperliquid price is 81.67 USD as of October 16, 2026, down 0.94 percent.

Unlocks and network changes

Core contributors received 3.75 million HYPE in the October 6, 2026 release.
The allocation represented 1.69 percent of circulating supply and was bought through an over-the-counter transaction by an institutional investor.
The Hyperliquid price stands at 81.67 USD as of October 16, 2026, 0.94 percent below the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026.
A planned upgrade lowers the funding cap from 4 percent per hour to 0.5 percent, according to Lookonchain.
The Assistance Fund bought 144,008 HYPE during the seven days to October 14, 2026, according to Cipher Intelligence.

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Hyperliquid (HYPE) released 3.75 million tokens for core contributors on October 6, 2026, according to Pintu. The release equaled 1.69 percent of circulating supply. The Hyperliquid price is 81.67 USD as of October 16, 2026, down 0.94 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026, according to Investing.com.

October 6 release covered 3.75 million HYPE

Pintu reported that the October 6, 2026 allocation went to core contributors and was bought by a single institutional investor through an over-the-counter transaction. An over-the-counter transaction takes place away from a public exchange order book. Pintu valued the release at 326 million USD and said the unlock schedule is mostly set to run through 2027 and 2028.

The transfer route separates the October 6, 2026 token movement from immediate public order-book activity. Tokenomist also reported that the allocation was earmarked for an institutional buyer and represented 1.69 percent of circulating supply, according to its Tokenomist report.

Upgrade plan sets a 0.5 percent funding cap

Lookonchain reported a planned Hyperliquid network upgrade that lowers the funding-rate cap from 4 percent per hour to 0.5 percent per hour. Funding rates are periodic payments between traders in perpetual contracts, which are derivatives without a fixed expiration date. The same report said the upgrade would raise the maximum number of active HIP-4 outcome contracts per deployer from 100 to 200 and the daily deployment cap from 500 to 1,000, according to Lookonchain.

A separate on-chain tally from Cipher Intelligence recorded 144,008 HYPE bought by the Assistance Fund in the seven days to October 14, 2026, for 12.2 million USD. The Assistance Fund uses protocol revenue for HYPE purchases, according to Cipher Intelligence. The October 6, 2026 unlock and the October 14, 2026 buyback figure describe separate token flows.

HYPE trades at 81.67 USD on October 16

According to Investing.com, HYPE trades at 81.67 USD as of October 16, 2026. That is 0.94 percent below the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026. The daily high is 83.42 USD and the daily low is 79.57 USD. Market capitalization is 20.71 billion USD, ranking HYPE No. 9, while 24-hour volume is 899.85 million USD. Circulating supply is 254.13 million HYPE.