Ripple Prime adds RWA swaps on Hyperliquid: What it means for the Hyperliquid price

Published on 10/19/2026 at 13:10 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Spot funds recorded a 10.3 million USD outflow on October 15. Hyperliquid price is 77.41 USD on October 16, 2026, down 1.45 percent.

Prime expands market access

Ripple Prime added real-world-asset swaps referencing Hyperliquid perpetual futures on October 15, 2026.
Spot HYPE funds recorded a 10.3 million USD outflow on October 15, 2026.
The Hyperliquid price stands at 77.41 USD as of October 16, 2026, 1.45 percent below the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026.
Hyperliquid handled 4.28 billion USD of perpetual-futures volume over 24 hours ending October 18, 2026.

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Hyperliquid (HYPE) gained a new real-world-asset connection on October 15, 2026, when Ripple Prime added swaps referencing perpetual futures listed on the network. The Hyperliquid price stands at 77.41 USD as of October 16, 2026, down 1.45 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026, according to Investing.com.

Ripple Prime adds swaps on October 15

Ripple Prime added swaps tied to real-world assets and referencing perpetual futures listed on Hyperliquid, according to The Block. Real-world-asset swaps are contracts linked to assets or markets outside native cryptocurrencies. The report dated October 15, 2026, identifies the integration as a new use of Hyperliquid-listed derivatives rather than a change to the HYPE token supply.

The Block also reported on October 11, 2026, that a trader made 1.28 million USD on Papertrade, a Hyperliquid-based perpetual exchange, by moving an Ether price feed while holding highly leveraged positions. Papertrade said it tightened open-interest caps, according to The Block.

Spot funds record 10.3 million USD outflow

U.S. spot funds holding HYPE recorded a combined 10.3 million USD outflow on October 15, 2026. The figure included 7.1 million USD from 21Shares, 2.3 million USD from Bitwise and 0.9 million USD from Grayscale, according to Alpha Finance. A spot fund holds the underlying token through a custodian, so its flow records differ from direct activity on the network.

Network activity remained measurable on October 18, 2026. Hyperliquid handled 4.28 billion USD of perpetual-futures volume over the preceding 24 hours, including 3.34 billion USD on core markets and 946 million USD on HIP-3 markets, according to Cipher Intelligence. Open interest, the value of contracts still open, was 14.80 billion USD in the same report.

HYPE valuation reaches 19.65 billion USD

The Hyperliquid price is 77.41 USD as of October 16, 2026, down 1.45 percent compared with the UTC daily close of October 15, 2026. Investing.com lists a daily high of 79.52 USD and a daily low of 77.26 USD for the UTC day. The market capitalization is 19.65 billion USD, ranking HYPE ninth, while 24-hour volume is 456.16 million USD. Circulating supply is 253.97 million HYPE, according to Investing.com.