Hyperion DeFi Expands Hyperliquid With Institutional Options Vault

Hyperion DeFi announced on Feb. 4 that it has partnered with Rysk Finance to introduce what it calls the first institutional volatility income vault built directly on HyperEVM. 

The new product is designed for professional participants looking for structured yield strategies inside the Hyperliquid ecosystem.

The vault allows Hyperion DeFi and its partners to use HYPE liquid staking tokens, along with stablecoins, as collateral for on-chain options strategies. The goal is to earn returns beyond the normal staking income generated from holding HYPE.

Hyperion DeFi intends to use the vault on its own balance sheet first and then open it up to other qualified institutions. This is a sign of increasing interest in integrating more sophisticated financial approaches into the decentralized market, but still restricting access to larger participants.

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HiHYPE Access Model Targets Qualified Participants

The entry into the vault is regulated by HiHYPE, which is Hyperion Institutional HYPE. This token can only be minted by staking HYPE tokens using the Kinetiq x Hyperion validator.

In this process, Hyperion develops an access system that maintains the vault restricted to institutional users and also generates additional revenue from the validator.

According to Hyunsu Jung, the CEO of Hyperion DeFi, this partnership is a significant step towards the adoption of Hyperliquid by big money.

He noted that transparent on-chain vaults could help enhance the execution and pricing of trades, as well as assist Hyperion in obtaining higher yields from its HYPE treasury. This arrangement would also help the company derive various sources of fee revenue.

Hyperliquid Ecosystem Expands With Institutional Yield Products

According to Rysk founder Dan Ugolini, Hyperion is the first major investor to employ volatility income strategies via Rysk Premium. This indicates a larger trend towards on-chain execution as a critical component of income generation.

The partnership aligns with incentive opportunities. Hyperion is set to participate in Rysk’s existing points system, which may result in future rewards such as airdrops, aside from the basic reward.

The vault is dedicated to native assets of Hyperliquid, such as Kinetiq’s kHYPE and HiHYPE tokens, as well as Native Markets’ USDH stablecoin.

Hyperliquid is a quick layer-one blockchain with approximately 70-millisecond block times. The blockchain has already purchased and locked over 37 million HYPE tokens using trading fees as of January 2026.

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