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HyperEVM
The EVM chain run by the Hyperliquid perpetuals exchange. It runs alongside the exchange’s order book, and bridges connect it to Ethereum and Arbitrum. Gas is paid in HYPE.
HyperEVM is the EVM chain opened in February 2025 by the Hyperliquid perpetuals exchange. It runs on the same consensus (HyperBFT) as the exchange’s order book, HyperCore, so the exchange’s assets and apps connect directly.
It mixes small blocks about every second with large blocks every minute, and gas is paid in HYPE. Hyperliquid’s official deposit bridge lives on Arbitrum, and HyperEVM assets reach Ethereum through several third-party bridges.
HyperEVM is the general-purpose EVM environment built directly into Hyperliquid’s Layer 1 consensus (HyperBFT). Its defining advantage is native composability with HyperCore: EVM smart contracts can read live order-book prices and place orders directly on Hyperliquid’s perpetual and spot books without external oracles.
Using a dual-block architecture—fast 1-second small blocks for user transactions and 1-minute large blocks for heavy contract deployments—it anchors a fast-growing ecosystem of HYPE-denominated lending and structured DeFi products.
| Type | Independent L1 (EVM) |
|---|---|
| Technology | HyperBFT (Hyperliquid) |
| Fees are paid in | HYPE |
| District weather follows | the market-cap-weighted change of this district’s tokens (HYPE, STABLE, SOON, PURR …) |
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Main tokens on this chain
- 🏦 USDCUSD CoinBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 USDT0USDT0 (옴니체인 테더)Banks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 USRResolv USRBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 FEUSDFelix feUSDBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 USDHUSDHBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 WBRLBrazilian realBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 WMXNMexican PesoBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🏦 WCOPColombian PesoBanks & exchange counters (stablecoins)
- 🎪 PENGUPudgy PenguinsNight market & arcade (meme · AI · culture coins)
- 🎪 APEApeCoinNight market & arcade (meme · AI · culture coins)
- 🎪 KITEKite (AI)Night market & arcade (meme · AI · culture coins)
- 🎪 PURRPurrNight market & arcade (meme · AI · culture coins)
- 🎪 REKTRektNight market & arcade (meme · AI · culture coins)
- 🎪 NEIRONeiroNight market & arcade (meme · AI · culture coins)
A selection of the 70 tokens in the site’s registry for this chain.
Related essays
- Parallel EVM and Real-Time Blockchains: Inside the Speed Race of Monad, Sei, and MegaETHHow optimistic parallel execution, custom state databases, and 10ms mini-blocks break sequential bottlenecks
- Reading On-Chain Metrics Without Illusions: Market Cap, FDV, TVL, Stablecoin Supply, and TPSHow to separate genuine economic activity from low-float valuations and bot traffic
- On-Chain Perpetuals and the Rise of HyperEVM: Joining a High-Speed Order Book with the EVMHow perpetual futures funding rates work and why Hyperliquid unified HyperCore and HyperEVM under one consensus
- The Southeastern Harbor Islands: How EVM Sidechains and Alt-L1s Differ from L2 RollupsWhy Polygon PoS, BNB Chain, Avalanche, Sonic, Berachain, Monad, and Kaia share the EVM but run their own consensus
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