A Nasdaq-listed HYPE holder wants to be a US futures broker. HYPE is down 15% in a week
Nasdaq-listed Hyperliquid Strategies says a subsidiary has applied to become a futures commission merchant, a step toward offering Hyperliquid perps to US customers. It also booked a $620.6 million quarterly profit, nearly all of it paper gains on HYPE.
Key points
- Hyperliquid Strategies Inc. (Nasdaq: PURR) said on November 5, 2026, that a subsidiary has filed an application to become a futures commission merchant (FCM), a US-regulated futures broker.
- Net income for the quarter ended September 30 was $620.6 million, driven by $803.0 million in unrealized gains on HYPE and offset by a $172.3 million tax provision.
- The company held about 38.9 million HYPE as of October 28. At CoinGecko's price of $78.40 on November 6, that stake is worth about $3.05 billion.
What was announced
Hyperliquid Strategies, a company that holds HYPE, the token of the Hyperliquid trading chain, released its quarterly results at 4:30 p.m. ET on November 5, 2026.
The broker news sat in the middle of the release. A subsidiary has applied to become a futures commission merchant. An FCM is the type of broker that holds customer accounts and money for regulated futures trading in the United States.
If approved, the company says the FCM would hold accounts for US clients trading permissioned HIP-3 markets on Hyperliquid. HIP-3 lets outside operators that stake 500,000 HYPE launch their own markets on Hyperliquid's chain. That would give US customers a regulated broker for those markets, which are perpetual futures, contracts with no expiration date. The company says there is no assurance on the timing or outcome of the application.
"Those two moves are the same bet," CEO David Schamis said, pairing the FCM filing with the company's HYPE buying.
A $620.6 million profit, mostly on paper
The quarter's profit came almost entirely from HYPE's price. The company booked $803.0 million in net unrealized gains on its tokens. Unrealized means the tokens were not sold.
Cash-type income was much smaller: $12.3 million from staking rewards and validator commissions, plus $1.0 million of interest. Against that, it reported $7.6 million of general and research costs, a $15.3 million charge, mostly non-cash, tied to its equity facility, and a $172.3 million income tax provision.
On September 30 the company had $3,505.3 million of HYPE, valued at $90.99 per token, plus $254.6 million in cash and similar assets, and no debt. It says its validator, run with Unit, is now the largest one on Hyperliquid not run by the Foundation.
How the stake grew
In the quarter the company raised $911 million by selling new shares and spent $785 million on 9.1 million HYPE. Its October 28 update counts $1,583.2 million spent on about 25.9 million HYPE since it started, at an average of $61.13; a footnote says that tally runs from December 2, 2025, to August 28, 2026. Its whole stake, including staking rewards, has a blended cost of $56.35 per token.
It also bought back about 5.8 million of its own shares for $27.9 million, an average of $4.81 a share. The new shares it sold under its equity facility went out at an average of $10.36.
HYPE held by Hyperliquid Strategies
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Source: Hyperliquid Strategies, Q3 results (November 5, 2026)
What HYPE has done since
The token has fallen since the quarter closed. CoinGecko showed HYPE at $78.40 at 6:47 a.m. ET on November 6, down 4.7% in 24 hours and 14.7% in seven days, during a broad market sell-off. That is 14% below the $90.99 price used in the September 30 accounts.
By our math, 38.9 million HYPE at $78.40 comes to about $3.05 billion, still above the stake's blended cost of roughly $2.19 billion. So the company remains in profit on its tokens, but by less than at quarter end.
LC Insight analysis
This section is our reading of the facts above, not a statement of fact.
- We think the FCM filing matters more than the profit. A US broker that can hold customer accounts is the missing piece for HIP-3 markets to reach American traders legally, and this company wants to own that piece itself.
- The profit figure moves with one token. HYPE is already 14% below its September 30 value, so the next quarter's result could look very different even if the business does not change.
- The share math is worth watching: new shares were sold at an average of $10.36 while buybacks averaged $4.81, which means the stock traded far lower when the company was buying it back.
What's next
- Any CFTC or NFA decision on the FCM application
- Which HIP-3 markets apply to serve US customers
- HYPE's price against the $56.35 blended cost
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