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MC Lader
Guest Β· 1 Episode
Key ideas from MC Lader
- Jake believes perps will take over derivatives markets and DeFi will take over finance, making Hyperliquid potentially the most successful financial product of our generation
- MC reports USDH has grown to 90 million TVL organically, with 7 of 12 HIP3 markets choosing it as their margin asset
- US derivatives trading off-exchange remains illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act, requiring CFTC rulemaking to allow US access to Hyperliquid
- Hyperliquid processed 30% of volume in real-world assets like oil and gold during recent geopolitical events, serving as weekend price discovery
- Native Markets won the USDH ticker through community governance, sharing half the yield to buy back HYPE tokens for ecosystem alignment
- Jake argues perps are superior to futures and options because they track underlying assets perfectly without complex pricing or expiration rolling