Approximately 1 million HYPE tokens, valued at around $40 million, were unstaked following an announcement of an upcoming project launch.
The majority of the withdrawn tokens came from three large wallets, totaling over 847,000 HYPE, indicating strategic positioning by whales ahead of the new project's features.
The launch of Kinetiq closely follows Hyperliquid's recent CoreWriter Contracts upgrade, with the new staking protocol offering liquid staking functionality, prompting the movement of funds from standard staking pools.
With Hyperliquid experiencing rapid growth and dominance in decentralized futures trading, anticipation is high for Kinetiq's launch on July 15, marking a significant milestone for the ecosystem.