Two Robinhood engineers charged with insider trading via Hyperliquid

U.S. prosecutors have charged two Robinhood engineers with fraud for allegedly using confidential information about upcoming token listings to front-run the announcements on Hyperliquid perpetual futures. Each is accused of profiting over $50,000 from the scheme, according to CoinDesk, marking one of the first cases tying exchange staff to insider trading on a decentralized derivatives platform. Details on the individuals, the listings involved and the timeline of trades have not been disclosed.