Elysium mainnet is now live, Kinetiq announced on November 9th — the scheduled launch date for the Arbitrum Orbit L2 on HyperEVM, billed as Hyperliquid's first L2. The chain extends Hyperliquid's general-purpose capability with 100ms blocks and 300 Mgas/s of EVM blockspace, uses HYPE as gas, and is built to compose with Hyperliquid's pricing and liquidity; the ecosystem page and documentation are now available.
Click (@clickdottrade) announced that trading on Kinetiq's Elysium starts November 9th — the same day as the L2's mainnet launch on the HyperEVM — calling it "a new age for Hyperliquid." Kinetiq relayed the announcement on X.
Windup (@windupdotfun) is committing 50% of all Windup fees to $KNTQ buybacks and burns, covering fees generated from both spot and perp trading, as announced on X and relayed by Kinetiq. The pledge extends Elysium's token-buyback model, following similar commitments from Banana Gun, Dawn, and Oku Trade (40% each), on top of the 50% of Elysium sequencer revenue already earmarked for open-market KNTQ purchases and burns. No details were shared on Windup's deployment timing or mechanics, ahead of Elysium's November 9th mainnet launch on the HyperEVM.
Oku Trade is entering Kinetiq's Elysium, announced via the Enter Elysium account ("Meta-aggregation enters Elysium") and relayed by Kinetiq on X. Oku pledged 40% of its net trading fees to buying back and burning $KNTQ on the upcoming L2.
SmartX Terminal announced it is coming to Kinetiq's Elysium — Hyperliquid's first L2 — posting that "An owl is flying into @Enter_Elysium." Kinetiq relayed the teaser on X, adding SmartX to the growing slate of protocols integrating with Elysium ahead of its November 9th mainnet launch on the HyperEVM.
No details on timing, the specific SmartX deployment, or what its terminal will offer on Elysium were shared.
Bloom Trading announced that from day one on Kinetiq's Elysium, users will be able to automate their trades using Bloom, posting that "a new era for @HyperliquidX starts with @Enter_Elysium." Kinetiq relayed the announcement on X ahead of the November 9th mainnet launch on the HyperEVM.
Metric (@metricxyz) will support Kinetiq's Elysium privately from Day 1, announced ahead of the November 9th mainnet launch and relayed by Kinetiq on X. Market makers will be able to deploy private pools with their own liquidity, which Metric says will bring the Elysium community the best prices possible.
No details were shared on pool mechanics, supported assets, or the specific deployment, adding Metric to Elysium's growing slate of pre-launch integrations.
Kinetiq's Elysium announced that Uniswap is coming to the L2 chain, relayed via the Enter Elysium / Kinetiq accounts. Uniswap's own account followed up with "Elysium 🤝 Hooks," signaling hooks-based pools — consistent with Uniswap v4-style functionality — on the chain.
No details on timing or the specific Uniswap deployment were shared, though the news lands ahead of Elysium's November 9th mainnet launch on the HyperEVM.
bankr, the AI-powered crypto agent, is coming to Kinetiq's Elysium, offering bridge, launch and trade capabilities from day one — "just by asking bankr." The news was relayed via a Kinetiq retweet of bankr's post, landing ahead of Elysium's November 9th mainnet launch on the HyperEVM.
Bitget Wallet will support Kinetiq's Elysium from Day 1, confirmed by Bitget ahead of the November 9th mainnet launch and relayed by Kinetiq on X. Bitget called the announcement "an announcement of an announcement" and said it is ready to "accelerate Hyperliquid" on Day 1.
Kinetiq distributed the final batch of kPoints (36.8M total) and opened a 10-day window for holders to acquire 50M KNTQ at $0.26/KNTQ. Unclaimed tokens return to the Kinetiq Foundation.
Kinetiq held the KNTQ token generation event, distributing the governance token via airdrop to eligible kPoints holders.
Kinetiq launched Elysium, its Arbitrum Orbit L2 on HyperEVM, with 100ms blocks and HYPE as gas, co-located with Hyperliquid's HyperCore exchange engine.
Kinetiq raised $1.75 million in seed funding from investors including Maven 11, Pier Two, Chorus One Ventures, IMC Crypto, Infinite Field, Flowdesk, and Susquehanna.
The Kinetiq Foundation unveiled KNTQ, a 1-billion-supply governance token, allocating 24% to kPoints holders via airdrop. The eligibility deadline for accepting the terms was November 21, 20:00 UTC.
Kinetiq introduced iHYPE, an institutional-grade liquid staking product, with Hyperion DeFi as the first institutional depositor. The launch expanded Kinetiq beyond its flagship kHYPE product, which had over $1.3B TVL at the time.
Kinetiq announced "Launch," an Exchange-as-a-Service platform that lets teams deploy their own perpetual-futures exchanges on Hyperliquid via HIP-3.
Kinetiq's liquid staking protocol went live on Hyperliquid's HyperEVM, allowing HYPE holders to stake for kHYPE. Ahead of the launch, whales unstaked roughly $40 million of HYPE.
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