Valantis Acquires $180M TVL StakedHYPE for Liquidity Push

- Valantis secures StakedHYPE in a move to dominate liquid staking. - Valantis will integrate Hyperliquid LSTs into its modular DEX infrastructure. On August 19, 2025, the decentralized exchange protocol Valantis announced its acquisition of StakedHYPE, a Hyperliquid staking platform that manages $180 million in total value locked (TVL). Valantis will use this acquisition to bolster liquidity and staking technologies within its ecosystem. According to Cryptopolitan on August 19, the acquisition signals a strategic effort by Valantis to vertically integrate liquidity and staking on the Hyperliquid blockchain. Under the agreement, Valantis assumes full management of StakedHYPE’s operations, development, and scaling. This move is pivotal for Valantis, as the company previously focused on providing tools for DEX developers but has now shifted to creating market-leading products, such as its liquid staking-focused DEX. This platform hosts the two largest liquidity pools on Hyperliquid’s HyperEVM network: StakedHYPE (stHYPE) and Kinetiq Staked HYPE (kHYPE). Addison Spiegel, founder of Thunderhead—the entity behind StakedHYPE—will join Valantis as an advisor. However, StakedHYPE’s six-person team will not transition to the company. StakedHYPE has operated profitably since its inception without external funding, while in contrast, Valantis raised $7.5 million at a $40 million valuation in 2024. The acquisition aims to deepen liquidity, increase token integration, and unlock new yield opportunities for users. Valantis plans to make the stHYPE token more permissionless and integrate it with its modular DEX infrastructure and Hyperliquid’s perpetual exchange, HyperCore. Valantis expects these improvements to expand stHYPE’s utility, allowing the token to evolve from providing staking emissions to functioning as a comprehensive liquidity network within the broader Hyperliquid ecosystem. Financial terms and specific transaction details remain undisclosed due to contractual restrictions. As of August 19, 19:09 UTC, Hyperliquid (HYPE) is trading at $42.596, a 3.48% decline over the past 24 hours, according to market data.