Core Insights - Binance founder Changpeng Zhao (CZ) confirmed that there are no current investment ties between Binance and the decentralized exchange Hyperliquid, despite speculation fueled by past connections [1][3] - Jeff Yan, the founder of Hyperliquid, was part of Binance Labs' first incubation program in 2018 through a failed project called YZiLabs, which did not recover its investment [2][3] Hyperliquid Overview - Hyperliquid has emerged as a leading decentralized finance (DeFi) perpetual trading platform, processing approximately $319 billion in trading volume in July 2025, marking the highest monthly figure since its launch [4][5] - The total DeFi perpetuals volume reached a record $487 billion in the same month, indicating significant growth in the sector [5] - Hyperliquid operates on its own layer-1 blockchain and features a unique structure that includes on-chain order books and a matching system, diverging from the automated market maker model prevalent in most decentralized exchanges [5][6] Technical Features - Hyperliquid's architecture consists of two main components: HyperCore, which manages order books, margin, and liquidations, and HyperEVM, a smart-contract layer that shares consensus and data with the exchange core [5] - The platform utilizes a HotStuff-based HyperBFT consensus mechanism, enabling sub-second trade execution with a median latency of just 0.2 seconds, comparable to centralized exchanges [5][6] - The core team of Hyperliquid is relatively small, consisting of only 11 members [6]