After Elon Musk showed off a flying Roadster prototype, hourly trading volume in Hyperliquid's TSLA perpetual futures contract jumped from $2.8 million to $47 million, an increase of about 1,580%. The contract rose about 3.7% to roughly $374, tracks Tesla's share price without conferring ownership, settles in USDC and allows leverage of up to 20 times. Binance still had higher 24-hour volume at $279 million versus $159 million on Hyperliquid, while Hyperliquid had the highest open interest at $99 million. Tesla shares closed at $362.44, down about 1.3%, after rising as much as 12% in premarket trading, and the company reports third-quarter results on October 21. Tesla also held 11,509 BTC in the second quarter, recording a $112 million after-tax loss as bitcoin fell about 14%.
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Original headline: Tesla’s Flying Roadster Sends Hyperliquid Trading Volume Soaring 1,500%
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HYPE/USDT
▲ Likely positiveHyperliquid
Relevance: medium
| Market | Crypto |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Binance |
| Sector | Layer 1 |
| Market cap | $17.5B |
| Close on 10/15/2026 | 81.81 |
| Change that session | +1.15% |
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