Analyst: The HYPE team has cashed out approximately $165 million in total after token unlocks, while the aid fund spent about $364 million on buybacks during the same period.
TechFlame
2026-07-31 15:28
TechFlame2026-07-31 15:28
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TechFlame News, according to MLM monitoring, since the HYPE team token unlock began in December 2025, 4.93 million HYPE tokens have been allocated to team members, worth approximately $270 million at current prices, accounting for 0.493% of the total supply.
Of that, 1.19 million HYPE have been sold on the open market, cashing out $32.5 million; another 3.14 million HYPE have been transferred to over-the-counter trading platforms, valued at approximately $132 million at the time of transfer.
In total, roughly 4.33 million HYPE have been sold, amounting to about $165 million, with an average monthly sell-off of approximately 540,000 HYPE, worth around $20.6 million.
Over the same period, the aid fund has bought back approximately 9.8 million HYPE, spending about $364 million, averaging 1.23 million HYPE repurchased per month, worth roughly $46 million—a buyback pace more than twice the selling speed of both current and former team members.