Staking - Hyperliquid (HYPE)
Introduction
- On-chain staking utilizes the Proof-of-Stake protocol of applicable blockchain to generate rewards through a process typically called “staking”.
- Benefits of staking on MAX versus staking on other platforms:
1. Payouts once a week
2. Generate predictable yield with crypto
3. Stake your crypto with a few taps from your MAX app
4. Unstake anytime
Staking protocol
- Hyperliquid (HYPE) is a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain purpose-built for on-chain financial applications, featuring a fully on-chain order book for perpetual futures and spot trading — combining the performance of a centralized exchange with the transparency of decentralization.
- HYPE adopts HyperBFT, a HotStuff-inspired, stake-weighted Delegated Proof-of-Stake (DPoS) consensus delivering sub-second latency and one-block finality, with throughput up to 200,000 orders per second. Validators must self-delegate a minimum of 10,000 HYPE to become active.
- As of September 24, 2026, 440.60M HYPE is staked on the network, and the Total Value Locked (TVL) in DeFi is around 1.286 billion USD (as of Sep 24, 2026), ranking as the leading on-chain derivatives venue.
- Audited by Zellic (audit scope primarily covers the bridge and related contracts, not the entire L1 consensus/staking layer).
Yield
- Generated from PoS activities.
- The expected annualized return is specified on the staking page in MAX App.
- Yield is paid once a week on Mondays.
Risks
- Assets are subject to losses if the private key of the validator is compromised.
- Rewards could be less than expected if the blockchain protocol contains design defects.
- Blockchain network security risks: HYPE runs on a relatively young custom L1 not yet battle-tested like Ethereum; its cross-chain bridge contracts represent the primary non-market risk vector. Per the on-chain protocol (not exchange service terms), delegations have a 1-day lockup, after which they can be undelegated at any time and instantly reflect in the staking account; transferring from the staking account back to spot goes through a 7-day unstaking queue (source: Hyperliquid official docs).
Fee
We collect 10% of the yield generated for our users. Users are eligible for a zero staking fee if opting to be paid in MAX Token.
Staking / Unstaking Processing Time
- Staking / Unstaking Processing Time: Please refer to the times displayed in the app.
