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$20M market orders on Hyperliquid shaped PAPER price at launch

  • —$20 million in market orders on Hyperliquid set PAPER's launch price
  • —Papertrade offers leveraged BTC and ETH exposure within the HyperEVM ecosystem
  • —Pricing relies solely on Hyperliquid's best-bid/offer midpoint
  • —Papertrade's FDV stood above $25 million one day after launch
Why it matters: The market-maker-free launch shows how large Hyperliquid orders can set the price of a new protocol.
Source: Crypto Briefing