$40 Million in HYPE Unstaking as Kinetiq Launch Nears, Market Shows Bearish Signals

In anticipation of Kinetiq’s debut on the Hyperliquid platform on July 15, over $40 million worth of HYPE tokens are currently being unstaked. This strategic move, largely led by three major whale wallets, is reshaping sentiment across the Hyperliquid ecosystem.

According to data from Messari, a total of 1 million HYPE tokens are being withdrawn from staking pools, with 847,000 of those tokens (worth about $33.5 million) coming from these three key addresses. This shift is occurring during the seven-day unstaking window and signals strong institutional interest in Kinetiq, a novel liquid staking protocol built for the next phase of DeFi.

Kinetiq is designed to bring new functionality to Hyperliquid, the leading decentralized perpetuals platform. It introduces automated validator scoring, dynamic stake distribution, and a dual-token system that rewards users with kHYPE and iHYPE.

The latter is tailored for institutional partners such as FlowDesk and IMC Trading. With Hyperliquid recently enabling CoreWriter Contracts, Kinetiq can now be directly integrated into the mainnet removing previous limitations and allowing more complex smart contract interactions.

Besides these technical upgrades, Hyperliquid has seen explosive growth. Its 30-day trading volume has surged past $200 billion, nearly 10 times more than its closest rival.

This performance has for Kinetiq’s success. The large-scale unstaking ahead of launch suggests users are preparing to restake within Kinetiq’s new system, seeking improved yields and flexibility.

At the time of writing, HYPE is trading at , down 5.03% over the last 24 hours. Price action shows a downward trend following a peak near $39.60 earlier in the day.

Key support has formed around $37.00 to $37.20, while significant resistance lies between $38.20 and $38.40. Volume has jumped to $276 million, a 44.58% increase, possibly due to fear-driven selling or positioning ahead of Kinetiq’s launch.

Additionally, the MACD indicator shows , and RSI sits at 49.88 neither overbought nor oversold. A further dip below 40 on the RSI could suggest weakening demand.