Hyperliquid CEO Lays Groundwork for U.S. Market Entry
Hyperliquid Labs co-founder Jeff Yan publicly stated on Bloomberg that VPN users violate its ToS, a move widely read as positioning the platform for compliant U.S. regulatory access.
What we know
An account on X reported that Hyperliquid CEO Jeff Yan made his Bloomberg podcast comments on October 15, explicitly distancing the platform from VPN-based U.S. access. The framing — that Americans using VPNs violate ToS — is a standard precursor move for exchanges seeking SEC or CFTC accommodation, signaling a potential formal U.S. launch path for the leading perps DEX.
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