CME and ICE target Hyperliquid over manipulation
The post CME and ICE target Hyperliquid over manipulation appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. CME Group and ICE urged US regulators to scrutinize Hyperliquid for manipulation and sanctions risks on May 15. Summary CME Group and ICE, the NYSE parent, asked the CFTC and Congress to investigate Hyperliquid for manipulation and sanctions risks. Hyperliquid’s HYPE token fell roughly 6%, dropping from above $45 to below $43 following Bloomberg’s report. The Hyperliquid Policy Center has engaged the CFTC separately, seeking a tailored regulatory framework for on-chain derivatives. CME and ICE warned that Hyperliquid’s anonymous, round-the-clock perpetual futures trading could distort global commodity benchmarks, particularly in oil markets. The exchanges also flagged risks of insider coordination and sanctions evasion by state-linked participants exploiting the platform’s permissionless structure. Hyperliquid holds a market capitalisation of approximately $10.3 billion, making HYPE the 13th-