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Hyperliquid to Open Prediction Markets to Devs With $30M Budget
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Fusion42 · 20 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
Hyperliquid will open prediction market deployment to third-party developers via HIP-4, requiring each developer to stake 500,000 HYPE tokens (currently ~$30M) locked for six months with validator-enforced slashing for poor market definition or settlement.
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If you're building prediction market applications, you now have a live settlement layer—but the $30M staking requirement means you're competing only against teams with serious capital. The real opportunity is building the market creation and discovery layer on top of HyperCore, because Hyperliquid owns the rails but not the customer.
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