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HYPE price falls 5% despite $1.36B in buybacks: Can it reclaim $85?

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HYPE traded near $81.20 after falling almost 5% over 24 hours, even as Hyperliquid’s Assistance Fund had bought more than 48 million tokens for about $1.36 billion. The move left price below the $85 area mentioned in both items and near support around $80.26.

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Key claims & sources

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HYPE fell nearly 5% over the past 24 hours and traded around $81.20.
HYPE price falls 5% despite $1.36B in buybacks: Can it reclaim $85?
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Hyperliquid’s Assistance Fund had spent $1.36 billion to buy more than 48 million HYPE tokens.
HYPE price falls 5% despite $1.36B in buybacks: Can it reclaim $85?
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HYPE also traded near $81.20 after a nearly 5% drop in 24 hours.
Hyperliquid’s $1.36B Buyback Fails to Stop HYPE Price Drop Below $85
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Technical levels were placed around support at $80.26 and resistance between $83 and $85.
Hyperliquid’s $1.36B Buyback Fails to Stop HYPE Price Drop Below $85

What it means

In practice, the key change is that the market was still trading below the $85 area after the buying activity had already accumulated more than 48 million tokens. What stayed the same is that the token continued to be quoted near $81.20, so the price reference point did not move back into the higher range mentioned in the items.

Still unknown is whether HYPE will return to the $85 area, because neither item gives a later update beyond the 24-hour move and the listed technical levels. What would settle that is a fresh price update showing whether trading holds above support or pushes into the resistance range.

Market reaction i

HyperliquidHYPE the event is about this asset

Hyperliquid rose 0.5% in the 4 hours after the first headline, after a flat 2 hours before.

$81.29 price at the headline
0.0% 2 h before
+0.5% 4 h after
+0.8% 12 h after
First headline

47 prices, one every 30 minutes

Coverage timeline

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Oct 13 16:47
+6 h 50 m
Oct 13 23:38
Crypto Economy adds
Sharpens the figure: $1.4B

Where this sits in the Hyperliquid series

WhenWhat happenedFigure
10 days ago HYPE at $96.28 high today it sits -22.2% from there
today HYPE at $74.31 low today it sits +0.8% from there

From what we have stored, starting 2 months ago.

What could happen next i