Hyperliquid Flips Dogecoin To Take The No. 9 Spot In Crypto

Hyperliquid’s HYPE token has narrowly overtaken Dogecoin by market capitalization on CoinMarketCap. The move came after HYPE pushed to a fresh all-time high above 64 on May 24, while Dogecoin remained near 0.10. The margin is thin, and rankings remain sensitive to price feeds and circulating-supply methodology. CoinMarketCap data showed Hyperliquid with a market capitalization of about 16.03 billion, 24-hour volume of 1.11 billion, an FDV near 60.08 billion and a circulating supply of 254.07 million HYPE. Dogecoin, by comparison, was listed with a live market cap of about 15.87 billion, 24-hour volume of roughly 591.7 million and a circulating supply of 154.38 billion DOGE. How Hyperliquid Was Able To Overtake Dogecoin That makes the flip less a clean knockout than a live-market crossing. Still, the optics are difficult to ignore. Dogecoin has long been the benchmark for meme-asset durability, surviving several market cycles on brand, community and reflexive attention. Hyperliquid’s ascent reflects a different market preference: tokens attached to venues with visible usage, fee generation and direct value-accrual narratives. Related Reading: Hyperliquid (HYPE) Breaks New All-Time High—Surges Past 62 As Momentum Spikes The core driver behind HYPE’s rerating has been Hyperliquid’s trading activity and its aggressive buyback structure. 99 of fees go to Assistance Fund for buying HYPE tokens for Hyperliquid Perps, excluding builder fees, and gives the same 99 figure for the spot order book, excluding unit protocol fees. Its income statement lists Hyperliquid gross protocol revenue at 214.95 million in Q1 2026 and 104.88 million so far in Q2 2026. That fee loop is central to how traders have framed HYPE. The token’s rally is not only a bet on exchange volumes; it is also a bet that those volumes keep translating into persistent open-market demand. The token has also benefited from institutional-product momentum. 21Shares launched the 21Shares Hyperliquid ETF, ticker THYP, on Nasdaq on May 12, offering spot HYPE exposure with potential staking rewards; Bitwise followed with the Bitwise Hyperliquid ETF, ticker BHYP, which began trading on NYSE on May 15. Related Reading: Hyperliquid Flips Solana By FDV As ‘Revenue Chains’ Race Heats Up SoSoValue data shows the products had attracted 74.91 million in cumulative net inflows by the May 22 trading session, with 89.20 million in combined net assets and 84.13 million in daily trading volume. The latest complete session added 10.9538 million in net inflows, all into BHYP, bringing Bitwise’s historical net inflow to 35.9567 million. For the May 18–22 trading week, HYPE spot ETFs drew 72.38 million in net inflows, meaning most of the cumulative demand arrived after launch rather than in a one-day listing spike. The comparison with Dogecoin is sharper because DOGE’s ETF story is older, but the flow profile has been far less forceful. Grayscale’s GDOG became the first US spot Dogecoin ETF on Nov. 24, 2025; Bitwise’s BWOW followed on Nov. 26, and 21Shares’ TDOG launched in January. Yet SoSoValue’s DOGE spot ETF shows only 11.78 million in cumulative net inflows as of May 21, with 14.85 million in total net assets and just 199,820 in value traded for the session. That makes the contrast with HYPE difficult to miss: DOGE remains one of crypto’s most liquid cultural assets, but its ETF demand has been comparatively muted; HYPE’s rise has been tied to exchange revenue, derivatives activity, buybacks and a faster-building institutional wrapper bid. With HYPE now above Dogecoin, the next major target is TRON, ranked No. 8 by market capitalization. Based on TRON’s roughly 34.71 billion market cap and Hyperliquid’s 254.07 million HYPE circulating supply, HYPE would need to trade near 136 to match TRON’s valuation. At press time, HYPE traded at 63.572. Featured image created with DALL.E, chart from TradingView.com