Kinetiq kHYPE

Contract Addresses

All contracts are deployed on HyperEVM (Hyperliquid L1). Explorer: HyperEVMScan.

Onchain verified contracts (have deployed bytecode):

Contract	Address	Type
kHYPE	0xfd739d4e423301ce9385c1fb8850539d657c296d	Proxy (ERC-20 LST)
kHYPE Implementation	0xfe3216d46448efd7708435eeb851950742681975	Implementation
kHYPE ProxyAdmin	0x9c1e8db004d8158a52e83ffdc63e37eabea8304c	EIP-1967 Admin
StakingPool (Minter/Burner)	0x393D0B87Ed38fc779FD9611144aE649BA6082109	Proxy
StakingPool Implementation (StakingManagerRouter)	0x23fda3b9f944dbeaf2dcd5e7b9f8207b102c933f	Implementation (upgraded 2026-04-07)
StakingPool ProxyAdmin	0x8194aa9eca9225f96a690072b22a9ad0dd064f64	EIP-1967 Admin
PauserRegistry	0x752E76ea71960Da08644614E626c9F9Ff5a50547	Proxy
PauserRegistry Implementation	0x85776d01dc61a9685c315443c9e2f449472c2e22	Implementation (upgraded 2026-04-07)
PauserRegistry ProxyAdmin	0xd26c2c4a8bd4f78c64212318424ed794be120ea6	EIP-1967 Admin
StakingAccountant (Proxy)	0x9209648Ec9D448EF57116B73A2f081835643dc7A	Aggregator (kHYPE↔HYPE conversion)
ValidatorManager	0x4b797A93DfC3D18Cf98B7322a2b142FA8007508f	Delegation engine
OracleManager	0x192826e470bd65FDC2CB472eDd834D096233049b	Validator performance oracle
RewardShareTracker	0xE5FbA07C7b3CfbC29633f3D3Ab38b36007F35983	Reward distribution
InstantUnstakePool	0x665b67793594fc5C251a3C95cbEb4B6245Cd2123	Instant-unstake liquidity pool
FacetRegistry	0x4841eCC9Ffb18aEA197E4d1dd1633cEA5e834225	Diamond facet registry (7 facets)
Governance Multisig	0x18A82c968b992D28D4D812920eB7b4305306f8F1	Gnosis Safe (4-of-8)
Treasury Multisig	0x64bD77698Ab7C3Fd0a1F54497b228ED7a02098E3	Gnosis Safe (4-of-7)

All three ProxyAdmin contracts are owned by the Governance Multisig (verified onchain). The 4-of-8 multisig can upgrade all contract implementations without timelock.

Architecture (2026-04-07 upgrade). StakingPool and PauserRegistry were upgraded in a single transaction (0xe0d05afb…0478a0). StakingPool runs on a Diamond/facet architecture (StakingManagerRouter, 7 facets in FacetRegistry) and exposes a quickWithdrawalDelay() of 36 hours plus an InstantUnstakePool alongside the standard 7-day withdrawal queue.

How Hyperliquid Staking Works (Context)

Hyperliquid staking is validator-based. HYPE is delegated to validators, and rewards depend on validator performance and network-level staking parameters.

Important slashing context (as of February 12, 2026, per official Hyperliquid docs):

• No automatic slashing is implemented ("There is currently no automatic slashing implemented").
• Slashing is "reserved for provably malicious behavior such as double-signing blocks at the same round."
• Validator penalties are jailing-only: jailed validators produce no rewards for delegators, but no principal loss occurs.
• Validators may be jailed by peer quorum vote for inadequate latency/frequency of consensus messages.
• Jailed validators can unjail themselves subject to onchain rate limits.
• Self-delegation requirement: 10,000 HYPE (locked 1 year). Delegation lockup: 1 day.
• Unstaking queue (staking → spot): 7 days. Max 5 pending withdrawals per address.
• Governance can still change staking/penalty rules in future.

Implication for kHYPE:

• Current tail risk is more validator-performance/liveness and queue-liquidity related than immediate automatic slash haircut.
• Governance-introduced slashing would materially change kHYPE risk profile and should trigger reassessment.

Audits and Due Diligence Disclosures

Kinetiq hosts audit reports in a Google Drive folder (linked from https://audits.kinetiq.xyz/).

kHYPE / staking-core relevant audits (verified from Google Drive)

Date	Auditor	Scope	Link
Mar 2025	Pashov Audit Group	kHYPE LST	PDF
Mar 2025	Zenith	kHYPE LST	PDF
Apr 2025	Code4rena	kHYPE LST ($35K, 69+ wardens)	Report
Jun 2025	Spearbit	kHYPE LST	PDF
Nov 2025	Pashov Audit Group	kHYPE instant unstake	PDF

Broader protocol audits (additional context)

Date	Auditor	Scope	Link
Nov 2025	Spearbit	kmHYPE	PDF
Nov 2025	Zenith	kmHYPE	PDF
Jan 2026	Spearbit	skNTQ	PDF

Architecture complexity: high-moderate. kHYPE relies on multiple upgradeable proxy contracts (kHYPE token, StakingPool, PauserRegistry), which increases integration/control-plane risk compared to single-contract wrappers.

Bug Bounty

• Platform: Cantina
• Max Reward: up to $5,000,000 (Critical severity)
• Scope: kHYPE, StakingManager, StakingAccountant, ValidatorManager, PauserRegistry, OracleManager, OracleAdapter
• Status: Live since September 15, 2025; 387 findings submitted (as of May 2026)
• Link: https://cantina.xyz/bounties/a98129d7-dd15-4c16-b2cb-d8cc42f87de4

Historical Track Record

• Listed on DeFiLlama since July 17, 2025 (~10 months at assessment date).
• Current TVL: ~$932M (May 19, 2026, per DeFiLlama) — up ~36% over the last quarter.
• Peak TVL: ~$2.65B (October 4, 2025).
• CoinGecko market data: kHYPE price $49.57, market cap ~$863M, 24h volume ~$3.67M. ATH $59.44 on September 18, 2025.
• totalSupply (onchain): 17,406,215.90 kHYPE.
• No Kinetiq entry found in DeFiLlama Hacks database or Rekt News.
• Evolving module set (kHYPE + xkHYPE/skHYPE/kmHYPE + April 2026 StakingPool facet refactor) maintains a moderate-to-high change-risk profile.

Funds Management

kHYPE manages deposited HYPE through a StakingPool contract and validator delegation, not a passive 1:1 wrapper.

Accessibility

• Minting via stake flow is permissionless through app/contract path (whitelistEnabled() = false onchain).
• Three exit paths:
  1. Standard queue: withdrawalDelay() = 604,800 sec = 7 days.
  2. Quick withdrawal: quickWithdrawalDelay() = 129,600 sec = 36 hours.
  3. Instant unstake via InstantUnstakePool (currently 41,837 HYPE liquid).
• Onchain verified parameters:
  • unstakeFeeRate(): 0 — no exit fee.
  • minStakeAmount(): 5 HYPE
  • withdrawalPaused(): false
  • stakingPaused(): false

Collateralization

Onchain state (verified May 19, 2026 at block 35,538,772):

• kHYPE totalSupply: 17,406,215.90 kHYPE
• StakingAccountant totalStaked: 51,060,869.82 HYPE (cumulative deposits-equivalent)
• StakingAccountant totalClaimed: 33,800,215.76 HYPE (cumulative withdrawn)
• StakingAccountant totalRewards: 463,562.86 HYPE
• StakingAccountant totalSlashing: 0
• Exchange rate (kHYPEToHYPE(1e18)): 1.018269 HYPE per kHYPE
• Net HYPE backing (totalStaked − totalClaimed + totalRewards): 17,724,217 HYPE
  • L1 delegated to validators: 16,932,424 HYPE
  • L1 pending withdrawal: 638,801 HYPE (5 active queued positions)
  • EVM liquid (StakingPool contract): 112,061 HYPE
  • InstantUnstakePool liquidity: 41,837 HYPE
  • Sum: 17,725,123 HYPE (matches accountant within ~900 HYPE rounding) ✓
• totalQueuedWithdrawals (EVM): 768,741 HYPE
• StakingPool kHYPE held (mid-flight burns): 755,564 kHYPE

Economic backing is fully onchain: ~95.5% delegated to L1 validators, ~3.6% in pending unstaking, the remainder as EVM-side liquid HYPE for the instant/quick withdrawal paths. No offchain custodial reserve model is disclosed.

Provability

• Core staking and token accounting are onchain.
• All core contracts (kHYPE, StakingPool, PauserRegistry, StakingAccountant, ValidatorManager, OracleManager, RewardShareTracker, InstantUnstakePool and their implementations) are source-code verified on HyperEVMScan (exact match).
• Key onchain readable functions verified: totalSupply(), StakingAccountant.totalStaked/totalClaimed/totalRewards/totalSlashing, kHYPEToHYPE, HYPEToKHYPE, withdrawalDelay, quickWithdrawalDelay, unstakeFeeRate, role enumeration via AccessControlEnumerable.
• Exchange rate is derived from onchain accountant state, not admin-set.
• Contracts use OpenZeppelin AccessControlEnumerable. kHYPE supports EIP-2612 Permit.
• kHYPE is not ERC4626 (convertToAssets, totalAssets, asset all revert).

Liquidity Risk

kHYPE exit routes:

1. Protocol unstake queue (primary deterministic exit)

• Onchain withdrawalDelay() = 7 days; quickWithdrawalDelay() = 36 hours
• unstakeFeeRate() = 0 — fee-free exits
• Queue delay can expand under stress; instant path is capacity-limited by InstantUnstakePool liquidity (~42K HYPE currently)

2. Secondary market liquidity (per GeckoTerminal + DeFiLlama, May 19, 2026)

Total kHYPE DEX liquidity: ~$8.6M across 40 pools on HyperEVM DEXes.

Top DEX pools:

DEX	Pair	TVL	24h Volume
Nest (v1)	kHYPE/WHYPE (0.01%)	$3,353,501	$613,747
Project X	kHYPE/WHYPE (0.01%)	$2,799,621	$714,835
Ramses v3 (HL)	kHYPE/WHYPE (0.008%)	$233,149	$1,274,932
Project X	USD₮0/kHYPE (0.3%)	$192,132	$180,851
Project X	UBTC/kHYPE (0.3%)	$160,863	$154,000
HyperSwap v3	kHYPE/WHYPE (0.01%)	$245,062	$16,719

Lending protocol deposits dominate external kHYPE usage: ~$304M HyperLend, ~$180M Morpho Blue across 5 markets, ~$5.7M HypurrFi, ~$4.8M Felix CDP, ~$1.7M Harmonix, ~$0.8M Euler v2. These are not exit liquidity. No Pendle kHYPE market is currently listed on DeFiLlama.

All trading is DEX-based on HyperEVM. No centralized exchange listings found.

Stress-exit scenarios rely primarily on the protocol's three-tier queue (instant pool → 36h quick path → 7d standard) rather than DEX depth.

Centralization & Control Risks

Governance

Onchain verified governance data (May 19, 2026):

• Multisig address: Governance Multisig (Gnosis Safe on HyperEVM)
• Threshold: 4-of-8 (verified via getThreshold()). ChangedThreshold event count over all history: 0.
• Version: 1.3.0
• Nonce: 59 transactions executed.
• Timelock: None. Verified onchain — Safe has no modules (getModulesPaginated returns empty array), no guard (storage slot 0x4a204f…c34c8 is zero), all three ProxyAdmins are standard OpenZeppelin (881 bytes, owned directly by multisig), and no EnabledModule events have ever been emitted.
• Signer identities: All 8 signers are pseudonymous.

Role structure (verified via AccessControlEnumerable on May 19, 2026):

Contract	Role	Holder(s)
kHYPE	DEFAULT_ADMIN	Governance Multisig (4/8)
kHYPE	MINTER	StakingPool
kHYPE	BURNER	StakingPool
StakingPool	DEFAULT_ADMIN	Governance Multisig (4/8)
StakingPool	MANAGER	Governance Multisig (4/8)
StakingPool	OPERATOR	OPERATOR EOA
StakingPool	SENTINEL	(no members — role defined but unassigned)
StakingPool	TREASURY	(no members — role defined but unassigned)
PauserRegistry	DEFAULT_ADMIN	Governance Multisig (4/8)
PauserRegistry	PAUSER	Governance Multisig (4/8)
StakingAccountant	MANAGER	Governance Multisig (4/8) — sole authorized manager mapping (StakingPool → kHYPE)

SENTINEL_ROLE and TREASURY_ROLE exist on the StakingPool but currently have zero members onchain.

Key concern: The OPERATOR role on the StakingPool is held by a single EOA (OPERATOR EOA), not the multisig. This address is a Kinetiq automated bot (nonce 9,755) calling generatePerformance() and updateValidatorMetrics() on a regular basis.

Programmability

• Hybrid onchain system with multiple upgradeable proxy contracts.
• Exchange rate is derived from onchain state (StakingAccountant.kHYPEToHYPE), not admin-set.
• StakingPool has significant admin functions: pauseWithdrawal(), pauseStaking(), setWithdrawalDelay(), setUnstakeFeeRate(), executeEmergencyWithdrawal(), rescueToken(). Emergency withdrawal and token rescue are powerful admin functions.
• Diamond/facet architecture for the StakingPool: a FacetRegistry (0x4841…4225) routes calls across 7 facet contracts. The implementation (StakingManagerRouter) is source-verified on HyperEVMScan and was preceded by the Nov 2025 Pashov instant-unstake audit.

External Dependencies

Critical dependencies:

1. Hyperliquid L1 consensus/liveness.
2. Hyperliquid validator performance and staking/slashing rules.
3. HyperEVM execution environment.
4. DEX liquidity conditions for kHYPE/HYPE exits.

Dependency concentration on Hyperliquid ecosystem is structurally high. HyperEVM is NOT a separate chain — it shares the same HyperBFT consensus as HyperCore. There is no bridge risk between HyperCore and HyperEVM; the risk is pure L1 liveness.

Important: Hyperliquid is a highly centralized chain — Hyper Foundation controls 54.83% of validator stake via 5 validators, well in excess of the 1/3 BFT blocking minority. HYPE staking cannot be considered as safe as ETH staking, where validator set decentralization is significantly stronger (~1M validators, no single entity near blocking minority). This network-level centralization risk is inherited by kHYPE and should be weighed accordingly, even though Kinetiq's own delegations no longer flow to HF validators.

Hyperliquid Validator Set Dependency (Quantified)

Source: Hyperliquid L1 API (POST https://api.hyperliquid.xyz/info, queries validatorSummaries, delegations, delegatorSummary)

Verify validator data: Hyperliquid Staking Portal | Validator Performance | HypurrScan Staking

Network overview (May 19, 2026):

Metric	Value
Total validators	31 (24 active, 4 jailed, 3 inactive)
Total network stake	435.3M HYPE
Active stake	427.6M HYPE
Jailed stake	37,138 HYPE (0.01%)

Concentration risk:

• Hyper Foundation operates 5 validators controlling 54.83% of active stake (~234.4M HYPE), still exceeding the 1/3 blocking minority for BFT consensus.
• Top 5 validators (4 HF + Nansen x HypurrCollective) = 57.2% of active stake.
• Top 10 validators = 79.5% of active stake.
• Kinetiq represents ~3.96% of total network stake.

Kinetiq's delegation strategy:

• L1 delegatorSummary for StakingPool: 16,932,424 delegated; 638,801 pending withdrawal across 5 positions; ~0 undelegated.
• Delegations are spread across 15 validators. Most non-anchor validators receive a uniform ~586,904 HYPE allocation.
• Zero delegations to Hyper Foundation validators.

Validator	Delegation (HYPE)	% of Kinetiq	Lock Status
HyperStake	5,003,483	29.55%	Unlocked
Kinetiq x Hyperion (own)	4,227,833	24.97%	Locked
Purrposeful x HyBridge x PiP	622,799	3.68%	Unlocked
Nansen x HypurrCollective	621,875	3.67%	Unlocked
Bitwise Onchain Solutions x FalconX	587,271	3.47%	Unlocked
infinitefield.xyz	587,022	3.47%	Unlocked
ASXN	586,909	3.47%	Unlocked
CMI	586,905	3.47%	Unlocked
Anchorage By Figment	586,904	3.47%	Unlocked
Flowdex	586,904	3.47%	Unlocked
B-Harvest	586,904	3.47%	Unlocked
Imperator.co - HypeRPC.app	586,904	3.47%	Unlocked
USDT0 x Luganodes	586,904	3.47%	Unlocked
HypurrCorea: SKYGG x DeSpread	586,904	3.47%	Unlocked
Liquid Spirit x Hydromancer x Rekt Gan	586,904	3.47%	Unlocked

• 0% of Kinetiq delegations go to Hyper Foundation validators.
• All delegated validators are active with no current jailing exposure.

Slashing/jailing context:

• No automatic slashing is implemented on Hyperliquid (per official docs). However, slashing may be enforced in the future and must be considered a forward-looking risk if Kinetiq delegates to validators that suffer a slashing event (per Kinetiq risk disclosures).
• Jailing = reward cessation only, no principal loss. Jailed validators visible on Hyperliquid Staking Portal.
• Validators can be jailed by peer vote for latency/responsiveness issues (see validator prison docs).
• Unstaking queue from L1 validators: 7 days.

L1 incident history: No Hyperliquid L1 consensus or liveness incidents found in the DeFiLlama hacks database. Three HyperEVM application-level exploits were recorded (HyperVault $3.6M rugpull, Hyperdrive $773K router exploit, Raga Finance $18.5K exploit) — none affecting L1 itself.

Operational Risk

• Audit depth is strong for protocol age (8 audits from 4 firms, including coverage of the April 2026 instant-unstake architecture).
• Bug bounty at $5M max is strong and has 387 submissions.
• Team/legal entity: Two entity names are used inconsistently — "Kinetiq Labs" (Terms of Use) vs "Kinetiq Research" (Privacy Policy, GitHub org, footer copyright). GitHub org lists Singapore as location; Privacy Policy references Panama for data transfers. Terms of Use do not name a governing law jurisdiction. No registered address or company registration number is publicly disclosed.
• Known team members (via GitHub commit history on github.com/kinetiq-research):
  • Justin Greenberg (@justingreenberg, Twitter: @greenbergz) — primary developer on f1rewall repo, PGP-signed commits.
  • GregTheDev (@0xgregthedev) — Rust/Solidity developer, primary contributor to hl-rs (Hyperliquid Rust SDK). gregthedev.eth funded governance Safe Signer 2.
  • mektigboy (@mektigboy, Twitter: @mektigboy) — self-identified "driver @kinetiq-research" in GitHub bio. Prior experience with sherlock-audit and security audit orgs.
• Contact: security@kinetiq.xyz (with PGP key at kinetiq.xyz/.well-known/pubkey.asc), contact@kinetiq.xyz, info@kinetiq.xyz.
• No public "About" or "Team" page exists on kinetiq.xyz or docs.kinetiq.xyz. Twitter: @Kinetiq_xyz.
• Contracts are not open-source on GitHub — the Kinetiq GitHub org (github.com/kinetiq-research) has only SDK/utility repos, no smart contract code. However, all core contracts are source-code verified on HyperEVMScan (exact match).
• No public formal verification disclosure found.

Monitoring

Key contracts to monitor:

• kHYPE Proxy: kHYPE
• StakingPool Proxy: StakingPool
• PauserRegistry Proxy: PauserRegistry
• StakingAccountant Proxy: StakingAccountant
• InstantUnstakePool: InstantUnstakePool
• FacetRegistry: FacetRegistry
• Governance Multisig: Governance Multisig (Gnosis Safe 4-of-8)

1. Governance Monitoring (MANDATORY)

Monitor all privileged role actions and parameter changes for:

• RoleGranted / RoleRevoked events on kHYPE and StakingPool (AccessControl)
• Upgraded events on proxy contracts (implementation changes)
• AddedOwner / RemovedOwner / ChangedThreshold on Governance Safe

Immediate alerts:

• ownership/multisig signer changes
• threshold changes
• implementation upgrades
• emergency pause activations
• parameter changes (withdrawalDelay, unstakeFeeRate, stakingLimit)

2. Backing & Supply Monitoring (MANDATORY)

Track:

• kHYPE.totalSupply() (currently 17.4M)
• StakingAccountant.totalStaked() / totalClaimed() / totalRewards() / totalSlashing() (currently 51.06M / 33.80M / 463K / 0 HYPE)
• StakingAccountant.kHYPEToHYPE(1e18) exchange rate trend (currently 1.0183)
• StakingPool native HYPE balance (liquid buffer, currently 112K HYPE)
• InstantUnstakePool native HYPE balance (instant exit liquidity, currently 42K HYPE)

Alert thresholds:

• backing ratio drift >1% in 24h (unless expected market event)
• totalSlashing > 0 (immediate alert — would be the first slashing ever recorded on this protocol)
• liquid buffer drops below 50K HYPE

3. Queue Health Monitoring (MANDATORY)

Track:

• StakingPool.totalQueuedWithdrawals() (currently 769K HYPE)
• L1 delegatorSummary.totalPendingWithdrawal (currently 639K HYPE across 5 positions)
• standard (7d), quick (36h), and instant exit utilization
• daily enqueue/dequeue flow

Alert thresholds:

• average unstake latency >10 days sustained
• queue size growth >30% day-over-day
• InstantUnstakePool depletion below 10K HYPE for >24h

4. Market Liquidity Monitoring

Track:

• kHYPE/HYPE and kHYPE/stable liquidity depth on Nest, Project X, Ramses, HyperSwap
• implied NAV discount/premium
• slippage for standard notional buckets

Alert thresholds:

• discount >2% sustained for 24h
• liquidity depth decline >40% day-over-day

5. Hyperliquid Base Risk Monitoring

Track official Hyperliquid updates for:

• validator jailing waves
• staking parameter changes
• any governance introduction of automatic validator slashing
• chain liveness/finality incidents

Overall Risk Score: 2.3 / 5.0

Risk Tier: MEDIUM RISK

Rationale:

• kHYPE is a well-audited LST with significant TVL ($932M, up ~36% over the last quarter) and deep DeFi integration.
• Governance is a 4-of-8 multisig with no timelock; signers are pseudonymous and team-associated.
• Diversified delegation: 0% to Hyper Foundation validators, spread across 15 validators; Kinetiq's share of total network stake is ~3.96%.
• Architecture is Diamond/facet (7 facets) — audited and source-verified onchain.
• Three protocol-side exit paths (7d / 36h / instant pool) with no fee; DEX depth is ~$8.6M.
• Hyper Foundation controls 54.8% of network validator stake — structural Hyperliquid risk.

Reassessment Triggers

• Time-based: Reassess in 3 months
• TVL-based: Reassess if TVL changes by more than 50%

1. Any Hyperliquid staking governance change that introduces automatic validator slashing.
2. Any kHYPE exploit or emergency pause activation.
3. Unstake queue latency >10 days sustained for >72h.
4. kHYPE discount >3% sustained for >24h.
5. Any privileged role threshold reduction or owner structure downgrade.
6. Major contract migration or implementation upgrade (further facet additions/replacements).
7. OPERATOR EOA change or role reassignment.
8. Assignment of the currently-empty SENTINEL_ROLE or TREASURY_ROLE on StakingPool.
9. Resumption of delegations to Hyper Foundation validators (would re-introduce concentration risk).
10. Timelock implementation (positive trigger — would warrant score improvement).

Sources

• Kinetiq app: https://kinetiq.xyz/
• Kinetiq docs: https://docs.kinetiq.xyz/
• kHYPE docs: https://kinetiq.xyz/docs/khype
• StakeHub docs: https://kinetiq.xyz/docs/stakehub
• Kinetiq FAQ: https://kinetiq.xyz/docs/faq
• Kinetiq contracts: https://kinetiq.xyz/docs/contracts-and-audits
• Kinetiq audits: https://kinetiq.xyz/docs/contracts-and-audits
• Kinetiq audit PDFs (Google Drive): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1T3ZGl6HNmt5LaKwdCmrA9HS7MsXheOys
• Code4rena Kinetiq audit: https://code4rena.com/audits/2025-04-kinetiq
• Kinetiq bug bounty (Cantina): https://cantina.xyz/bounties/a98129d7-dd15-4c16-b2cb-d8cc42f87de4
• CoinGecko kHYPE: https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/kinetiq-staked-hype
• DeFiLlama Kinetiq: https://defillama.com/protocol/kinetiq
• Hyperliquid staking docs: https://hyperliquid.gitbook.io/hyperliquid-docs/hypercore/staking
• Hyperliquid validator prison docs: https://hyperliquid.gitbook.io/hyperliquid-docs/hypercore/staking
• Hyperliquid risks docs: https://hyperliquid.gitbook.io/hyperliquid-docs/risks
• Onchain verification via cast against HyperEVM RPC (rpc.hyperliquid.xyz/evm)
• Hyperliquid L1 API: POST https://api.hyperliquid.xyz/info (validator summaries, delegations)
• Kinetiq GitHub org: https://github.com/kinetiq-research
• Kinetiq Terms of Use: https://kinetiq.xyz/terms
• Kinetiq Privacy Policy: https://kinetiq.xyz/privacy
• Kinetiq security.txt: https://kinetiq.xyz/.well-known/security.txt
• ENS reverse lookup via 0x3671aE578E63FdF66ad4F3E12CC0c0d71Ac7510C (getNames)
• RouteScan API for HyperEVM (chain 999) transaction tracing
• Etherscan V2 API for cross-chain address verification (chain id 999 / HyperEVM)
• GeckoTerminal API for HyperEVM DEX pool data (api.geckoterminal.com/api/v2/networks/hyperevm)
• DeFiLlama yields API for lending market deposits (yields.llama.fi/pools)
• Onchain block reference: 35,538,772 (May 19, 2026)