Hyperliquid (50% profit YTD) is one of the big winners of the Iran war

Thanks to investors’ desire to trade 24 hours a day while geopolitics continues unabated, Hyperliquid’s crypto platform and its associated cryptocurrency are one of the big winners of the Iran war.

Crypto investments in oil futures, in particular, give them an incredible edge over the competition.

Privacy coins

The big crypto winners in 2025 were primarily privacy coins. Monero and Zcash had a very good year with gains of over 100%. This year, it seems to be futures trading platforms that are making waves.

Hyperliquid’s oil futures surged to about $7.3 billion on Thursday, from $339 million on Feb. 28

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Due to the war between Iran and the United States, oil markets are going completely haywire. One crypto ecosystem has grown into an incredibly popular destination for speculation on the future price development of oil.

On the Hyperliquid platform, the daily trading volume of oil contracts reached a peak of nearly 1.7 billion dollars, about 250 times more than the volume the same contract saw just before the US and Israel began bombing Iran in late February.

The need for constant 24/7 investments has certainly paid off for the platform so far.

Since the beginning of the year, the price of Hyperliquid’s cryptocoin has increased by more than 50%.