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TRX Hyperliquid co-founder says 24-hour trading not onchain finance's differentiator
Hyperliquid co-founder Jeff Yan said at Korea Blockchain Week 2026 that around-the-clock trading is not what sets onchain venues apart from traditional exchanges, noting crypto never needed conventional market hours because the asset class is inherently international.
Why “Unverified”
- Reported by The Block alone, with no second source or primary confirmation yet
1 independent source groups across 1 posts · evidence score 60/100. How labels work
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What the sources claim
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Jeff Yan said around-the-clock trading is not what distinguishes onchain venues from traditional exchanges. HYPE
“around-the-clock trading is not what sets onchain venues apart from traditional exchanges”
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Yan said crypto never needed conventional market hours because the asset class is inherently international. HYPE
“crypto never needed conventional market hours because the asset class is inherently international”
The Block
Sources
Summary and claims extracted by deepseek/deepseek-flash with prompt analyze-story@3 on 2026-09-30 13:40 UTC. Labels are computed from the sources, not by the model.