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@ -45,3 +45,10 @@ HIP-4 launched on mainnet May 2, 2026 with first live contract 'BTC above 78213
**Source:** Bitcoin.com News / CryptoTimes / Bitget News / CoinGecko, May 2-3, 2026
HIP-4 launched May 2, 2026 with first market 'BTC above 78213 on May 3 at 8:00 AM?' achieving $59,500 Day 1 volume and $84,600 open interest. Phase 1 deliberately restricted to crypto price threshold binaries. Planned expansion to politics, sports, macro data, crypto events, entertainment with permissionless deployment in Phase 2+. John Wang (Kalshi head of crypto) co-authored HIP-4, confirming strategic hedge thesis.
## Extending Evidence
**Source:** Cryptopolitan, May 4, 2026
HIP-4 Day 2 (May 3, 2026) set a Hyperliquid record with 2,441 new original wallets, suggesting the prediction market launch is driving user acquisition beyond organic platform growth. This is the highest single-day new wallet count in Hyperliquid's history, occurring immediately after the May 2 mainnet launch.

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@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ date: 2026-05-04
domain: internet-finance
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status: processed
processed_by: rio
processed_date: 2026-05-04
priority: medium
tags: [hyperliquid, hip4, polymarket, market-share, prediction-markets, calibration, user-metrics]
intake_tier: research-task
extraction_model: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5"
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