Three tokens defied a broader crypto market decline on Tuesday, with Hyperliquid (HYPE), Uniswap (UNI), and Worldcoin (WLD) posting double-digit gains while bitcoin fell to $65,712.84.
HYPE surged as much as 13% to a fresh record above $76, extending its 2026 advance to nearly 200%. WLD gained 12%, pushing its monthly gain to roughly 180%. UNI surged another 18%.
The outperformance reflects investor enthusiasm for onchain exchanges, decentralized finance, and artificial intelligence exposure. Hyperliquid operates a blockchain-based perpetual futures exchange with an onchain order book, positioning itself as a potential challenger to traditional exchanges. The platform has ambitions extending to tokenized stocks, commodities, and other assets.
Hyperliquid made Circle’s USDC the primary trading pair on its platform. Part of revenue from U.S. Treasury securities backing USDC will be used to purchase HYPE tokens, linking the stablecoin issuer’s economics to the exchange token’s performance.
Worldcoin, co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has become one of crypto’s most direct ways to express bullish views on artificial intelligence. The token benefited from renewed enthusiasm around AI following SpaceX’s strong market debut and growing expectations that OpenAI could pursue a public listing.
Standard Chartered initiated DeFi coverage on Monday, with Geoffrey Kendrick, head of digital asset research, arguing that decentralized finance could become one of crypto’s biggest growth stories as tokenized stocks, bonds, and traditional assets move onchain. Kendrick estimated assets in DeFi could increase 37-fold by the end of the decade.
Kendrick sees Uniswap as one of the clearest beneficiaries of DeFi growth. He set a $100 price target for UNI by 2030, implying roughly 30 times upside from current levels.
The broader crypto market showed weakness. Combined exchange volumes fell 3.45% to $4.41 trillion in May. However, real-world asset perpetual futures volumes rose 10.4% in May, hitting a new all-time high, signaling growing institutional interest in tokenized traditional assets.
