Looped HYPE vs Trail of Bits

Looped HYPE

Looped HYPE is a recursive liquid staking protocol on HyperEVM that amplifies staking yield on HYPE tokens through automated leverage loops. Instead of earning simple base staking returns, users deposit HYPE or liquid-staked HYPE derivatives (such as kHYPE or stHYPE), which the protocol loops through a borrow-deposit cycle: staked assets serve as collateral to borrow more HYPE, which is restaked — repeating the cycle multiple times to compound exposure. This recursive strategy enables effective yield exposure of 3x to 15x the base staking APR, without requiring users to manually manage individual loan positions, monitor collateral ratios, or handle rebalancing themselves. Looped HYPE handles health monitoring, automatic rebalancing, and reward compounding entirely on-chain, abstracting the complexity of leveraged staking into a single deposit experience. The protocol integrates natively with Hyperliquid's liquid staking ecosystem and HyperEVM's lending infrastructure, making it composable with the broader DeFi stack. Looped HYPE is designed for yield-maximizing HYPE holders who want meaningful capital efficiency and amplified staking returns without giving up the underlying security of Hyperliquid's proof-of-stake layer.

Trail of Bits

Trail of Bits is one of the most respected cybersecurity research and consulting firms in the blockchain space, providing world-class smart contract audits and security research for protocols building on HyperEVM and other EVM chains. With an interdisciplinary team including cryptographers and EVM experts, Trail of Bits applies rigorous static analysis, fuzzing with Echidna, formal verification with Manticore, and manual code review to identify vulnerabilities that automated tools miss. Trail of Bits has audited some of the most complex protocols in DeFi, including cryptographic libraries, cross-chain bridges, and lending protocols—all relevant to the infrastructure being built on Hyperliquid. Their public security research and open-source tooling (Slither, Echidna, Medusa) benefit the entire HyperEVM developer community beyond their paid audit clients, raising the security baseline of the entire ecosystem through freely available tools and research.

Choose Looped HYPE if you...

• ✓Want a yield & vaults solution on HyperEVM
• ✓Need features like leveraged-staking and yield
• ✓Need: Recursive liquid staking — 3x to 15x looped yield on HYPE

Choose Trail of Bits if you...

• ✓Want a security & audits solution on Multi-Layer
• ✓Need: Elite security research and auditing firm with deep EVM smart contract expertise