Mizu vs Looped HYPE

Mizu

Mizu Labs is an automated yield aggregator protocol deployed on HyperEVM, Hyperliquid's EVM-compatible smart contract layer. Designed for ETH and BTC holders seeking to maximize returns within the Hyperliquid ecosystem, Mizu issues liquid wrapper tokens — hypeETH and hypeBTC — representing bridged assets that are continuously deployed across the highest-yielding HyperEVM protocols. Under the hood, Mizu automates liquidity routing into established platforms including HyperLend, HypurrFi, Felix, and Harmonix, compounding rewards and rebalancing positions without requiring manual intervention from depositors. This set-and-forget approach makes Mizu ideal for users who want exposure to HyperEVM's rich DeFi landscape — spanning lending markets, stablecoin minting, and structured yield products — without the overhead of active position management. By aggregating liquidity from many depositors, Mizu accesses yield opportunities at scale that would be inefficient for individual wallets. The protocol participates in points programs across its integrated protocols, passing accumulated rewards back to hypeETH and hypeBTC holders. As HyperEVM matures as a composable DeFi layer beneath Hyperliquid's core trading infrastructure, Mizu Labs positions itself as the primary yield optimization engine for bridged capital seeking productive, automated deployment.

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.

Choose Mizu if you...

• ✓Want a yield & vaults solution on HyperEVM
• ✓Need features like yield-aggregator and vaults
• ✓Need: Unified liquidity layer and yield aggregator for HyperEVM

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