Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan said in an interview at DAS 2026 Asia that he might study options if he were starting a company again and was no longer allowed to build infrastructure. He framed that as a hypothetical reset rather than a current product announcement.
Yan also pointed to HIP-4 as an obvious route for building an options protocol. In his description, that framework could inherit spot trading, an order book, and portfolio margin, while using perpetual futures to hedge options delta. The remarks outlined how he views the structure of an options product within the Hyperliquid ecosystem, based on the components he specifically named in the interview.
The comments were reported by Odaily in a brief newsflash published on Oct. 8, 2026.
Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan said in an interview at DAS 2026 Asia that if he were starting over and was no longer allowed to build infrastructure, he might choose to study options.
Yan said HIP-4 is an obvious way to build an options protocol. He said it could inherit spot trading, the order book, and portfolio margin, while using perpetual futures to hedge options delta.
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