TL;DR:
- Ventuals announces its closure and integration into another team within the Hyperliquid ecosystem, without yet revealing its final destination.
- The platform processed over $650 million in volume and raised more than 500,000 HYPE since its mainnet launch.
- All HIP-3 markets will be liquidated between June 15 and 18; vHYPE holders will recover their funds at a 1:1 ratio.
Ventuals, the private markets platform built on Hyperliquid, announced its closure. The team communicated that the decision was made to join another project within the same ecosystem, although it did not reveal further details about that transition.
Ventuals’ proposition was straightforward: offer continuous exposure to high-profile private tech companies ahead of their IPOs, with no paperwork, no management fees, and no performance fees. Among its most notable markets were contracts on OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as instruments on commodities such as WHEAT and SOY, and thematic indices including MAG7, SEMIS, NUCLEAR, and DEFENSE, among others.
— Ventuals (@ventuals) June 15, 2026
According to the official statement, the platform accumulated over $650 million in trading volume and surpassed 500,000 units of HYPE raised since its launch.
The End of HIP-3 Markets
The shutdown process includes the orderly liquidation of all active markets. The OpenAI and Anthropic pre-IPO markets were halted today, with liquidation prices set via a 24-hour TWAP: $1,341.80 for OpenAI and $1,618.90 for Anthropic. Commodity and index markets will be liquidated on June 18, following external reference prices at the close of the regular session on CME and major exchanges.
vHYPE holders will be able to initiate withdrawals starting June 19 at 10:00 AM ET. The process guarantees the return of deposited HYPE at a 1:1 ratio, plus the native yield accumulated through staking. Funds will be available approximately seven and a half days after each request is processed, credited to the HyperCore spot account.
Ventuals Cancels its Token and Referral Program
The team also confirmed that the points program is discontinued immediately and that no Ventuals token will exist. The communication clarified that from the outset it had been maintained that a token should only be launched if it could sustainably accumulate real economic value, a condition that the closure makes unfeasible.
The referral program was also shut down; the last reward disbursement has already been credited to the corresponding users.
