Two Blockchain Giants Battle for Hyperliquid’s USDH Stablecoin Launch Rights

Infrastructure wars heat up as major players compete to host Hyperliquid's dollar-pegged token.

The Stablecoin Showdown

Two blockchain heavyweights are throwing elbows for the privilege of launching Hyperliquid's USDH stablecoin—because nothing says decentralization like a good old-fashioned bidding war. Both platforms claim superior technical specs, but let's be real: it's all about capturing those sweet, sweet transaction fees.

Market Momentum Builds

The race highlights how stablecoins continue devouring traditional finance territory—while Wall Street still debates whether crypto is 'real,' digital dollars keep eating their lunch. No bankers required, no middlemen taking cuts, just pure efficiency that would make any legacy finance exec sweat.

Final Take: When blockchain infrastructures fight over stablecoin launches, the real winner is DeFi—and the losers are traditional payment rails stuck in the 20th century.

Paxos Emphasizes Compliance and Institutional Reach for USDH

On Sept. 6, Paxos outlined its intent to bring USDH to market, emphasizing its track record in regulated stablecoins and global partnerships.

The company argued that its experience issuing BUSD, which at its peak exceeded $25 billion in circulation, equips it to deliver a stablecoin designed to meet GENIUS and MiCA standards.

Considering this, Paxos stressed that USDH WOULD be backed by high-quality reserves such as US Treasuries, repos, and USDG.

“We’ve issued regulated stablecoins for 7+ years, and have experience running a $25Bn+ stablecoin for the largest exchange in the world (BUSD). We bring a level of trustworthiness to Hyperliquid to help reach institutions and 10x the entire Hyperliquid ecosystem. More likely 100x,” Max Fantle, a Paxos executive, said.

Paxos outlined a revenue model that directs 95% of returns from USDH reserves to repurchase HYPE tokens.

It plans to distribute those tokens to validators, protocols, and users, reinforcing Hyperliquid’s builder-code system of rewarding contributors.

The company also pledged to list HYPE across its brokerage network, which powers trading for platforms such as PayPal, Venmo, Nubank, MercadoLibre, and Interactive Brokers.

Frax Finance Offers Yield Sharing and Multichain Access

Frax Finance’s submission adopted a different tone, positioning its proposal as entirely community-driven.

The firm said USDH would be backed on a one-to-one basis by its own frxUSD alongside US Treasury securities managed by asset managers like BlackRock.

To encourage adoption, Frax proposed seamless redemption across frxUSD, USDC, USDT, and fiat currencies.

Hyper-performant chains deserve high-performance stablecoins. That's why we submitted a proposal to issue @HyperliquidX's stablecoin $USDH natively.

100% of the underlying yield to the HL community to keep building.

When you build the best product, everyone wins.

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Unlike Paxos, Frax is committed to distributing the full yield from those treasuries directly to Hyperliquid users through on-chain mechanisms.

It also pointed to FraxNet’s existing multichain infrastructure, which connects more than 20 networks. This framework would give USDH cross-chain functionality while keeping the stablecoin native to Hyperliquid.

Frax concluded that Hyperliquid governance would retain ultimate authority over USDH. This governance group retains the power to alter the stablecoin’s framework regardless of the chosen issuer.