Wormhole Crypto Jumps 30%: HYPE Integration Sparks Rally as $875K Token Unlock Looms

Wormhole crypto is back on traders’ radars. W has gained roughly 30% over the past week, and more than 20% of that move occurred during the latest 24-hour surge. Volume has picked up as well, bolstering the rally compared to the typical illiquid bounce.

The timing is hard to ignore. On October 2, Wormhole re-promoted its earlier Hyperliquid integration. In early September, the HYPE▲$79.68 token went multichain using the Native Token Transfers framework.

A supply event is also looming, with roughly 50.4 million W (worth around $920,000 at recent prices) set to unlock around October 16. That provides traders with two very different things to price in. One is a genuine adoption story around Wormhole’s infrastructure, and the other is more token supply about to become transferable as Wormhole crypto is trying to break out of a long slump.

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What Is Wormhole Crypto?

W is the native token of Wormhole, a protocol connecting more than 40 blockchain networks. The platform bridges DeFi ecosystems through its multiple products, including:

• Portal
• Cross-chain messaging
• Queries
• Native Token Transfers

Wormhole crypto is used throughout the platform for governance, staking, incentives and other functions. W has a maximum supply of 10 billion tokens with roughly 6.6 billion currently circulating.