Overview of Hyperion: What is the background of Binance's new gameplay first project?

Author: Alex Liu, Foresight News

On July 16 at 16:00, Binance Wallet will hold the first Bonding-Curve TGE, launching the native token RION of the Aptos ecosystem DEX project Hyperion. This event requires eligible users to participate in the subscription using Binance Alpha points, providing dynamic pricing and liquidity for RION through the "Bonding-Curve" algorithm.

Seizing this opportunity, we will comprehensively review Hyperion's project positioning, technical features, financing history, data metrics, token economics, airdrop plan, and also introduce other popular projects in the Aptos ecosystem and overall activity levels.

Protocol Features: Hybrid Order Book + AMM + Aggregation

Hyperion is a hybrid decentralized exchange (DEX) natively deployed on the Aptos chain, integrating both order book matching and advanced automated market-making mechanisms. The core design is based on a concentrated liquidity model (similar to Uniswap V3), allowing liquidity providers to allocate funds within specified price ranges, enhancing capital efficiency.

Hyperion also features a Directional Liquidity Market Maker (DLMM) mechanism, which achieves zero slippage trading for high-volatility assets by dynamically adjusting the fund distribution within the x+y=k curve. This allows Hyperion to efficiently serve stablecoin pairs while also catering to the trading needs of long-tail assets, making it the first DEX on Aptos to satisfy both scenarios.

In June 2025, Hyperion launched an aggregation routing feature, shifting its positioning from a single DEX to a full-chain liquidity hub. This feature intelligently splits trading paths, aggregating liquidity from all DEXs on Aptos to provide users with the best prices and lowest slippage.

According to Hyperion's official documentation, its "fully on-chain hybrid order book - AMM DEX" natively utilizes the Aptos parallel execution engine, catering to the needs of both professional traders and retail investors. Additionally, Hyperion is developing a limit order feature and has a yield vault, Drips incentives, forming a complete trading infrastructure layer.

Financing Situation: Entry of Institutions like OKX and Maelstrom

Shortly after its inception, Hyperion received support from multiple institutions. In April this year, Hyperion completed a round of strategic financing, led by OKX Ventures, with Aptos Labs (the supporting team of Aptos founders) participating. Subsequent investments included Maelstrom (the family office of BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes), Mirana Ventures, among others, but specific amounts have not been disclosed.

Project Data: High Trading Volume and Active Users

In just a few months, Hyperion has quickly become the liquidity center of the Aptos ecosystem. Hyperion is currently the largest protocol by trading volume on Aptos, with a cumulative on-chain transaction volume exceeding $6.5 billion. As of July, Hyperion's TVL (Total Value Locked) has surpassed $130 million. The daily trading volume fluctuates between $125 million and $150 million, reaching as high as $174 million in early July.

According to DefiLlama data, Hyperion's total trading volume in the past 30 days exceeded $4 billion, ranking 12th among all DEXs.

It has also launched many user incentive activities in collaboration with mainstream wallets and platforms. For example, the USDC DeFi event in partnership with OKX Wallet, trading mining and airdrop activities in collaboration with Bitget Wallet and Gate Wallet, have attracted users and liquidity to the protocol.

Hyperion has introduced the Drips points system, allowing traders, LPs, and community contributors to accumulate points through on-chain interactions, which are linked to airdrops and governance. These initiatives have collectively promoted user growth: as of now, nearly 940,000 participants have engaged in on-chain interactions with Hyperion.

Token Economics: Dual Token Model and Distribution

Hyperion adopts a dual-token model: a tradable native token RION (total supply of 100 million) and a governance token xRION generated through staking. RION is the functional token of the Hyperion platform, used for paying fees, settling transactions, and distributing rewards. xRION is a non-transferable governance credential, allowing users to lock RION (for a maximum of 52 weeks) in exchange for xRION, which is used for platform governance and new project launch pool allocations. The weight of xRION is designed to linearly decrease over time, encouraging long-term holding and continuous participation.

Hyperion has announced its genesis airdrop arrangement: 5% of RION will be used to reward early participants in the protocol. Of this, 3% will be released at the token generation event, and the remaining 2% will be unlocked linearly one month after the TGE. The uses of RION also include platform operations, ecosystem development rewards, etc. (the official documentation states that RION will be distributed based on actual on-chain activity, and inactive users will not receive additional tokens). When RION is issued through Binance Wallet's Bonding Curve mechanism, its price will be determined by supply and demand, and will convert to a regular trading asset after the event ends.

Airdrop Details and Participation Method

Hyperion has set up community incentives and airdrop mechanisms to attract users. As mentioned earlier, its genesis airdrop covers traders, liquidity providers, and community contributors of the protocol, accounting for 5% of RION. The key to qualifying for the airdrop is participation in the Hyperion ecosystem: users can earn Drips points by trading, providing liquidity, or completing community tasks. Points are directly linked to subsequent token airdrops and governance weight, and can be used to redeem future airdrop rewards or gain Launchpad whitelist eligibility.

The Hyperion airdrop includes a lucky draw for addresses that participated in the 2022 Aptos airdrop, with approximately 800 addresses randomly selected to qualify for claiming RION.

Participate in Binance Wallet's Bonding Curve TGE

This RION TGE is exclusively issued by Binance Wallet's Bonding-Curve TGE, marking the first such event for Binance Alpha. The subscription time is set for July 16, 2025, from 16:00 to 18:00, and participation requires Binance Alpha points.

The rules of the event are: each user can invest a maximum of 3 BNB to participate in the subscription, and the smart contract will dynamically calculate the current price based on the total amount of RION sold. Once users confirm their investment, BNB will be locked, and an equivalent amount of RION will be allocated to their Alpha account; during this phase, RION cannot be withdrawn off-chain and can only be traded with other users on the event page. Orders submitted cannot be revoked, and they will be executed as long as there are matching orders from other users. After the event ends, all unexecuted BNB will be automatically returned to the wallet, while the RION held by users will be unlocked and become freely tradable assets.

In simple terms, it is "buy early for cheap, buy late for expensive," and trading can only be done "internally" before the event ends, with free trading allowed afterward.