🔓 Hyperliquid Is Unlocking Idle Liquidity .@HyperliquidX is upgrading HLP so unused USDC will automatically earn native lending yield instead of sitting idle. After the next network upgrade, HLP will deploy USDC that isn't being used for market-making into HyperCore’s native lending pool. The numbers show why this matters: → HLP TVL: ~$188.7M → Idle $USDC: ~$148.7M, nearly 79% of HLP capital → Allocated to strategies: ~$40M → Native lending supply APY: ~2.87% at the time of the snapshot At the current supply rate, deploying the idle capital could potentially generate several million dollars in annual interest, although actual returns will vary with utilization and lending rates. HLP was originally built around market making and liquidation backstop functions, requiring large cash reserves. But as Hyperliquid's order books mature and external liquidity grows, keeping most of that capital idle becomes increasingly inefficient. This is a strong sign of Hyperliquid's infrastructure maturing. Instead of choosing between liquidity and yield, HLP is becoming a multi-strategy capital engine: Market making + liquidation backstop + native lending yield. The bigger picture is that Hyperliquid is increasingly optimizing every layer of its ecosystem for capital efficiency.