VELVET CAPITAL UP 41% IN 7 DAYS AFTER HYPERLIQUID PERPS LAUNCH

@Velvet_Capital's native token $VELVET has climbed 41% over the past seven days, a rally that coincides with the platform's integration of perpetuals trading through @HyperliquidX inside its AI-powered terminal.

The move marks a significant step for the DeFAI project, which has sought to consolidate fragmented DeFi workflows into a single interface. According to Velvet's official blog, the integration makes Hyperliquid the execution layer for perpetuals, while Velvet handles portfolio management, analytics, and AI-assisted research — all in one place.

Unified Spot, Yield, and Perps Trading

The Hyperliquid integration gives Velvet users access to more than 300 trading pairs with up to 50x leverage, including onchain perpetuals for crude oil, gold, silver, $COIN, $TSLA, and the S&P 500 — all operating 24/7 and non-custodial. The integration effectively unifies spot positions, yield strategies, and perpetual contracts in a single DeFAI interface, eliminating the need for traders to juggle separate platforms.

Hyperliquid, built on its own custom Layer 1 blockchain, has emerged as the dominant force in decentralised perpetual futures. The exchange has processed more than $1.5 trillion in cumulative volume, and in February 2026 alone recorded over $20 billion in synthetic real-world asset perpetuals volume in a 10-day span, according to BingX research.

AI-Powered Perps Execution on the Horizon

The current integration is phase one. Velvet has outlined a second phase that will plug its AI layer — known as Velvet Unicorn — directly into perps execution. The system is designed to let users trade using natural language commands such as "short 2 ETH on Hyperliquid" or configure autonomous strategies like funding rate arbitrage with auto-rebalancing.

Cointelegraph reported that the platform's multi-agent AI framework functions as a round-the-clock trading analyst, helping users identify market opportunities and potential entry and exit levels within the same interface where trades are executed.

Velvet sits at the intersection of two powerful 2026 narratives: DeFAI and Hyperliquid liquidity. The platform claims more than 100,000 users and over $100 million in cumulative volume, with financial backing from YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs), DWF Ventures, Selini Capital, and Gate Ventures. The $3.7 million raise announced in mid-2025 was directed at scaling the DeFAI infrastructure and launching the $VELVET token.

Sources:

Velvet Capital Blog — Velvet × Hyperliquid: Perps Trading Has Arrived

Crypto Economy — Velvet Integrates Hyperliquid

Velvet Capital Blog — $3.7M Raise Announcement

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