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Trove Markets is rebuilding its planned collectibles perpetuals exchange on Solana after losing the arrangement that would have let it launch on Hyperliquid.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Notice the reversal lands days after it completed a US$11.5 million (AU$17.5 million) token sale tied to a Hyperliquid-based roadmap.<\/p>\n
The immediate trigger appears to have been Hyperliquid\u2019s HIP-3 rule requiring perpetuals deployers to stake 500,000 HYPE tokens as a security bond, which validators can slash if they identify suspicious or malicious activity.<\/p>\n
Trove said the liquidity partner who had been providing that stake exited and unwound the position, removing the project\u2019s access to the Hyperliquid setup it needed, but that partner\u2019s identity was not disclosed. This basically means Trove\u2019s TROVE launch has been altered, with its TGE set for 7 p.m. UTC, effectively delayed, first by two hours and then pushed to Monday at 4 p.m. UTC.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trove had also been planning a Feb. 10 mainnet launch on Hyperliquid with 100% of tokens unlocking at the TGE.<\/p>\n
Read more: Institutions Set to Supercharge Crypto\u2019s Next Wave in 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n The pivot follows an unstable rollout week that drew criticism from traders.\u00a0<\/p>\n During the Jan. 8-11 sale period, Trove modified its sale contract to extend the deadline minutes before close, then reversed the decision 14 minutes later, a sequence that caught Polymarket participants mid-trade.<\/p>\n Blockchain investigator ZachXBT alleged that about US$45,000 (AU$68,850) in SOL from Trove fundraising wallets went to prediction market platforms.\u00a0<\/p>\nUnstable Rollouts<\/h2>\n