Hyperliquid said in its September 18 announcement that manual borrowing was live, enabling users to post HYPE or Bitcoin as collateral and borrow USDC or USDT.
According to the protocol, the service runs on HyperCore infrastructure and provides direct borrowing alongside Hyperliquids existing automated portfolio-margin system. Hyperliquid reported $269 million in assets borrowed on the launch day.
Manual borrowing beyond portfolio margin
Hyperliquids documentation lists HYPE and BTC as supported collateral assets and USDC and USDT as available to borrow. Users can therefore take a direct stablecoin loan against either HYPE or Bitcoin.
The feature extends borrowing beyond Hyperliquids automated portfolio-margin system by allowing users to establish a collateralised loan directly. Cointelegraph likewise described the rollout in those terms.
Hyperliquid said manual borrowing uses the same HyperCore infrastructure as portfolio margin and reported $269 million in assets borrowed on launch day.
Collateral limits and rate mechanics
The borrowing terms differ according to the asset posted. Reported documentation parameters place the maximum loan-to-value ratio at 65% for HYPE collateral and 50% for BTC collateral, according to CoinDesks account of the launch. In practical terms, the stated ceilings allow a larger proportion of a HYPE position to be borrowed against than an equivalent-value BTC position.
Borrowing rates are not fixed. Hyperliquids manual-borrows documentation says rates vary with utilisation, while supplied quote assets earn interest. Interest on borrowed assets accrues continuously, and rates are updated hourly under the reported parameters.
Those mechanics make the cost of a loan dependent on usage of the relevant liquidity rather than solely on the collateral selected. The differing LTV caps also set distinct borrowing capacity for HYPE and BTC holders from the outset.
CoinGecko-sourced HYPE price chart showing the tokens rise toward a record high around the manual-borrowing launch. — Source: Cointelegraph
Launch-day borrows and HYPE price
Hyperliquids reported $269 million borrowed on the day of launch offers an early measure of activity for the product, though the figure is a point-in-time disclosure rather than a longer-term view of outstanding loans or repayment behaviour.
The rollout also coincided with HYPE reaching a reported all-time high of $90.92 on September 18, according to Cointelegraph. The available reports place the price record and manual-borrowing launch on the same day, but they do not establish that the new feature alone caused the move.
For Hyperliquid, the addition creates a new direct use for HYPE and BTC holdings within its own infrastructure: collateral for stablecoin borrowing. Whether the $269 million first-day figure is sustained will depend on utilisation, hourly borrowing rates and the willingness of users to post either asset under the products respective collateral limits.