jeff.hl is a crypto entrepreneur who founded Hyperliquid, a decentralized trading platform offering perpetual futures and markets spanning bitcoin, crude oil, the S&P 500, and pre-IPO companies. jeff.hl's Twitter Score is 658 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of September 2026, ranking #141 (top 0.1%) among 486,860 tracked accounts.
jeff.hl previously worked at Hudson River Trading as a quant trader before founding Hyperliquid. He has said the platform was inspired by the collapse of FTX and the need for self-custody, where users rather than the exchange safeguard their own assets. Hyperliquid's terms of use block U.S. traders and bar circumvention of that restriction, including by VPNs, according to the Wall Street Journal.
jeff.hl leads Hyperliquid Labs, which the Financial Times reported generated roughly $960 million in revenue in 2025 with only a dozen employees including Yan himself. The platform's native token, HYPE, launched in late 2024 and had gained more than 100% in the year following its launch, reaching a market cap of approximately $16 billion per CoinGecko. jeff.hl has posted 1,318 times on the platform and has been mentioned by 478 accounts a total of 860 times, reflecting the attention his work on Hyperliquid draws across crypto Twitter.
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The accounts that follow jeff.hl include 2,548 founders, 686 angel investors, 1,372 influencers and 38 VCs, among them Cobie, Ansem, Toly, Brian Armstrong, Laura Shin and Chris Burniske. jeff.hl has built a following of 139,042 across the crypto and decentralized finance community.