The shortest path to Hyperliquid
Tech & Product shipped
- Designed and wrote aligned quote asset (AQA) code — the first-ever protocol for a stablecoin to contribute reserve yield to a blockchain, executed end-to-end with Hyperliquid validators. In production for 6 months
- $337M in total mint/redeem volume to date across 328 KYC accounts; 20 market-making firms totaling $297M
- Support for x402 payments protocol on Hyperliquid — positions the stack for onchain agentic payments
- Built tokenized portfolio margin USDH (pmUSDH) allowing users to earn yield on USDH and simultaneously use as collateral across DeFi
- Shipped USDH.com — the best wallet view, on/off ramp, and fiat-to-onchain experience for Hyperliquid users, offering:
- On/off ramp with & without KYC, free from fiat / USDC, bank/brokerage onramp into HyperCore (Bridge stack mints fiat → HyperEVM, Core Router bridges to HyperCore in one atomic action), cross-chain from all major chains into HyperEVM & HyperCore, and an aggregated wallet view spanning both layers
- Have seen organic public endorsement since launching ~2 weeks ago (some Twitter/X examples – 123456789101112131415161718).
- Our customers are stating it outperforms IBKR's stablecoin deposit feature on cost and speed (Twitter/X)
The Assets: brand, supply, distribution, and user base
- $104M USDH supply, across 12.6k wallets — fastest-growing, highest organic-supply stablecoin since the GENIUS Act in July 2025
- USDH markets are multi-asset trading (not just crypto) with HIP-3 / HIP-4 markets
- 44 active partnerships, spanning market-makers / OTC desks to provide liquidity, HIP-3/HIP-4 deployers, retail and institutional distribution channels (including prime brokers and builder codes), HyperEVM apps, and infrastructure partners
- Hyperliquid is the most high-value, pro-tail user base in onchain trading — 80% of Hyperliquid's TVL (~$5b) is held across 3.1k wallets —> $1.3M average wallet size
- USDH is a championed & trusted brand within the Hyperliquid community, a small but disproportionately influencer user base and outsized social influence on Crypto Twitter/X (some examples — 12345).
- USDH ticker, nontransferable, won in Sept 2025 competitive auction process against Sky, Ethena, and Paxos
- USDH trademarks around the world and domains
- Currently only stablecoin with AQA status on Hyperliquid
- USDH.com is directly servicing the pro-tail users
$16kAverage transaction size
44%Transactions > $1,000
42%Users who both deposited and withdrew (of volume)
ZeroFraud incidents
15 person team
The Native Markets team is uniquely familiar with the strengths and weaknesses of stablecoins in order to reach its full TAM
- Technically integrated into on/off ramp with banks & brokerages, cross-chain support, and HyperEVM / HyperCore which are poorly documented
- Can evaluate & identify positive ROI distribution channels to efficiently grow USDH — reaching $100M supply in 7 months, with minimal marketing spend
- Ships quickly, launched USDH 3.5 months after company formation
Team Bios
- MC Lader — has started and built businesses in TradFi and DeFi; brings operational leadership and a dedicated team to drive centrally the matrix stablecoin business & product.
- President & COO of Uniswap Labs — oversaw legal & policy through four government investigations with no lawsuits
- MD BlackRock — started and ran three global businesses, including digital wealth management, sustainable investing, and digital assets
- 4 Engineers, including Anish Agnihotri (Blockchain researcher at Paradigm, trader at Polychain, first hire at Ritual), James Wenzel (co-author of Seaport, OpenSea's largest open-source protocol, and smart contract engineer at Bridge), and Tommy Guo (Y-combinator backed founder, senior software engineer at Stripe)
- Direct relationships with the Hyperliquid community, including Max Fiege (Hyperliquid whale and angel investor) and Nick Green (in-house Hyperliquid influencer, Twitter/X)
| Name | Role | Background | Prior Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary-Catherine Lader | Founder and CEO | At Blackrock, launched Digital Assets, founded and led digital wealth management, strategic fintech investments, and sustainable investing | Uniswap, President & COO BlackRock, MD |
| Marvin Ammori | Co-founder & CLO | Early Uniswap employee (#7) and led the company through hyper-growth and U.S. regulatory pressure | Uniswap, CLO Blockchain Association, ex-President |
| Max Fiege | Co-founder & Head of Strategy | Hyperliquid whale & advisor, with deep relationships throughout the ecosystem | Liquity, Head of Growth |
| Anish Agnihotri (Website) | Co-founder, Technical | Blockchain researcher and software engineer. First hire at Ritual, solo MEV searcher, researcher at Paradigm, and trader at Polychain Capital | Paradigm Polychain Capital Ritual |
| John McCarthy | Legal | Senior legal leader in crypto last 5 years | Morpho, General Counsel Fireblocks, General Counsel |
| Alli Thompson | Head of Finance | Led Finance at Public for 5 years, retail investing platform with agentic investment products across all asset classes | Public.com, Head of Strategic Finance JPMorgan, US Equity Research Analyst |
| Drew Turchin | Head of Business Development | Built out partnerships at Uniswap, previously worked at various derivatives trading venues | Uniswap, Head of BD & Partnerships Galaxy Digital, VP TD Securities, VP of Corporate Derivatives |
| Steph Bell Gulati | Head of Operations | Ran customer success at Uniswap for 4 years | Uniswap, Head of Customer Success Alice, VP of Customer Success |
| Tommy Guo | Engineering | Y Combinator-backed founder, prior to that Senior Software Engineer at Stripe | Stripe, Senior Software Engineer Y Combinator-backed Founder |
| James Wenzel | Engineering | Smart contract engineer. Co-author of Seaport versions 1.2+. Primary author of SeaDrop protocol | Bridge (acq. Stripe) OpenSea |
| Sambhav Sunkerneni | Engineering | Engineering manager at ScaleAI, previously at Stripe | Stripe ScaleAI |
| Zach Wong | Data Engineering | Strategy at UniSwap and Circle | Uniswap Circle |
| Michael Silberling | Data Engineering | 1st data hire at Optimism, building analytics and insights for customers (Portfolio) | Optimism |
| Nick Green | Marketing — Content & Social | Hyperliquid influencer (Twitter/X). Top 0.04% competitive League of Legends player | Previously ran all social media for Cloud9 eSports |
| Natalie Willans | Marketing — Events | Ran events at Uniswap | Uniswap |
| Yi Sun | Technical Advisor | Co-founder of Axiom, backed by Paradigm and Standard Crypto | Co-founder & CEO, Axiom |
| Alex Atallah | Technical Advisor | 2x founder across Crypto and AI | OpenRouter, Co-founder OpenSea, Co-founder |
| Jeremy Hoon | Technical Advisor | Runs a technical advisory business last 4 years | Relay, Founding CTO Stripe, Head of Engineering Stripe Capital |
Balance Sheet and Fundraise
Raised $74M from a16z, Paradigm, and Thrive, with $64M of cash and cash equivalents, including $8.5M staked HYPE.