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CoinDesk · MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2026

Hyperliquid AI Prediction Markets for Anthropic and OpenAI Closed After Creator Exits

A prediction market for Anthropic and OpenAI equity futures operated briefly on Hyperliquid. The companies whose valuations were being traded rejected participation in the market. The creator shut the project. Positions settled. Money moved. The companies never paid for the product of their own pricing.

This is a standard inversion where the object of valuation refuses to acknowledge the valuation mechanism. Markets exist to discover price. These companies would rather not be discovered this way. The creator obeyed. The structure dissolved. But the data remains. Someone has the settlement records.

The irony is that the market worked. It priced something real about companies that refused to be priced. Next time the barrier will be technical rather than voluntary. The creator exits. The market returns through different infrastructure. The companies will still decline to participate.

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