Japanese tech firm Eole Co. Ltd. has purchased 1,078.25 HYPE tokens, the native asset of the Hyperliquid blockchain, for roughly $72,800. This marks a potential first for a publicly-traded Japanese company adding HYPE to its corporate treasury. The acquisition, at an average price of 9,352.776 yen per token, is part of a plan to build a "Neo Crypto Bank" infrastructure designed for the era of autonomous AI agents. The company intends to raise its total HYPE allocation to about $721,000 by the end of August 2026, depending on market conditions and liquidity.
Japanese technology company Eole Co. Ltd. has acquired Hyperliquid’s native token, HYPE, in a move that may be the first time the digital asset has been added to the corporate treasury of a publicly-traded Japanese firm. The company paid approximately 10.08 million yen for 1,078.25 HYPE on 28 July, at an average price of 9,352.776 yen per token.
The acquisition is part of a longer-term plan to create a financial infrastructure called a “Neo Crypto Bank,” which is being prepared for the era of self-governing AI agents. Depending on market conditions and liquidity, Eole intends to make additional purchases by the end of August 2026 to raise its HYPE allocation to 100 million yen.
Eole stated it plans to actively use its HYPE holdings rather than merely keeping them on its balance sheet. The company also noted a growing global trend, particularly in the United States, where institutional investors are indirectly investing in cryptocurrencies through publicly traded Digital Asset Treasury (DAT) vehicles.
The rationale behind the purchase centers on Eole’s prediction that autonomous AI agents will increasingly handle payments, contracts, and financial transactions. To support this, Eole selected Hyperliquid for its high-speed, finance-focused Layer-1 blockchain technology.
The network processes thousands of transactions per second with a latency of less than 100 milliseconds while remaining compatible with Ethereum through HyperEVM, making it suitable for AI-driven financial applications and decentralized finance. At the time of reporting, HYPE was trading at $53.15, following a 3.18% decline over the previous day.
Since the launch of a Spot HYPE ETF in May 2026, the token’s price has increased from $38 to roughly $54, with ETFs contributing significantly to the altcoin’s price action. Recent analysis noted that HYPE ETF flows have been increasing on a market capitalization basis, in contrast to ETFs for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other altcoins.
