Kintsu Staked Hype is a liquid staking protocol designed for the Hyperliquid network, aiming to enhance the governance of validator curation through a competitive framework. The primary goal of Kintsu is to fortify the validator set within Hyperliquid while increasing capital efficiency by converting staked HYPE into a liquid staking token known as sHYPE. The protocol leverages CoreWriter, which serves as Hyperliquid’s system contract for bridging HyperCore and HyperEVM. This integration ensures that the benefits of liquid staking extend beyond the EVM layer, creating a more interconnected ecosystem. With Kintsu, validator delegations, trading actions, and decentralized finance (DeFi) strategies are interlinked via CoreWriter. This seamless connection allows for efficient movement of sHYPE between HyperCore’s trading engine and HyperEVM’s DeFi applications. As a result, sHYPE emerges as a composable collateral asset, effectively aligning validator security with on-chain capital efficiency. This innovative approach not only strengthens the infrastructure of Hyperliquid but also enriches the overall user experience within its ecosystem.