Elysium launches as Hypesium offers rewards for promotional posts

Kinetiq Research describes Elysium as an Ethereum-compatible layer-2 network built on Arbitrum technology and operated with Conduit. It settles transactions to HyperEVM and uses HYPE as its native gas token. The company advertised 100-millisecond blocks and an execution target of 300 million gas units per second. HYPE transfers between HyperEVM and Elysium on a one-to-one basis without a wrapper token, and HyperEVM ERC-20 assets can be bridged permissionlessly, according to the launch announcement.

Kinetiq says half of sequencer revenue will fund KNTQ buybacks and 25% will go to builders whose applications generate demand for blockspace. Developers can use that allocation for liquidity programs, user incentives or fee rebates. The remaining quarter is assigned to the treasury, according to plans the company outlined earlier.

Starlist’s Hypesium listing offers a combined 1,500 USDT to the top 20 creators and a combined 1% of the project’s token supply to participants ranked 21st through 100th when the token launches. Cash awards range from 300 USDT for first place to 35 USDT each for ranks 11 through 20. The campaign asks participants to mention Hypesium and explain its features; replies count, while copied posts receive one-fifth of the normal STARS score. The listing does not show how much online discussion comes from contestants or whether the campaign caused either project to trend on X.

Promotional posts describe Hypesium as offering fast swaps, wallet tracking, automated exits and trading around a pool’s opening block. One post says the bot prepares a purchase before a liquidity pool exists and submits it when the pool-creation event arrives. These are promotional product descriptions; the post provides no transaction records showing execution speed or trading results. Campaign materials also advertise encrypted, exportable bot wallets, a 1% trading fee, transaction simulation and checks for tokens that cannot be sold.

The US Federal Trade Commission says endorsements should clearly disclose financial or other material relationships with a brand. Its guidance recommends placing disclosures with the endorsement itself and gives “ad” and “sponsored” as examples of clear language.