Kinetiq's Elysium L2 Sets Nov. 9th Mainnet Launch

Kinetiq's Hyperliquid L2 finally has a date, though its HyperCore hooks will arrive a few weeks later. Elysium, the Hyperliquid-aligned L2 from liquid staking protocol Kinetiq, now has a launch date: the network goes live on mainnet November 9th, per a teaser the team posted this morning. The announcement comes about eight weeks after Kinetiq first unveiled the chain and four weeks after its public testnet opened. How it’s built: Elysium is an Arbitrum Orbit chain that settles to HyperEVM and runs on HYPE, bridged 1:1, for gas, so users won’t need a new token to transact. It’s designed as a roomier home for trading apps, launchpads, and proprietary AMMs than HyperEVM, whose small blocks Hyperliquid keeps intentionally tight.