Hyperliquid Founder Jeff Yan: If Starting Over, Might Choose to Research Options

Odaily reports that Hyperliquid founder Jeff Yan, in an interview at DAS 2026 Asia, stated that if he were to start a business again and were no longer allowed to develop infrastructure, he might research options. He believes HIP-4 is an obvious way to build an options protocol, as it can inherit spot, order book, and portfolio margin, and use perpetual contracts to hedge options Delta.