HYPE August 22 Contract Prices $77 Target at 97¢ as $79 Odds Sit at 18¢
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Updated · robinhood.com · Aug 22
HYPE August 22 Contract Prices $77 Target at 97¢ as $79 Odds Sit at 18¢
3 articles · Updated · robinhood.com · Aug 22
Summary
$77 or above was priced at 97 cents for HYPE’s Aug. 22, 2026 6 p.m. EDT event contract, implying the market sees that threshold as highly likely.
$79 or above traded at 18 cents, while $100 and higher strike contracts were listed at 0 cents, showing expectations drop sharply above the upper-$70s.
CF Benchmarks’ Real Time Index will determine settlement: 60 readings from the final minute before expiration are averaged to produce the official price.
Winning contracts pay $1 each, traders can exit before resolution, and the market runs nearly 24 hours a day except for a Thursday 3 a.m.-5 a.m. ET pause.
Could the intense speculation on Robinhood's expiring prediction contracts actually manipulate HYPE's final settlement price in its crucial last minute today?
With traders betting heavily against a $100 HYPE breakout today, could an unexpected surge in traditional finance volume trigger a massive upset?
As Robinhood's HYPE contract expires today, will Hyperliquid's billion-dollar buybacks crush the massive token unlocks, or will the bears win?