D3 and Upshift launch Frontier's Hyperliquid vault

New non-custodial vault gives HYPE holders priority access to the next generation of internet domain extensions through Frontier.

October 22, 2026. D3, a domain infrastructure company backed by Paradigm and a core contributor to Doma Protocol, today announced the launch of the Frontier Hyperliquid Vault. D3 is one of the few ICANN-accredited registrars building onchain.

The vault is built on Upshift, the onchain vault infrastructure provider backed by Dragonfly, with Hyperion DeFi, Inc. (NASDAQ: HYPD) serving as launch partner. Hyperion DeFi is the first U.S. publicly listed company focused on building unique products and services within the Hyperliquid ecosystem.

The vault gives HYPE holders a direct way to participate in Frontier, D3's membership program for priority access to new top-level domains. Members deposit HYPE into the vault on HyperEVM and receive vault shares directly in their own wallets. In return, they accrue Frontier Points, which can be used to establish priority for names offered by participating registries ahead of General Registration.

The launch follows the second application round for new top-level domains in the history of the internet, in which ICANN received more than 1,600 applications in August 2026 for extensions including .agent, .wallet, .human, .robot and .labs.

"Programs like Frontier show how far vaults have come for institutional adoption. D3 designed a membership program around one of the internet's oldest asset classes. Our role is to run the yield infrastructure underneath, so publicly traded partners as large as Hyperion feel comfortable moving capital onchain," said Aya Kantorovich, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Upshift.

"Domains have been one of the internet's most valuable assets for 25 years, and this upcoming round of extensions marks the first expansion in more than a decade. With Hyperion DeFi as launch partner, Frontier gives the Hyperliquid community priority access to this rare domain supercycle, and Upshift's vault lets members participate in a generational land rush with the HYPE they already hold, in their own wallets," said Fred Hsu, CEO and Co-Founder of D3.

"Our strategy is to connect Hyperliquid to the products and markets moving onchain, and the 2026 round of internet extensions brings a long-established asset class straight to that community. Supporting Frontier's Hyperliquid vault gives HYPE holders a direct way to take part while keeping their vault shares in their own wallets," said Hyunsu Jung, Chief Executive Officer of Hyperion DeFi.

Deposit HYPE on the Frontier Hyperliquid vault page. For more information about Frontier, please visit frontier.d3.com.

About D3

D3 is a domain infrastructure company building the DomainFi network on Doma Protocol. Backed by Paradigm, the team brings decades of experience in domain monetization, internet protocols and TLD operations, including work on extensions such as .xyz, .tv and .link. Learn more at d3.com.

About Hyperion DeFi, Inc.

Hyperion DeFi, Inc. is the first U.S. publicly listed company building unique products and services on Hyperliquid, utilizing its long-term HYPE treasury. The Company provides investors with streamlined access to the Hyperliquid ecosystem, one of the fastest growing, highest revenue-generating blockchains in the world. For more information, visit hyperiondefi.com.

About Upshift

Upshift is onchain yield infrastructure that has held more than $550 million in deposits at peak across 50+ vaults on 30+ chains. Fintechs, wallets and asset managers use it to offer yield inside their own products, ranging from 24/7 tokenized money market funds to DeFi lending and basis strategies across stablecoin, BTC and ETH vaults, each run by a professional curator within limits set in advance. Depositors keep custody of their vault shares, and the contracts have been through 11 smart contract audits by 6 independent firms. Upshift raised a $10 million Series A led by Dragonfly in March 2025. Learn more at upshift.finance.