Ascend is committing up to $250,000 to builders and creating a path for exceptional teams to earn directly from Ascend’s revenue. Introducing the Ascend Builder Incubator and Ascend Strategic Partner Program. Builders from every chain are welcome. DeFi protocols, memecoins, experiments with perps and outcome markets, AI products, consumer apps, and more. Come build and launch with Ascend. 1. Ascend Builder Incubator We’re allocating up to $250,000 in direct funding across selected incubator teams, with the potential to increase this commitment if we see an exceptional influx of high-quality projects. Builders will also receive KNTQ incentives through Ascend Points, hands-on development support, coordinated distribution, and targeted introductions to institutions, VCs, and ecosystem partners. They will also work with our new tokenomics and onchain growth specialist on token design, incentives, GTM strategy, and launch execution. His experience includes advising Pumpfun, Variational, and Monad as well as onchain projects reaching 9-figure valuations. Builders will also work directly with @tago_capital, a design, product, and development studio whose clients have collectively raised $80M in venture capital. Their team brings experience building with J.P. Morgan, Atlassian, the University of Oxford, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Canva, Macquarie Bank, and Infinex. Qualifying projects can pursue Ascended status and ecosystem buybacks, HyperCore spot listings, and eligible HIP-3 perpetual markets facilitated by our partner @Kinetiq_xyz 2. Ascend Strategic Partner Program Exceptional incubator teams and leading Ascend projects can earn a long-term economic partnership with Ascend, receiving the full incubator package plus recurring allocations from a dedicated portion of Ascend’s revenue. We’ll select one inaugural Strategic Partner from the incubator, based on product quality and our conviction in the team’s ability to execute. Each partner’s revenue allocation is split: 75% paid directly to the project’s treasury for development, salaries, and growth. 25% toward automatic open-market buybacks of the project’s token, separate from existing ecosystem buybacks for which it qualifies. This gives selected teams another income stream from Ascend itself, extending beyond their own token’s trading activity. Direct treasury payments require no token sale, helping fund development and operations without relying entirely on creator fees or selling tokens. Builders gain an ongoing financial relationship with the platform they help grow. Allocations depend on eligible Ascend revenue actually received. Apply to the incubator: forms.gle/WaMxDAimH2RkdxrX8 Tag a builder or project you wanna see on Ascend. We’ll select some of our favorite nominations for Ascend NFT whitelist spots.

November 9. A new era of building on Hyperliquid begins. Elysium is where the next generation of projects will emerge. Ascend is where they'll launch. Live from day one. Like, repost, and tag a builder or project you want to see launch on Ascend. We'll be selecting some of our favorite replies for whitelist spots. 👀 Ascend to Elysium.

3 days left to submit for the Ascend Builder Grants. Submissions close October 20th at 11:59 PM PST. If you're building on Elysium, make sure to submit your project through the Ascend Discord before the deadline. This is just the first step in how Ascend plans to support builders on Elysium. To the builders shaping Elysium's future, Ascend is here to back you every step of the way.

Ascend has submitted staking contracts to independent security auditors. Before mainnet, the contracts responsible for Ascend’s staking system will go through third-party review. Security is a core part of how we’re preparing Ascend for mainnet. We’ll share the completed audit report once the review is finished. Ascend to Elysium.

Ascend will commit 100% of the sequencer fees we receive from Elysium to supporting builders. These funds will go towards direct builder grants, HyperCore listing support, audits and tooling, helping teams access the resources they need to build and launch. We want the activity on Elysium to support its continued growth. For Ascend, that means putting our share back into the teams creating products for the ecosystem. Our commitment extends beyond launch. We’re here to support the people building on Elysium for the long term. Ascend to Elysium.

Ascend private testing is live. We’re inviting a small group to test the platform, share feedback, and help us refine the experience before launch. Selected testers will receive access details by DM, with invites rolling out over the next 24–48 hours. Want access? Drop a comment below. We’ll be prioritizing early supporters and active members of the community. Ascend to Elysium.

The Ascend team is heading to TOKEN2049 Singapore. We’ll be at several Hyperliquid community events and are looking to connect with builders, investors, major $HYPE holders, and ecosystem contributors. Building on Hyperliquid or Elysium? Send us a DM to meet. We’ll make it worth your time! Ascend to Singapore

There’s a lot of discussion around KNTQ today, so we want to make our position clear. Ascend is fully aligned with @Kinetiq_xyz for the long term. That alignment goes beyond words. We recently committed 50% of Ascend’s net protocol revenue to purchasing kinetiq:native because Kinetiq is core infrastructure for the ecosystem we’re building on. As Ascend grows, we want KNTQ to benefit directly from that growth. We’re going to continue working to do our part to make sure the projects foundational to Hyperliquid's onchain ecosystem have sustainable support behind them. Ascend to Elysium.

Come learn more about Ascend tomorrow on spaces with @rekt_gang See you guys there!