There's an events market deployed by outcome.xyz for HYPE to touch 100 USD by October 1. I made a bet on it a couple of weeks ago. Lol. Would be a sweet bonus if I won that one.

Anyway, I'm starting to think that the HL devs might be waiting for the other perp dex's to TGE and airdrop their tokens before the HL devs announce something about HL's second airdrop.

That way, they get those traders who have just gotten their Variational or whatever airdrop bring all that new money to Hyperliquid.
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Well, at the current price, your bet has a pretty high chance of winning.
As for a potential second airdrop, I don't think the Hyperliquid team is looking to other DEXs for guidance in this regard. After all, Hyperliquid has become a major player and already has a sizable, loyal audience, so it doesn't make much sense for them to wait until other DEXs hold their airdrops.