U.S. initial jobless claims for the week ending Nov 29 were 191K (vs. 220K expected, 216K prior).

- Hyperliquid (HYPE) dominates 75% of decentralized perpetual contracts with $95.63M 30-day revenue, driving a 23% weekly token surge. - Its CLOB model on HyperBFT blockchain achieves 200k orders/second, bridging DEX-CEX gaps with $15B open interest and $47B weekly volumes. - Institutional adoption via $888M Hyperliquid Strategies and $3.5B TVL growth redefines altcoin valuations through on-chain liquidity metrics. - Challenges include 3 market manipulation attacks and $89.2M HYPE unstaking, countered by H