Coinbase and Circle back Hyperliquid's AQAv2 — HYPE surges to $45 as USDC becomes the protocol's aligned quote asset!

HYPE climbed to roughly $45 on May 14 after Coinbase and Circle committed to Hyperliquid's AQAv2 upgrade, which makes USDC the platform's canonical aligned quote asset and redirects the vast majority of reserve-yield revenue back to the protocol. Coinbase becomes the official USDC treasury deployer…