eole, an AI data center company listed on the Japanese stock exchange, announced that it is expanding its crypto asset strategy by investing in HYPE, the native token of the Hyperliquid ecosystem.
According to the company’s statement, HYPE was initially acquired for 10 million yen (approximately $67,000). In the next phase of its investment plan, eole aims to increase the total investment to 100 million yen (approximately $670,000) by the end of August.
The company stated that this transaction was the first HYPE investment made by a publicly traded company in Japan. Emphasizing that this step was not solely for portfolio diversification purposes, eole stated that it considers the HYPE token as part of its long-term corporate strategy.
The statement announced that, as part of the company’s vision for a next-generation financial infrastructure called “Neo Crypto Bank,” HYPE has been added to its strategic reserve assets, following Bitcoin. eole stated that it believes blockchain-based assets will play a significant role in the future of the financial system and plans to increase its investments in digital assets accordingly.
The company also highlighted the technical specifications of the Hyperliquid blockchain. Built on a Layer-1 architecture, the network is said to offer a suitable infrastructure, particularly for financial transactions to be carried out by autonomous AI agents. eole predicted that in the future, AI-powered applications will play a more active role in digital asset trading, liquidity management, and automated financial decision-making processes.
Therefore, the company emphasized that the HYPE investment was not a speculative transaction aimed at profiting from short-term price movements, and explained that the acquisition was part of its long-term strategy for the development of on-chain financial infrastructure.
