Anthropic Pre-IPO Perpetual Contract Position Snapshot Totals Over $300 Million
According to TechFlow, on November 11, The Defiant reported that two snapshots from Buildix indicate the combined open interest for two pre-IPO Anthropic perpetual contracts on Hyperliquid exceeds $311 million. The two readings are 25 minutes apart and do not represent a synchronized full-market total.
Among them, the open interest for Trade.xyz's ANT contract stands at $109.37 million, an increase of approximately 30% from the $84.04 million recorded by The Defiant on November 10; meanwhile, the open interest for EntropyIO's ANTH contract is $201.81 million.
The pricing units for the two contracts differ: ANT references one share of Anthropic Class A stock, while each price point in ANTH represents a $1 billion company valuation. The open interest values do not represent actual purchases of Anthropic stock or funding raised by the company.