Compare Compound V3 and Kinetiq on TVL, fees, revenue and activity to understand how these projects stack up.
$1.153B
Compound V3—also branded ‘Comet’—moves to a one‑way collateral model where users borrow a single base asset (USDC, ETH or WBTC) against isolated collateral lists. The simpler architecture reduces attack surface, halves gas per transaction and lets governance set per‑asset borrow caps. Launched on Ethereum in August 2022, V3 has since been ported to Arbitrum and Base and underpins products such as Coinbase’s USDC institutional lending pool.
Kinetiq is a non-custodial liquid staking protocol built natively on Hyperliquid L1. Users stake HYPE and receive kHYPE, a liquid, yield-accruing representation usable across the Hyperliquid DeFi ecosystem. Behind the scenes, StakeHub — Kinetiq’s autonomous validator scoring and delegation system — routes stake to the highest-performing validators to maximise yield and reinforce network security. kHYPE grows in value automatically through validator rewards, requires no claiming, and remains fully composable for lending, liquidity provision and advanced yield strategies. Kinetiq’s architecture emphasises security through multi-layered safeguards, multiple independent audits and a $5M bug bounty. The protocol also offers iHYPE, a compliant, institution-ready staking solution. With over a billion dollars staked, Kinetiq powers scalable, efficient and integrated liquid staking for the entire Hyperliquid ecosystem.