The dated series
USDC, Arbitrum. Vault 0x9209…4c67 · reserve wallet 0x43c5…da07. Times are UTC. “Displayed” = what hypernova.xyz showed at that read.
| Read | Vault | Reserve wallet | Total | Displayed | What moved |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 August 2026 | — | — | $770,556.00 | $770,556.00 | Figure published on the firm's homepage; taken as the starting point, not a chain read. |
| 15 August 2026 | $33,729.73 | $712,500.03 | $746,229.76 | $750,900.00 | First direct chain read. Homepage counter (~$750.9K, rounded) no longer matches the chain to the cent. |
| 17 August 2026 03:24 | $32,062.53 | $712,500.03 | $744,562.56 | — | Reserve wallet unchanged to the cent in two days; all movement in the vault (payouts drain the vault). |
| 18 August 2026 04:37 | $28,165.59 | $972,895.03 | $1,001,060.62 | $1,000,000.00 | Top-up: the reserve wallet took in exactly 260,395.00 USDC. The firm announced 'topped up to $1,000,000' — accurate, slightly understated. |
| 25 August 2026 10:28 | $16,122.31 | $845,395.03 | $861,517.34 | $861,700.00 | Down $139.5K in a week from the $1.0M level; homepage display ($861.7K) matches the chain to ~$0.2K. |
| 31 August 2026 03:18 | $27,174.79 | $717,395.03 | $744,569.83 | $765,500.00 | Reserve wallet out exactly 128,000.00 USDC — reads like a treasury movement, not payout flow; destination not traced. Homepage displayed $765.5K: a $20.9K display lag, the widest yet. |
| 5 September 2026 | — | — | $668,336.00 | $668,300.00 | Split not read; stats page total ($668,336 USDC, cold reserve + operational vault), displayed "$668.3K" — not a direct chain read. Down $76,233.83 in five days, against $715,417 of lifetime payouts published the same day; outflow not traced, so the two figures are reported side by side. Homepage counters were unreliable at this read: $671.3K and $536.4K for the same reserve on two loads minutes apart. |
| 7 September 2026 03:08 | $31,698.59 | $611,255.03 | $642,953.63 | $649,900.00 | Direct chain read (block 502546138). Reserve wallet net −106,139.997356 USDC in seven days — 106,140.00 to within 0.3 cent, close to round but not to the cent like the 128,000.00 of 31 Aug; vault up $4,523.80. Total down $101,616.20 vs 31 Aug while the homepage lifetime-payouts counter rose $94.5K over the same window — ~$7.1K untraced. Homepage displayed $649.9K (+$6.9K vs chain); the stats page still showed $668,297 with 5 Sep as its latest payout, so it looked stale. |
| 13 September 2026 15:32 | $27,553.62 | $951,255.04 | $978,808.66 | — | First automated chain read (block 504778439). Reserve wallet net +340,000.00 USDC since 7 Sep (to within 0.2 cent), vault −$4,145. The firm's 11 Sep post said '$440,000 added' and 'back to $1,000,000': corroborated in direction, not in amount — the wallet's NET movement is $100K short of the first figure and the total is $21.2K short of the second. Whether ~$100K also left the wallet in the same window is untraced. |
| 14 September 2026 04:00 | $26,668.39 | $951,255.04 | $977,923.42 | $988,363.00 | Automated chain read (block 504954779). Wallet unchanged to the cent; vault −$885.23 in 12 hours (payout flow — the stats page lists a $562 payout dated 13 Sep). Stats page displayed $988,363 the same morning, +$10.4K over the chain. Lifetime payouts counter $822,890, up $91.5K since 7 Sep while the vault fell only $5.0K over the week: ~$86K entered the vault from an untraced source in the window. |
| 15 September 2026 03:00 | $27,144.35 | $931,255.04 | $958,399.39 | — | Automated chain read (block 505282534). |
| 16 September 2026 03:00 | $14,337.70 | $911,255.04 | $925,592.74 | — | Automated chain read (block 505624528). |
| 17 September 2026 03:00 | $25,603.79 | $845,255.04 | $870,858.82 | — | Automated chain read (block 505961582). |
| 18 September 2026 03:00 | $31,249.75 | $818,255.04 | $849,504.79 | — | Automated chain read (block 506301004). |
| 19 September 2026 03:00 | $30,949.85 | $758,255.04 | $789,204.89 | — | Automated chain read (block 506641886). |
| 21 September 2026 04:09 | $32,253.39 | $728,255.04 | $760,508.43 | — | Automated chain read (block 507324926). |
| 22 September 2026 03:00 | $35,383.94 | $668,255.06 | $703,639.00 | — | Automated chain read (block 507648216). |
| 23 September 2026 03:00 | $27,512.72 | $633,255.06 | $660,767.79 | — | Automated chain read (block 507987211). |
| 24 September 2026 03:00 | $31,696.89 | $613,255.06 | $644,951.95 | — | Automated chain read (block 508315559). |
| 25 September 2026 04:34 | $32,266.33 | $581,255.11 | $613,521.44 | — | Automated chain read (block 508657830). |
| 26 September 2026 03:00 | $17,364.97 | $581,255.11 | $598,620.09 | — | Automated chain read (block 508959390). |
| 27 September 2026 03:00 | $16,396.43 | $576,291.19 | $592,687.63 | — | Automated chain read (block 509269412). |
| 28 September 2026 03:00 | $32,468.51 | $549,291.19 | $581,759.70 | — | Automated chain read (block 509578266). |
| 29 September 2026 03:00 | $23,995.75 | $522,291.19 | $546,286.95 | — | Automated chain read (block 509903720). |
| 30 September 2026 02:36 | $24,973.07 | $492,291.19 | $517,264.26 | — | Automated chain read (block 510217644). |
| 1 October 2026 04:25 | $33,098.63 | $465,291.19 | $498,389.83 | — | Automated chain read (block 510553387). |
How to replay any reading yourself
Open the two addresses on Arbiscan and read the USDC balance — that is all we do, at the time recorded above: vault and reserve wallet. Hypernova itself defines its published “payout reserve” as cold reserve + operational vault, which is why we sum the two. Payouts drain the vault; top-ups land in the wallet.
What the series says — and does not
It says the money is there, that the firm tops up in round amounts when the level drops, and that its own counter lags the chain by up to $20.9K (31 August 2026). It does not say what the firm owes: funded balances and pending payouts are not readable at these addresses. It also does not explain the 128,000.00 USDC that left the reserve wallet on 31 August — a round figure that looks like treasury management rather than payouts (payouts come out of the vault), but we did not trace it and will not guess.
For the other half of the question — whether payouts actually arrive — see our payout proof (6 withdrawals on our own funded account, 29 August 2026 → 1 September 2026, each reconciled on Arbitrum) and the full 25k walkthrough.
FAQ
Does Hypernova actually have the money to pay traders?
At our last direct chain read (1 October 2026), the two addresses Hypernova designates as its payout reserve held $497,973.33 in USDC on Arbitrum: an operational vault ($32,682.14) and a cold reserve wallet ($465,291.19), both from that same reading. That is real, readable money — which is more than any other crypto prop firm we track lets you verify. It is not a solvency audit: we cannot see liabilities, only assets at two addresses.
Why does the reserve go up and down?
Payouts drain the vault; the firm tops up the reserve wallet in round amounts. We recorded a top-up of exactly 260,395.00 USDC on 18 August 2026 (the firm announced "topped up to $1,000,000" — accurate) and an outflow of exactly 128,000.00 USDC on 31 August 2026, whose destination we did not trace. Round figures out of the reserve wallet look like treasury operations, not payout flow.
Does the homepage counter match the chain?
Not to the cent, and the gap moves. On 25 August the homepage showed $861.7K for a chain total of $861,517.34 — within ~$0.2K. The widest gap we recorded: $765,500.00 displayed for $744,569.83 on the chain on 31 August 2026 — $20.9K. We publish the chain figure, dated, next to what the site displayed.
How do you read the reserve?
Direct eth_call of USDC balanceOf on Arbitrum for the vault (0x920973eebffd3bf7da14dd9fb52bd3bea1664c67) and the reserve wallet (0x43c5f0a81d538a527dbf35d27faa583ac7fada07), at the UTC time recorded in the table. No screenshot, no dashboard: the chain, which anyone can replay on Arbiscan.
Has Hypernova paid you?
Yes. Two dated records, not merged into one number: 6 withdrawals on our funded $25K account F2 (29 August 2026 → 1 September 2026, 1,932.09 USDC received), each reconciled on Arbitrum; and our /payouts/ entry dated 31 August 2026 — nine payouts in four days on our own $25K funded account, all Paid with public hashes ($3,494.69 requested), one of them spot-checked on-chain at exactly 80% to the cent (559.546701 USDC for a $699.43 request). We have not matched the two lists line by line. That is documented on /payouts/; this page is about whether the pot behind those payouts is real and how it moves.
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