Fees

Hyperliquid's fee system is designed to reward active users, builders, and the broader community. By leveraging volume-based discounts, staking incentives, and referral programs, the platform ensures that participation benefits users while funding the ecosystem's development.

Standard Referral Program

Fee Structure Overview

Category
Method
Benefit
Details

User Fee Reduction

VIP Tiers (Volume-Based)

Up to 47% discount

Based on rolling 14-day weighted volume

Staking Tiers

Up to 40% discount

Based on HYPE tokens staked

Referral Discount

4% discount

For first $25M volume when using referral code

User Fee Rewards

Referral Rewards

10% of referred users' fees

For first $1B volume of referred users

40% to 100% of fees difference

Coming soon - Enhanced rewards for staking referrers (depends on referred user's VIP)

Staking Referral Sharing

Up to 50% revenue sharing

Coming soon - Can share staking referral revenue with referred users

Builder Codes

100% custom fee + 40% to 100%

Builder fee + staking referral rewards if staking HYPE

Maker Rebates

Up to -0.003% rebate

Continuous rebates for market makers

Community Benefits

Liquidity incentives

Fees fund liquidity provision rewards

Assurance Fund

fees reinvested

Ecosystem protection and HYPE buybacks

Please note:

  • Volume Calculation: Fees based on rolling 14-day weighted volume: (14d perps volume) + 2 × (14d spot volume)

    • Spot volume counts double toward fee tier calculation

  • Sub-Accounts: Volume from sub-accounts counts toward master account's fee tier—all sub-accounts share the same tier

  • Vault Volume: Vault transactions treated separately from master account

  • Referral Limits:

    • Referral discounts apply for first $25M in volume

    • Referral rewards apply for first $1B in volume

    • Discounts don't apply to vaults or sub-accounts

  • Builder Codes: Staking referral program also applies to builder codes (more info on this page). Builders receive builder fee + up to 40% of HL fees and can share up to 50% of these fees with users

  • Fee Assessment: Calculated at end of each day in UTC


Fee Distribution & Sources

On Hyperliquid, fees are entirely directed to the community through HLP, the Assistance Fund, and spot/perp deployers rather than being extracted by the protocol team.

Current Fee Allocation:

  • 7% of fees → HLP vault

  • 93% of fees → Assistance Fund

  • Fee Tracking: Direct fee visibility is limited - estimates based on trading volume. Analytics: HyperDash | HypurrScan

Fee Sources:

  • Perpetual trading:

    • Hyperliquid Labs perps: All fees go to protocol

    • HIP-3 perps: Up to 50% of fees go to deployer, remainder to protocol

  • Spot trading:

    • USDC side (bid): Fees go to protocol

    • Token side (ask): Deployer controls what percentage of fees they collect (0-100%)

      • If 100% → All fees go to deployer's address

      • If 0% → All fees are burned

      • Deployers can only decrease their share permanently

      • Tokens deployed before January 2025 have all fees burned (including HYPE)

      • To check a token's fee share: Call API spotMetaAndAssetCtxsdeployerTradingFeeShare

  • Spot deployment: Auction fees paid by deployers to purchase tickers

  • Future: HyperEVM fees may be distributed to HYPE stakers


Fee Tiers

You can view your current fee tier on your portfolio page which includes an integrated fee schedule calculator.

Staking Tiers

Tier
HYPE Staked
Trading Fee Discount

Wood

>10

5%

Bronze

>100

10%

Silver

>1,000

15%

Gold

>10,000

20%

Platinum

>100,000

30%

Diamond

>500,000

40%

Fee Schedule (VIP + Staking Tiers)

Perp
VIP
Base Rate
Diamond
Platinum
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Wood

Tier

14d Weighted Volume ($)

Taker/Maker

Taker/Maker

Taker/Maker

Taker/Maker

Taker/Maker

Taker/Maker

Taker/Maker

0

0.045% / 0.015%

0.0270% / 0.0090%

0.0315% / 0.0105%

0.0360% / 0.0120%

0.0383% / 0.0128%

0.0405% / 0.0135%

0.0428% / 0.0143%

1

>5M

0.040% / 0.012%

0.0240% / 0.0072%

0.0280% / 0.0084%

0.0320% / 0.0096%

0.0340% / 0.0102%

0.0360% / 0.0108%

0.0380% / 0.0114%

2

>25M

0.035% / 0.008%

0.0210% / 0.0048%

0.0245% / 0.0056%

0.0280% / 0.0064%

0.0298% / 0.0068%

0.0315% / 0.0072%

0.0333% / 0.0076%

3

>100M

0.030% / 0.004%

0.0180% / 0.0024%

0.0210% / 0.0028%

0.0240% / 0.0032%

0.0255% / 0.0034%

0.0270% / 0.0036%

0.0285% / 0.0038%

4

>500M

0.028% / 0.000%

0.0168% / 0.0000%

0.0196% / 0.0000%

0.0224% / 0.0000%

0.0238% / 0.0000%

0.0252% / 0.0000%

0.0266% / 0.0000%

5

>2B

0.026% / 0.000%

0.0156% / 0.0000%

0.0182% / 0.0000%

0.0208% / 0.0000%

0.0221% / 0.0000%

0.0234% / 0.0000%

0.0247% / 0.0000%

6

>7B

0.024% / 0.000%

0.0144% / 0.0000%

0.0168% / 0.0000%

0.0192% / 0.0000%

0.0204% / 0.0000%

0.0216% / 0.0000%

0.0228% / 0.0000%

Spot
VIP
Base Rate
Diamond
Platinum
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Wood

Tier

14d Weighted Volume ($)

Taker/Maker

Taker/Maker

Taker/Maker

Taker/Maker

Taker/Maker

Taker/Maker

Taker/Maker

0

0.070% / 0.040%

0.0420% / 0.0240%

0.0490% / 0.0280%

0.0560% / 0.0320%

0.0595% / 0.0340%

0.0630% / 0.0360%

0.0665% / 0.0380%

1

>5M

0.060% / 0.030%

0.0360% / 0.0180%

0.0420% / 0.0210%

0.0480% / 0.0240%

0.0510% / 0.0255%

0.0540% / 0.0270%

0.0570% / 0.0285%

2

>25M

0.050% / 0.020%

0.0300% / 0.0120%

0.0350% / 0.0140%

0.0400% / 0.0160%

0.0425% / 0.0170%

0.0450% / 0.0180%

0.0475% / 0.0190%

3

>100M

0.040% / 0.010%

0.0240% / 0.0060%

0.0280% / 0.0070%

0.0320% / 0.0080%

0.0340% / 0.0085%

0.0360% / 0.0090%

0.0380% / 0.0095%

4

>500M

0.035% / 0.000%

0.0210% / 0.0000%

0.0245% / 0.0000%

0.0280% / 0.0000%

0.0298% / 0.0000%

0.0315% / 0.0000%

0.0333% / 0.0000%

5

>2B

0.030% / 0.000%

0.0180% / 0.0000%

0.0210% / 0.0000%

0.0240% / 0.0000%

0.0255% / 0.0000%

0.0270% / 0.0000%

0.0285% / 0.0000%

6

>7B

0.025% / 0.000%

0.0150% / 0.0000%

0.0175% / 0.0000%

0.0200% / 0.0000%

0.0213% / 0.0000%

0.0225% / 0.0000%

0.0238% / 0.0000%

Market Maker Tiers

Market makers benefit from lower fees through a dedicated tier system that rewards high liquidity providers. Hyperliquid offers no special programs or rebates, anyone can participate. Tools and support: Python SDK | #api-traders Discord.

Tier
14d Weighted Maker Volume
Maker Fee Rebate

1

>0.5%

-0.001%

2

>1.5%

-0.002%

3

>3.0%

-0.003%


Referral Program

Standard Referral Program

How to Refer:

  • Complete $10,000 in trading volume to create your referral code at Hyperliquid Referrals

  • Share your unique link: https://app.hyperliquid.xyz/join/YOURCODE

Benefits:

  • Referrers Earn: 10% of referred users' fees (for first $1B volume)

  • Referred Users Get: 4% fee discount (for first $25M volume)

Staking Referral Program

Coming soon - The staking referral program allows builders and referrers who stake HYPE to earn enhanced rewards based on the difference between their staking tier discount and their referred user's discount.

Key Mechanism:

  • If a referrer has a higher staking tier than their referred user, they can keep a percentage of the staking discount difference

  • The percentage kept decreases as the referred user's VIP tier increases (higher VIP = lower earnings for referrer)

VIP Tier
14d Weighted Volume ($)
Amount Kept by Referrer

0

100%

1

>5M

90%

2

>25M

80%

3

>100M

70%

4

>500M

60%

5

>2B

50%

6

>7B

40%

Example: Alice stakes 100K HYPE (Platinum tier = 30% discount) and refers Bob who stakes 100 HYPE (Bronze tier = 10% discount). Bob is VIP 1 (90% rate).

  • Staking discount difference: 30% - 10% = 20%

  • Alice keeps: 20% × 90% = 18% of Bob's fees

  • Alice can share back: Up to 50% of her 18% = 9% discount for Bob

  • Result: Bob gets up to 9% additional discount using Alice's referral code

Staking Referral Program

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