Our first incentives campaign just went live with Season 1 of DFS Rewards, covering activity across Hyperliquid, as well as integrated lending protocols including Aave, Spark, Morpho, Compound and more.
We are kicking off our first-ever Rewards campaign, designed to bring together perpetual trading, margin trading and looped DeFi strategies under one competitive framework.
With the recent Hyperliquid integration, users can now access high-performance perpetuals trading directly within DeFi Saver – and starting today, you can also earn rewards for using it.
Welcome to Season 1 of DFS Rewards.
What are DeFi Saver Rewards?
DeFi Saver Rewards is a two-season campaign built around active usage of perpetual trading and leveraged borrowing strategies.
Across both seasons, a total of 50,000 USDC will be distributed to top-performing users based on a combination of trading volume and profitability.
- Season 1: June 8th – June 21st
- Season 2: TBD
Each season features a 25,000 USDC prize pool, distributed to the top 20 wallets.
How scoring works
Your position on the leaderboard is determined by a scoring system that combines volume with performance-aware multipliers.
Eligible volume includes:
- Perpetual trading volume on Hyperliquid.
- DFS value-added DeFi actions: leveraged create & close, boost, repay, as well as collateral or debt shifts.
And eligible protocols are:
- Hyperliquid
- Aave v3 and v4
- Spark
- Morpho
- Fluid
- Compound V3
- Liquity V2
Multipliers:
- Perpetual trading volume gets a positive multiplier if PnL is positive, calculated as 5× the root of total PNL over volume. There are two reasons for this: to level the playing field for smaller portfolio traders, and to prevent wash trading & volume farming.
- Specifically:
Perpetuals Score = Volume × (1 + 5 × sqrt(PNL / Volume))Example 1: For Volume of $10,000 and a PNL of $400, the score would be 10,000 × (1 + 5 × 0.2) = 20,000. Example 2: For Volume of $10,000 and a PNL of $50, the score would be 10,000 × (1 + 5 × 0.07) = 13,500. Example 3: For Volume of $10,000 and a PNL of -$400, the score would be 10,000 – negative PNL is ignored.
- Specifically:
- Users that tested DFS Perpetuals early get a bonus 1.05× multiplier on their perp score.
- Lending volume executed via Automation gets a 1.25× multiplier
- Same-class trading volume (stable/stable, ETH/staked ETH, BTC/BTC) gets a penalty multiplier of 0.1×
This system rewards profitable and meaningful activity over pure volume farming.
Rewards breakdown
Each Season distributes 25,000 USDC to the top 20 participants:
- 1st place: 7,500 USDC
- 2nd place: 3,500 USDC
- 3rd place: 2,000 USDC
- 4th – 10th place: 1,000 USDC each
- 11th – 20th place: 500 USDC each
Why we think this is a big deal
Our goal with this campaign is to draw attention to what is, to the best of our knowledge, a first in the DeFi space: one app that covers both lending and perpetuals trading.
With Hyperliquid now integrated directly into DeFi Saver, users can:
- Open and manage perpetual positions without leaving the app
- Combine spot, lending, and leveraged strategies in one interface
- Use advanced tools like automations and real-time Telegram notifications
Users can also fund their perpetual accounts from any supported network using any token, removing the need for manual bridging or USDC-only deposits.
There is no onboarding friction, and no need to switch tabs between apps anymore – simply connect your wallet and start trading.
Get started
Season 1 has just started today and will run until June 22nd, after which we'll be announcing details for Season 2.
To get started, simply connect your wallet and start trading at: https://app.defisaver.com/hyperliquid/
We hope you'll enjoy Season 1 of DFS Rewards and good luck!
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