The Jumper Perps play, in plain English, is to set up another toll booth at the gates of Hyperliquid, Lighter, and Ondo, then hand out points so you’ll happily pay to pass through.
Someone worked out the fees (@golarrr, based on their screenshots, taker fees only):
Hyperliquid: 4.5 bps; via Jumper, 9.5
Lighter standard account: 0; via Jumper, 5
Ondo: 2.5; via Jumper, 7.5, rising to 10 after the discount ends
Same order book, same counterparty, but you pay more than double the fees in exchange for a “share” of 1 million xPerps points every week. How much are the points worth? Nobody’s telling you. The official line is just Q4 TGE, with top users getting a retroactive airdrop. No word on the allocation or conversion rate.
Then look at the accounts promoting it: overnight, a flood of posts saying “Genesis era begins” and “Make the JUMP,” all using the same template and ending with referral codes. Some even say, “Get two rewards from one trade, and farm the second HYPE airdrop while you’re at it.” Whether HL even has a second airdrop in the works is anyone’s guess, but they’ve already piled on two layers of costs for you.
Even wilder, someone posted: “My bot API orders were counted within an hour.” Well, guess what—you thought you were sharing the points pool with retail traders, but you’re actually sharing it with bots. The more people farm, the less each point is worth, while the fees are deducted upfront in cold, hard cash.
We just saw StandX’s report card the other day: lock up $15,000 for 339 days and get $4.64. Forgot that already?
If you really want to trade, go straight to the native venues. Saving those 5 bps is more certain than any xPerps points. If you really want to farm, calculate your fees for a week first, then decide whether this blank IOU is worth anything.
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