Drift Market Maker Reward Program
The Drift Market Maker Rewards Pool will be launched starting September 1st, 2025.
Initial Reward Pool: 2,000,000 DRIFT for the first epoch.
Epoch Length: 1 calendar month
Future rewards may adjust based on protocol volume and growth.
Reward Allocation
Each listed market receives:
- Minimum Reward
- XRP, FARTCOIN, WIF, BONK, PUMP, HYPE, SUI, DOGE, DRIFT, PENGU, and any new listings
- 20,000 DRIFT (1% of pool)
- All other markets (~48 markets)
- 5,000 DRIFT (0.25% of pool)
- XRP, FARTCOIN, WIF, BONK, PUMP, HYPE, SUI, DOGE, DRIFT, PENGU, and any new listings
- Pro-Rata Volume Bonus
- Remaining pool (after minimums per market) is distributed across markets based on the share of total maker volume across protocol from the prior epoch.
- With 10 markets at 1% minimum and remaining 48 active markets at .25% minimum, this leaves 78% of rewards distributed pro-rata on total maker volume.
Please note, BTC-PERP, ETH-PERP and SOL-PERP are excluded from total maker volume.
The set of markets and minimums may change each epoch. A full schedule of trading fees and rebates per market can be found here (opens in a new tab).
Example Calculation
Maker Volumes for Epoch:
- Maker 1: 100M SUI-PERP, 5M DOGE-PERP → Total: 105M
- Maker 2: 50M SUI-PERP, 20M DOGE-PERP → Total: 70M
- Total Maker Volume: 175M
Step 1 - Remaining Pro-rata Volume Pool:
2,000,000 – (20,000 × 2) = 1,960,000 DRIFT
Step 2 - Market Rewards:
- DOGE-PERP: 20,000 + (1,960,000 × 25/175) = 300,000 DRIFT
- SUI-PERP: 20,000 + (1,960,000 × 150/175) = 1,700,000 DRIFT
Step 3 - Maker Rewards:
- Maker 1: (300,000 x 5/25) + (1,700,000 x 100/150) = 1,193,333.33 DRIFT
- Maker 2: (300,000 x 20/25) + (1,700,000 x 50/150) = 806,666.67 DRIFT
Real-Time Leaderboard & Reward Estimates
A live maker leaderboard will display:
- Current ranking of all qualifying market makers.
- Maker-specific share of market volume.
- Estimated DRIFT rewards earned to date (based on current volumes and allocation formula).
Estimates update in near real-time, giving makers visibility into their performance and potential payout before the epoch ends. Final rewards are calculated at epoch close.
Participants must trade ≥$10K volume in the monthly cycle and qualify for ≥1 DRIFT. If either condition is not met, rewards are forfeited and redistributed pro-rata to eligible participants.