Drift Trader Rewards Program

Drift is launching a Trader Rewards Program in addition to the Maker Rewards Program.

Epoch 1

Start: 1 October 2025, 00:00 UTC

Reward Pool: 1,000,000 DRIFT

Epoch Length: 1 calendar month

Reward Allocation

Contrary to the Maker Rewards Program, the Traders Rewards Program will incentivize a few selected markets for their taker volume. For epoch 1 these include:

BTC-PERP, ETH-PERP, SOL-PERP, DRIFT-PERP and SUI-PERP

Rewards will be calculated along a Pro-Rata Volume Bonus

Rewards are distributed across markets based on the share of total taker volume across protocol during epoch, and are allocated linearly.

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

Taker Volumes for Epoch:

• Taker 1: 100M BTC-PERP, 10M DRIFT-PERP → Total: 110M
• Taker 2: 50M BTC-PERP, 40M DRIFT-PERP → Total: 90M
• Total Taker Volume: 200M

Step 1 - Market Rewards:

• DRIFT-PERP: 1,000,000 × 50/200 = 250,000 DRIFT
• BTC-PERP: 1,000,000 × 150/200 = 750,000 DRIFT

Step 2 - Trader Rewards:

• Taker 1: (250,000 x 10/50) + (750,000 x 100/150) = 550,000 DRIFT
• Taker 2: (250,000 x 40/50) + (750,000 x 50/150) = 450,000 DRIFT

Real-Time Leaderboard & Reward Estimates

The live leaderboard (opens in a new tab) displays:

• Current ranking of all qualifying participants.
• Taker-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. And are to be distributed as Staked DRIFT within 7 working days after the epoch closes.