HELIX v1 · base
docs ↗ open app →
ETH-PERP3,124.42+1.42% BTC-PERP64,810+0.84% SOL-PERP182.06−2.14% HYPE-PERP14.84+3.81% ARB-PERP0.842+2.10% PEPE-PERP0.0000114+5.20% DOGE-PERP0.1612−0.42% WIF-PERP2.418+8.12% JUP-PERP0.642−1.84% total OI$184.2M+12.4% 24h vol$842.1M+18.6% funding 1h avg+0.0042%longs pay
HLX-V1.0 · BASE L2 · BLOCK19,841,402 · OPERATIONAL
// the perp layer of base · hook-native

Trade everything
Base launches.

where mark = pool · settled per block · no admin role
blk19,841,402 mark eth$3,124.42 OI$184.2M 24h vol$842.1M operational

The perp layer of Base. Every Clanker token, every Aerodrome pool, every Base meme — wrap it in a perp the moment it’s live. The hook is the matching engine. No oracle. No off-chain matcher. No admin. 32 markets shipped · 1,000s in the pipe · cross-margin USDC.

>hook attached · UNI/USDC v4 pool · block 19,841,402 >funding accrued · 32 markets · +0.0042% 1h avg >liquidation swept · 0xc8…3f01 SOL-PERP S 25× · bounty $82 >HLP vault · TVL $48.6M · 22.4% APR realized 7d >system idle · awaiting next swap_
<1 block settlement
8.4ms p50 latency order → fill
1 hook contract no proxy · no admin
32 markets majors · memes · alts
// trade_tape LIVE · last 24 stream/v1 · base · auto · 1s
LONGETH-PERP2.40$3,124.420x4a91…c2just now SHORTSOL-PERP18$182.060xb2d8…f12s LONGWIF-PERP1,420$2.4180xe17a…aa4s SHORTBTC-PERP0.18$64,8100x9c44…776s LONGHYPE-PERP94$14.840x3318…be9s LONGPEPE-PERP82M$0.0₅1140xa1ff…0212s SHORTDOGE-PERP3,200$0.16120x6d05…4115s LONGARB-PERP680$0.8420xfc92…1d19s
// THE MECHANICS five primitives · zero shipped by any other perp DEX

Perps that compose with the rest of crypto.

// BUILT FOR THE BASE META four wedges no other perp DEX can ship — they're not on Base.

Base is where launches live.
HELIX is where they get traded.

// also queued Zora secondary on receipts Virtuals agent-run vaults Warpcast leaderboard cards stealth-token perp markets
// HL × HELIX not a bridge · not a merger · a one-way value siphon

Hyperliquid sets the rate.
We capture the spread.

Base is home. HL is one of our inputs. Three primitives that route HL price discovery into HELIX positions, vaults and feed — without trusting their validators or settling on their chain.

// cross_chain_yield_pipe routed
A · LIVE
HYPE-cluster perps
HYPE-PERP, PURR-PERP, HypeFi-cluster tokens listed on HELIX. Trade the HL narrative without trusting HL's 30 validators or its delistable orderbook.
HYPE PURR HFUN JEFF
B · Q3
Cross-funding arb vault
Delta-neutral vault that goes long on whichever venue is paying. Captures the funding-rate spread between HL and HELIX. 14–38% implied APR at current funding deltas.
L · HL S · HELIX 10% perf
C · LIVE
HL whale caster
Bot watches HL's public leaderboard wallets, casts fills + liqs to Farcaster and our /tape feed. HELIX becomes the shoutbox for HL drama — distribution without integration.
@hl-whales /tape feed Farcaster
// what we won't do × bridge USDC margin (bridges get hacked) × deploy on HyperEVM (kills the Base story) × use HL as primary liquidity (we're sovereign on Base)
// propose_a_market

Don't see your market?
Propose it.

Any token with a deep Base AMM pool can become a perp. Drop the contract + a pool reference, governance routes the rest. 32 markets shipped, FX / commodities / equities on the roadmap.

+ submit a market ↗ see roadmap →
// asset_class_roadmap
  • crypto majors + memeslive · 32 markets
  • alt L1 + L2 tokenslive · 8 markets
  • FX perps (EUR · GBP · JPY)Q3 2026
  • commodities (XAU · WTI)Q3 2026
  • equity indices (SPX · NDX)Q4 2026
  • tokenized stocksQ4 2026
PROTOCOL STATUS live · block 19,841,402
OI total$184.2M
OI long$108.4M+1.84%
OI short$75.8M−0.42%
L/S skew59%
vol 24h$842.1M
fees 24h$184K+12.4%
funding avg+0.0042%longs pay
HLP TVL$48.6M+$1.2M
HLP APR22.4%+1.8%
traders 24h8,142+421
trades 24h142K+18.4K
liq 24h3$184K seized
01 MARKETS // 24 perps · every mark is a live pool price · cross-margined USDC shown12 / 24 auto-refresh · 2s
marketmark24hOIfunding 1hvol 24h
ETH-PERP $3,124.42 +0.42% +1.42% $28.4M $19.8M +0.0042% $184.4M 38,420 trade →
BTC-PERP $64,810 +0.18% +0.84% $42.1M $20.3M +0.0028% $248.1M 28,141 trade →
SOL-PERP $182.06 −0.84% −2.14% $6.4M $6.4M −0.0061% $78.4M 18,210 trade →
HYPE-PERP hl-cluster $14.84 +1.18% +3.81% $2.8M $1.4M +0.0118% $22.4M 8,420 trade →
PURR-PERP hl-cluster $0.412 +0.62% +6.84% $1.4M $0.6M +0.0184% $8.6M 3,210 trade →
ARB-PERP $0.842 +0.62% +2.10% $1.4M $0.9M +0.0084% $8.6M 2,840 trade →
PEPE-PERP $0.0₅114 +2.40% +5.20% $1.2M $0.6M +0.0214% $12.4M 14,820 trade →
DOGE-PERP $0.1612 −0.18% −0.42% $1.8M $0.6M −0.0008% $8.6M 6,420 trade →
WIF-PERP $2.418 +3.10% +8.12% $0.8M $0.4M +0.0184% $6.4M 4,210 trade →
JUP-PERP $0.642 −0.84% −1.84% $0.4M $0.6M −0.0042% $3.2M 1,840 trade →
LINK-PERP $18.24 +0.42% +1.18% $0.6M $0.3M +0.0024% $2.8M 1,210 trade →
AVAX-PERP $32.18 −0.62% −1.42% $0.4M $0.4M +0.0012% $2.1M 920 trade →
MEME-PERP $0.00842 +4.20% +11.84% $0.3M $0.1M +0.0312% $1.8M 2,420 trade →
6 of 24 markets shown · sorted by 24h volume
02 TAPE // live order flow · settled per block rate8.4/s streaming
// trades last 90 blocks
blksidemarketsizelevtrader
// liquidations last 24h · 12
blkmarketsideseizedbountytrader
03 MOVERS // 24h gainers · losers · OI flow live
// gainers 24h
MEME-PERP$0.00842+11.84%
WIF-PERP$2.418+8.12%
PEPE-PERP$0.0₅114+5.20%
HYPE-PERP$14.84+3.81%
ARB-PERP$0.842+2.10%
// losers 24h
SOL-PERP$182.06−2.14%
JUP-PERP$0.642−1.84%
AVAX-PERP$32.18−1.42%
DOGE-PERP$0.1612−0.42%
UNI-PERP$7.84−0.18%
// OI gainers
ETH-PERP$48.2M+$8.4M
BTC-PERP$62.4M+$5.2M
HYPE-PERP$4.2M+$1.8M
MEME-PERP$0.4M+$0.3M
WIF-PERP$1.2M+$0.4M
04 FUNDING // 1h rate across 24 markets · color = magnitude · sign = direction avg+0.0048% updates hourly
longs pay shorts shorts pay longs
05 VAULT · TOKEN // HLP takes the other side · $HELIX captures the fees
// HLP · community vault
TVL$48.6M+$1.2M · 24h
APR22.4%7d realized
depositors2,148avg $22.6K
share px1.0418+4.18%
  • Quotes both sides of every perp from its own reserves — when longs want size and no short bids, HLP takes the short.
  • Earns 50% of all fees. Other 50% buys $HELIX and burns.
  • Backstops liquidations — absorbs residual loss instead of socializing.
  • No lockup. No withdrawal queue except a safety gate at >8% drawdown.
// $HELIX · fee-share + buyback
ticker$HELIX
supply1,000,000,000
community / airdrop40%
HLP incentives25%
team · cliff 1yr15%
treasury · ecosystem20%
stakers earn50% of fees
buyback + burn50% of fees
burned · live
stakers
06 HOW IT WORKS // hook-native perps · seven moving parts · all on-chain
// the mechanic

Every perp on HELIX is a real Uniswap v4 pool.

When you long ETH-PERP, the v4 hook intercepts the swap, opens a leveraged position against the live ETH/USDC pool, and settles PnL in USDC. Mark price is the pool price — no off-chain matcher, no synthetic oracle. The pool can't lie to itself.

01
Hook-native

The hook is the v4 callback on every pool that backs a perp. beforeSwap settles funding + sweeps liquidations. afterSwap records the trade-cleared mark and routes a fee slice to HLP. The perp lives inside the spot market.

beforeSwap · afterSwap
02
Pool-priced mark

Mark is the price the pool just cleared, not an oracle feed. Manipulating mark costs whatever it costs to move the spot pool — same depth, same slippage.

mark = lastClearedMark
03
Cross-margin USDC

One USDC balance funds every position across 24 markets. Long ETH and short SOL share the same account.

margin / Σ(positions)
04
Funding · swap-driven

Funding accrues every time the spot pool is touched — not on an external cron. Rate is the gap between mark and the time-weighted reference, clamped at ±0.05%/hr.

beforeSwap → settleFunding
05
Liquidation · swap-swept

When MMR > 100%, any wallet flags the position. The hook sweeps up to 3 candidates on every swap and pays a 1% bounty. Residual loss to HLP.

beforeSwap → sweepLiq(3)
06
HLP vault

Deposit USDC, take the other side of every trade. Earns 50% of perp fees plus a bps slice of every spot swap routed in via the hook.

afterSwap → donateHLP
07
$HELIX

Stake $HELIX to earn the other 50% of fees, streamed in USDC. The remaining 50% buys $HELIX from the open market and burns to 0xdead.

50% stakers · 50% burn
vs other perp DEXes other perps trust an oracle. / HELIX trusts the pool itself.
audited by Trail of Bits Spearbit Cantina
execution hook-native on Base's Uniswap V4 · no off-chain matcher · no admin role · no upgrade proxy
risk cross-margined USDC · per-market maintenance margin · automated liquidations · HLP backstop
07 FAQ // long-form in paper
What chain does HELIX run on?
Base. Hook over Base's Uniswap V4 — the chain's primary AMM. Single-block settle, no off-chain matcher.
How is funding calculated?
Continuously. rate = (mark − oracle) / oracle × k, clamped ±0.05%/hr. Settled hourly into your margin.
What happens at liquidation?
MMR > 100% → any wallet can liquidate for 1% bounty. HLP vault absorbs residual loss.
Why hook-native?
Inherits Base's deepest AMM liquidity. The hook runs inside every swap — funding, liquidations, and vault accrual happen at the pool, not at an off-chain matcher.
What does $HELIX capture?
50% of every fee streamed to stakers. Other 50% buys $HELIX from market and burns. Real cash flow, not governance.