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Hyperliquid Points: The Program Ended — Here's the Real Story
Program history verified against Hyperliquid's official documentation on 2026-07-22.
If you searched "Hyperliquid points," you've probably seen guides urging you to farm "Season 2" before a snapshot. Here is the fact those guides omit: Hyperliquid's points program ended in November 2024, per the official documentation, and no current or future season is documented anywhere official. This page covers what the program actually was, what it turned into, and how to think about the speculation that has replaced it.
What the Points Program Was
Before Hyperliquid had a token, points were its loyalty ledger — a running record of who used the platform. Per the official docs, Season 1 distributed 1,000,000 points weekly from November 1, 2023 for six months, ending May 1, 2024, with distributions each Thursday based on the week's activity. Users of the earlier closed-alpha period (through October 31, 2023) also received points. A second phase — the "L1 season" — ran from May 29, 2024 until November 2024 at 700,000 points weekly. Affiliates earned 1 point for every 4 points their referred users earned.
One documented detail worth noting: Hyperliquid reserved the right to modify previous point distributions at its sole discretion — the ledger was always the platform's, not a contractual entitlement. That clause matters for how you should treat any future program anywhere: points are a promise shaped entirely by the issuer.
What Points Became
HYPE launched via a large community airdrop in November 2024, as widely reported at the time — one of the largest airdrops in crypto history, and the event that made "points farming" an industry-wide obsession. The points ledger closed with that distribution: the official documentation describes nothing beyond November 2024. For what the token does today — staking, fee discounts — see our HYPE token page.
So What Are the "Season 2 in 2026" Guides Talking About?
Speculation, packaged as instruction. The reasoning goes: a large share of HYPE's supply is widely described as reserved for future community rewards, therefore another distribution must be coming, therefore activity now must be earning something. The first part of that chain is a common description of Hyperliquid's token design — but the official documentation does not publish a current tokenomics breakdown, define a new points season, or announce any snapshot, and we won't quote precise reserve figures we can't verify against an official source. Everything after "therefore" is guesswork. Any site quoting a snapshot date, a conversion rate, or a "Season 2/3 multiplier" for 2026 is inventing specifics that no official source has published.
Could Hyperliquid reward 2026 activity retroactively someday? Nobody outside the team knows — that's the honest answer. The rational stance is the same one we lay out in our guide to earning on perp DEXs: trade the volume you'd trade anyway, treat any future reward as a bonus of unknown value, and never churn volume at a real fee cost for a speculative allocation. The venues with genuinely active, officially documented points programs among our coverage are Aster and Lighter — the contrast with Hyperliquid's silence is itself informative.
The Three Stages of a Points Program
Hyperliquid is worth understanding as the completed template that every current program is chasing. Across our coverage you can see all three stages live: Lighter — points accruing, no token yet; Aster — points converting, with an official airdrop commitment; Hyperliquid — the finished story: ledger opened, ledger converted, ledger closed. Reading the three in that order is the fastest way to understand what a points program is actually worth at each stage — and how much of its value is promise rather than payment.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I earn Hyperliquid points by trading today?
Not per anything official. The documented program ended in November 2024. If trading today earns anything, it would be through a future program Hyperliquid has not announced — which is speculation, not a reason to trade.
Was there really a Season 2?
Yes — but it ran May to November 2024 (the "L1 season," 700,000 points weekly, per official docs). Sites advertising a "Season 2" in 2026 are borrowing the name of a program that already finished.
Should I trade on Hyperliquid just in case there's another airdrop?
Trading costs real fees and carries real risk; a hypothetical airdrop pays an unknown amount at an unknown date with unknown rules — including the possibility of never. If Hyperliquid fits your trading anyway, speculative upside is a free bonus. As the sole reason to trade a leveraged venue, it's a poor one — see our risk disclosure.