Surge Program Updates‍

Surge Season 8 has officially arrived, bringing continued fee rebates, new reward formats, and a wave of upcoming product improvements. Chaos Labs recently detailed changes to the Surge Program available here.

50% Fee Rebates + $1M UI Trader Prize Pool ‍

All traders will continue receiving 50% rebates on positive trading fees through the end of the year. On top of rebates, front-end traders will share a $1M DYDX prize pool in November, distributed proportionally by fees paid.

You can learn more about the dYdX Surge program here.

Front-End Fee Rebate Adjustment‍

Starting in Season 8, front-end trading fee rebates will decrease from 100% to 50%.

This change anticipates a forthcoming community proposal that would enable fee-free trading on specific markets once the underlying protocol upgrade goes live. The adjustment ensures smoother alignment between short-term rewards and long-term sustainability as dYdX prepares for new fee structures governed by the dYdX community.

Exciting Trading Competition

‍Subject to community and governance approval, the dYdX Trading Leagues, a four-week front-end trading competition, may be launched making trading even more rewarding. The event would distribute up to $1M in DYDX prizes (up to $250K in DYDX each week) to non-API traders.

This new format is designed to:

• Reward skill-based trading on the dYdX UI (Web, iOS, Android, and Telegram)
• Offer up to $250,000 in DYDX each week with a tiered reward structure:
  - Tier 1 (< $550 M weekly volume) → $100K pool
  - Tier 2 ($550–700 M) → $175K pool
  - Tier 3 (> $700 M) → $250K pool
• Create a dynamic leaderboard where top traders can compete head-to-head

By shifting to a more interactive trading competition, this merit-based program aims to highlight trading expertise and continue to reward active participation on the platform.

‍Upcoming Q4 Growth Improvements‍

The dYdX software development roadmap continues to focus on features that expand accessibility, deepen token utility, and reward community participation. The Q4 software development roadmap covers the following growth improvements:  

• Social Login with Turnkey: The rollout of social login with Turnkey enables you to sign in and deposit instantly using Google, Apple, or Passkey. This feature is a key step toward making decentralized finance more accessible by removing the friction of wallet creation and complex onboarding. 
• Staking-Based Fee Discounts: Software to enable the dYdX community to enable staking-based fee discounts to reduce trading fees for traders who stake DYDX. Staking-Based Fee Discounts could provide new utility for the DYDX token, and give traders more control over their fees while supporting the protocol’s growth. Learn more about Nethermind’s community proposal here. 
• Sliding Affiliate Fee Feature: The new sliding affiliate fee feature allows the dYdX Community to replace the current VIP tier with a more rewarding program. This gives higher-volume referrers proportional rewards for their contributions. 
• Fee Free Holidays: With the upcoming protocol software update, the dYdX Community can choose to unlock fee free holidays for select markets, giving traders a temporary break on fees and making trading even more rewarding!

Why This Matters‍

Surge Season 8 continues dYdX’s mission to make decentralized perpetuals trading accessible and community-owned. As we look ahead to the end of the year, dYdX is focused on a new phase of growth with ongoing fee rebates, merit-based competitions, and major improvements that make trading more rewarding than ever. 

👉 Join Surge Season 8 and experience everything the dYdX Chain has to offer.

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