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An independent guide to Entropy, the HIP-3 perpetuals venue on Hyperliquid, with no connection to Entropy, Bursa Global Inc., Hyperliquid, Hyper Foundation or Hyperliquid Labs. How io:ANTH and io:SNDK are priced, what the fees actually come to, and what a referral rebate is really worth once the fee split is accounted for. Sign up through the link here and an automatic rebate applies to your account.
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What Is Entropy?
Entropy is a HIP-3 builder-deployed perpetuals venue running on top of Hyperliquid, operated by Bursa Global Inc. under the deployer ticker io. It launched trading on August 19, 2026, and runs exactly two markets of its own: io:ANTH, a cash-settled perpetual on an implied Anthropic valuation, and io:SNDK, an equity perpetual on SanDisk. Its frontend also displays 317 markets deployed by other operators, chiefly trade.xyz, which runs about 97% of all HIP-3 volume. Entropy is a tenant on Hyperliquid, not a part of Hyperliquid, Hyper Foundation or Hyperliquid Labs, and none of its markets convey shares, voting rights, or any claim on the referenced company.
Entropy publishes 0.030% maker and 0.090% taker on its HIP-3 markets, the standard rate every HIP-3 deployer inherits from Hyperliquid (per Entropy's fee documentation). Both live markets currently run in Growth Mode, which scales fees by 0.1, so the rate traders actually pay today is closer to 0.0030% maker and 0.0090% taker, a figure Entropy's own docs never state directly. A referral link then layers an automatic rebate on top, returning about an eighth of every fee for as long as the account trades. It has to be attached when the account is created and cannot be added later, so it is worth sorting out before a first trade rather than after. The full breakdown, with sources, is in our fees guide.
io:ANTH prices in implied market cap rather than a share price: each $1 of contract equals $1 billion of implied Anthropic valuation. The mark that drives liquidations is a 5-minute average of Entropy's own order book rather than an external feed, and there is no liquidator vault backstop, so auto-deleveraging is the immediate fallback if a position cannot be closed on the book. Those mechanics, along with the open interest caps and margin modes on both markets, are covered in our risk breakdown.
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Get a 25% Referral Benefit on Every Trade
Sign up through our link and Entropy attaches its 25% referral benefit to your account automatically, paying back a share of every trade for as long as you trade. Stack that on Growth Mode, which is live on both markets right now and already cuts the taker rate to 0.0090%, and it is the cheapest route into these markets we can measure. A code can only be attached at signup, so a trader who arrives without one pays the full rate permanently.
Entropy applies that 25% to its own share of the trading fee, so it lands as roughly an eighth of what you pay. We work the arithmetic through in full, with sources, on the referral page.
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Getting Started
Connect a wallet, bridge USDC from Arbitrum, and place your first trade on Entropy. No KYC required.
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Trading io:ANTH and io:SNDK
How the Anthropic pre-IPO perp and the SanDisk equity perp are priced, margined, and settled.
Fees & the Referral Rebate
What Entropy actually charges with Growth Mode active, and what its referral tiers are really worth.
Entropy vs. Everything Else
How Entropy stacks up against trade.xyz, the dead Ventuals markets, and every venue with a live Anthropic contract.
Ecosystem
What Entropy is, how HIP-3 deployers work, which Entropy is which, and whether there is a token.
Privacy & Security
The risk model stated plainly, and exactly which jurisdictions Entropy's terms exclude.
Troubleshooting
Fix a blocked open interest cap, a deposit that has not arrived, and other common snags.
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Three Steps to Your First Trade
No identity verification. Sign in, bridge USDC, approve two signatures, and trade. Entropy's terms do exclude several jurisdictions, so check that first.
Claim Your 25% RebateSign In and Import Your History
Sign in with email or a wallet. If you have ever traded a HIP-3 market, the onboarding flow can import that history and unlock a better referral tier.
Bridge USDC
Deposit USDC from Arbitrum One. You will also need a small amount of ETH on Arbitrum for gas, and Hyperliquid charges a one-time $1 account activation fee.
Approve and Trade
Sign the agent-wallet and builder-fee approvals, then trade io:ANTH or io:SNDK. A referral link applies an automatic rebate on Entropy-deployed markets.
HOW IT STACKS UP
Entropy vs. Where Else You Can Trade Anthropic
Depth decides this one. Entropy's io:ANTH traded about $17.6M in the last 24 hours against roughly $17K on Lighter's Anthropic book. A 0% fee on a market that thin costs you far more in slippage than a 0.0090% fee on one you can actually size into.
| Entropy | trade.xyz | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic 24h volume | $17.6M | Not listed | $17K | Not disclosed |
| Anthropic open interest | $3.6M | Not listed | $0.8M | Not disclosed |
| Effective taker fee | 0.0090% | No Anthropic market | 0%, on a thin book | 0.040% |
| Referral rebate | Yes, automatic | n/a | No | No |
| KYC required | No | No | No | Yes |
| Self-custody | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| US traders | Excluded by terms | Check terms | Check terms | Supported |
Volume and open interest read live on August 26, 2026: Entropy's io:ANTH from the Hyperliquid API, Lighter's ANTHROPIC market from its own public order-book endpoint. Entropy turned over roughly $17.6M against Lighter's $17K in the same 24 hours, which is why a 0% fee there is not the cheaper trade. Effective taker fees as measured or published: Entropy and trade.xyz both run Hyperliquid's HIP-3 schedule with Growth Mode active, per Entropy's fee documentation. Coinbase figures come from its own published schedule, restated on our comparison pages. Rates exclude referral rebates. Liquidity moves daily; these are point-in-time readings.
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How to Trade on Entropy - Complete Beginner Guide
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The published rate, the real Growth Mode rate, and the undisclosed builder-fee approval.
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Deposit USDC to Entropy
The Arbitrum bridge, the flat fees, and the Phantom wallet trap.
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Embed a liquidation calculator, funding-rate ticker, or scrolling marquee in seconds. Pick your markets and colors, copy one snippet. It's free, and the only ask is a small “Powered by EntropyGuides” credit. Quote io:ANTH and io:SNDK live, or any of the other markets Entropy's frontend aggregates, straight from the Hyperliquid API they settle on.
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Anthropic Pre-IPO Perp (io:ANTH): How It Actually Works
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Start Trading on Entropy
Self-custody, no identity verification, io:ANTH and io:SNDK settle on Hyperliquid. Sign in, bridge USDC from Arbitrum, and place your first trade. A referral link applies an automatic rebate on Entropy-deployed markets, an advantage you do not get by signing up directly.