Drift Protocol
Decentralized derivatives, simplified
On-chain derivatives • Cross-margin

Trade perpetuals with low friction, deep liquidity, and transparent risk.

Drift Protocol is a permissionless derivatives marketplace built for speed, capital efficiency, and composability. Open a position in seconds, leverage responsibly, and tap deep on-chain liquidity — all while maintaining full custody of your assets.

Live Perpetuals
BTC, ETH, SOL and synthetic indexes
Slippage-optimized AMM • Cross-margin
Capital Efficiency

Cross-margin & dynamic liquidity

Use a single collateral pool to support multiple positions, reducing idle capital and minimizing funding costs. Dynamic liquidity allocations adapt to market demand for tight spreads and lower slippage.

Transparency

Open orderbook and fair pricing

All pricing, funding, and risk parameters are on-chain and auditable. Price oracles and oracle aggregation ensure robust feed inputs to minimize manipulation.

Composability

Integrates with your DeFi stack

Protocol primitives are available as composable smart contracts. Build strategies, hedges, or automated market makers on top of Drift for bespoke derivatives products.

How it works

Drift runs a set of coordinated on-chain modules designed to minimize settlement friction while preserving capital efficiency and security. The platform is split across three simple layers.

1
Collateral & Vaults
Deposit supported tokens into cross-margin vaults. Collateral is monitored continuously and can back multiple positions.
2
Matching & AMM
Orders route through smart-contract-based matching and AMM liquidity curves, optimizing execution and reducing slippage for large trades.
3
Settlement & Risk
Perpetual funding is recalculated on-chain and settlements are atomic to avoid counterparty credit exposure. Auto-liquidation keeps the system solvent under stress.

Use cases

  • Speculation with greater capital efficiency than isolated margin
  • Hedging large spot exposure with managed funding
  • Builders integrating derivatives into protocols and strategies

Token & Incentives

A governance token aligns stakeholders and funds development. Liquidity mining programs bootstrap early pools, while protocol fees are redistributed to stakers and treasury according to a transparent schedule.

Governance: Token holders vote on risk parameters, listing new markets, and treasury allocation.

Security & Audits

Security is foundational. Drift employs layered defenses including modular contract design, multisig governance, oracle redundancy, and continuous monitoring. All major releases are audited by independent firms and bug bounties are active.

Responsible Disclosure: We incentivize researchers to report issues through an open program — safety first.

Team & Community

A distributed team of traders, protocol architects, and open-source engineers build Drift. The community contributes models, integrations, and market-making strategies — governance meetings and regular town halls keep the roadmap inclusive.