💰Trading Rewards
Earn $S tokens, Sonic Points, Sonic Gems & $VRTX by trading on Vertex Edge.
Season 1 Rewards — $S Tokens, Gems & Points
Trade on Vertex Edge (Sonic) and earn $S rewards alongside Sonic Points and Gems!
$S Token Rewards
The $S Token Rewards program on Vertex Edge (Sonic) incentivizes taker activity with $S tokens.
The program has been updated for its final week, detailed in the section below.
Program Details
Final Week Period: Wednesday, March 26, 2025 – Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Duration: 1 week
Total $S Rewards Available: 125,000 $S
Eligibility & Mechanism
Reward Type: Taker-only
Eligible Activity:
Taker volume on $S-PERP and spot markets qualifies for up to 200% fee rebates.
All other taker volume qualifies for up to 100% fee rebates.
Reward Allocation:
25% of the $S rewards pool is reserved for $S-PERP and spot taker volume (combined).
Remaining rewards are distributed across other taker activity.
Reward Cap:
If total volume falls below a set threshold, Vertex will cover the full fee amount in $S rewards (up to 100% or 200% as applicable).
If volume exceeds the threshold, a fixed $S amount is paid, which may be less than 100% (or 200% for $S-PERP / Spot).
Distribution: Rewards are calculated and distributed weekly. If total taker volume surpasses available rewards, allocations are adjusted proportionally based on individual taker volume.
Additional Benefits
Sonic Points: Earn Sonic Points through trading activity on Sonic.
Gems Credits: Simultaneously farm Gems via Vertex Credits for eligible trades.
Gems Credits
Sonic Gems are your long-term reward, redeemable for $S tokens at the end of Season 1 (June 2025). On Vertex, you earn Gem Credits based on your trading activity, determining your Gems allocation.
Starting Wednesday, March 19th 2025, we’re fine-tuning the Gems Credits program to spotlight both maker and taker contributions, with a special focus on $S-PERP and $wS Spot markets.
Gems Credits Breakdown:
37.5%: Awarded based on Maker Volume (adding liquidity to the orderbook).
37.5%: Awarded based on Taker Volume (taking liquidity from the orderbook)
25%: Allocated to $S-PERP and Spot Q-Score performance.
Q-Score Spotlight: The 25% chunk tied to $S Perp and Spot Q-Score rewards traders excelling in liquidity provision to these markets.
Q-Scores follow the same weekly epoch as VRTX rewards, which are viewable here.
How It Works
Credits accumulate weekly based on your trading activity across all Vertex markets on Sonic.
The $S-PERP and $wS Spot Q-Score allocation (25% of Credits) ensures that traders focusing on these markets get a reward boost.
At the end of Season 1, your total Credits translate into Gems, which you can redeem for $S tokens. More Credits = more Gems = more $S in your pocket.
Credits Distribution & Periodicity
Credits are designed to fairly reward active participation by Vertex users. Distribution and updates of Credits calculations on Vertex include:
Daily Drops: 100,000 Credits are distributed daily to Vertex users for trading activities.
Updates: Credit calculations for trading activity, including maker and taker volume, are updated every 1 hour.
Referrals
Earn 25% of the Credits accumulated by your referees.
Sonic Season 1 — Points
Vertex users can earn Sonic Points by trading on Vertex. Sonic Points are user-focused points currently available to earn throughout Season 1 of the Sonic program, which is expected to run until June 2025.
Please note that Sonic Points are different from Gems Credits on Vertex. Sonic Points are indexed and tracked independently by the Sonic team. You can view your current Sonic Points here.
Sonic Points are available to earn on Vertex via 2 primary methods:
Passive Liquidity Points: By holding whitelisted assets within the Sonic ecosystem, users earn points based on the value and type of assets they hold.
Activity Points: Engaging with approved applications (including Vertex) using the whitelisted assets displayed in the table below provides additional multipliers, encouraging active participation by users.
Vertex users must hold or utilize the eligible whitelisted assets to earn Sonic Points. Per the Sonic team, the eligible whitelisted assets are displayed in the table below.
The $S token airdrop claim date is slated for June 2025, where users can immediately claim 25% of their Sonic Points airdrop for S tokens. The remaining 75% will be vested over the following 270 days.
For further information on the S token airdrop, Sonic Points & Gems, and other official Sonic information, please refer to the official Sonic website and documentation.
VRTX Trading Rewards — Sonic
Sonic users can earn $VRTX rewards by trading on Vertex Edge (Sonic) as both a maker and taker.
Trading on Vertex is designed to be effortless yet rewarding. Whether you are trading spot and / or perpetuals, each executed trade contributes to your eligibility for rewards.
For every trade you make, Vertex allocates trading rewards – distributed to users on a weekly basis.
Rewards are distributed in VRTX, Vertex’s native utility token, which can be staked to further amplify your benefits or reinvested into your trading activities.
VRTX Rewards for Sonic users are available to both:
Takers
Makers
Please note that Sonic users will need to switch to the Arbitrum One network to claim their VRTX trading rewards.
However, rewards are still earned by using the Sonic deployment of Vertex. The VRTX rewards for Sonic users are viewable on the "Rewards" page of the Vertex app.
Only claiming VRTX rewards requires switching to Arbitrum.
How to Earn VRTX Trading Rewards on Sonic
For every trade you make, Vertex allocates reward points based on factors such as:
Trading Volume: Higher volumes yield greater rewards.
Asset Pairs: Certain trading pairs may offer enhanced incentives.
A fixed pool of VRTX tokens are available to traders each epoch – weekly. VRTX rewards are allocated to users on a pro-rata basis relative to the total pool size of VRTX for that epoch of weekly trading.
The total pool of available VRTX trading rewards each epoch (weekly) are split between makers and takers as follows:
Makers = 75%
Takers = 25%
Taker Rewards – VRTX
Taker rewards are calculated for each user pro-rata as a percentage of the total pool of taker fees paid by users in a given weekly epoch.
A taker order qualifies as any order that immediately crosses the book and takes liquidity, such as filled market orders.
Maker Rewards – VRTX
The Vertex Maker Program offers VRTX trading rewards allocated to Q-score function for qualified makers that prioritizes:
Market Support
Uptime
Fees
Total Reward Pool: Each epoch (~7 days) allocates VRTX tokens for rewards, split dynamically between 5 chains supported by Vertex Edge:
Arbitrum
Mantle
Base
Sei
Sonic
Abstract
Dynamic Reward Allocation: The allocation of rewards adjusts based on activity and performance metrics for each chain, ensuring incentives align with user participation and liquidity needs.
Balanced Incentivizes: This system encourages active engagement where it is most impactful. For example:
Higher maker activity on Arbitrum results in more VRTX maker rewards for that chain.
Increased taker activity on Sonic leads to more VRTX taker rewards for Sonic.
In summary, Sonic users are eligible to earn the following rewards by trading on Vertex:
$S Token Rewards
Sonic Gems
Sonic Points
VRTX Tokens
If you have any questions about trading rewards on Vertex available to Sonic users, please refer to the Official Vertex Discord here.
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