How It Works

The ASPE Labs vault is an ERC4626-compliant smart contract on HyperEVM that connects to Hyperliquid's trading layer (HyperCore). You deposit USDC, receive vault shares, and the trading bot manages the strategy. Profits are reflected in the share price automatically.

Fund flow

You (USDC) → Vault contract → Bot trades on HyperCore → Profits increase share price → You withdraw USDC
  1. Deposit: You send USDC to the vault contract. The vault mints shares proportional to your deposit.

  2. Trading: The bot operates on HyperCore via an agent wallet. Strategy parameters are managed off-chain — logic is never on-chain.

  3. Profit accrual: Trading profits increase totalAssets() in the vault. Your shares represent a growing claim on the underlying USDC.

  4. Withdrawal: You request a redemption. The bot closes positions proportionally and releases your USDC. See Withdrawing.

The strategy

Automated grid trading on Hyperliquid perpetual markets. The strategy captures volatility within price ranges with active risk management.

Strategy logic is proprietary and executed off-chain. This protects depositors: no one can front-run or replicate the strategy by reading on-chain data.

Agent wallet: trade-only by design

The vault creates a dedicated agent wallet on HyperCore. This wallet can only execute trades — it cannot withdraw funds from the vault. This is enforced at the HyperCore protocol level, not by our code.

Permission
Agent wallet
Vault contract

Place/cancel orders

Yes

No

Withdraw to external address

No

Yes (only to share holders)

Access deposited USDC

Via trades only

Via redemptions only

The operator cannot rug pull by design, not by promise.

ERC4626: composable vault shares

Your vault shares are standard ERC20 tokens. This means:

  • Transferable — send shares to another wallet

  • Composable — use shares as collateral in other DeFi protocols (when integrations become available)

  • Verifiable — check the share price anytime via convertToAssets() on-chain

How it differs from traditional funds

Aspect
ASPE Labs Vault
Traditional Fund

Custody

Smart contract (trustless)

Fund manager (trust-based)

Share pricing

Real-time on-chain

NAV calculated periodically

Withdrawals

On-chain, anytime

Subject to lock-ups and gates

Transparency

Every trade on-chain

Quarterly reports

Fee enforcement

Smart contract (high-water mark)

Contractual agreement

Minimum

None

Often $100K+


Disclaimer: ASPE Labs is an experimental DeFi protocol. Use at your own risk. This is not financial advice. See Understanding Risks.

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