Recovering your creator bond

The creator bond is exactly 5 HYPE per launch. It is held in the factory and belongs to the creator's refundable bond balance.

You can recover it through either of two routes.

After a qualifying hour#

Your token must graduate, then stay at or above its graduation price for one continuous hour.

The reference is the pool's initial USDC-per-token reserve price at graduation. It is fixed for that launch. It does not use market cap, another exchange's price or a chart estimate.

If the tracked pool price falls below the reference before the hour is complete, the timer resets. When the price returns to or above the reference, a new hour starts. Once a full hour has qualified, a later price drop does not take away the earned refund.

The pool checks this rule as swaps and liquidity changes affect its reserves. Sending tokens directly to the pool does not change its tracked price for the rule.

After 30 days#

You can recover the full bond 30 days after the original launch, even if the token never graduates or never meets the price condition.

Price changes do not extend this deadline. The 30 days run from the onchain launch time, not the graduation time.

Claiming#

Use Creator bond on the trading page or the bond entry in Portfolio. Once the contract reports eligibility, choose Claim bond or Claim 5 HYPE and confirm the transaction.

The original creator wallet must make the claim. Refunds are not sent automatically, and a bond can be claimed only once. A failed HYPE transfer reverts the claim rather than marking it paid.

The exchange administrator cannot sweep these bonds.