ShieldTX airdrop guide | UseTheBitcoin

Is there a ShieldTX airdrop?

No. ShieldTX hasn’t announced a token, an airdrop, points or any reward for early users, and its site, blog and terms don’t mention one. The only perks are fee discounts for private beta members and, according to The Block on 28 October 2026, for AVAIL stakers.

CryptoRank lists ShieldTX as a potential airdrop and dates its waitlist from 28 October 2026, the day Avail opened ShieldTX to more traders. Its note says a points program “may” launch and that early trading volume could then count, which is CryptoRank’s guess. CryptoRank also lists a Trading task from 28 November 2026, and we found no ShieldTX announcement for that date.

What ShieldTX is

ShieldTX is a privacy tool for perpetual futures on Hyperliquid, built by the team behind Avail. You deposit USDC, which sits in a vault contract on Arbitrum and shows up as a private balance. Each time you open a position, ShieldTX funds a new Hyperliquid wallet for that one trade and sends the order to Hyperliquid’s normal order book. When you close, the proceeds go back to your shielded balance.

The aim is to stop copy-trading bots and competitors from linking your trades to the wallet that funded them. The positions stay public: ShieldTX’s article of 4 November 2026 says size, direction, prices, PnL and liquidation data remain visible on Hyperliquid. Shielding adds a few seconds of delay, and every Hyperliquid perp market is supported.

ShieldTX runs on Nightshade, a zero-knowledge appchain on Avail that settles its proofs on Arbitrum, according to Avail’s architecture post of 7 October 2026. It was in private beta by August 2026, and The Block reported that the beta had 75 traders and about $50 million in volume.

ShieldTX airdrop step-by-step guide

No ShieldTX airdrop is confirmed, so these steps only get you into the private beta and, once you are invited, onto the platform.

1. Open the ShieldTX request-access page and enter your first name, last name and email address.

   Warning Use only shieldtx.xyz and links posted by @ShieldTXxyz. The form asks for no wallet, and no real project asks for your seed phrase.

2. Answer the trading-profile questions about what you trade, your platforms, your monthly volume, how you protect your activity today and whether you need API access. Then submit the application.

3. Wait for an email. The first cohort has 500 invites, and ShieldTX says it gives priority to traders with the most to lose from copy trading. The Block reported that ShieldTX targets wallets trading $500,000 or more.

   Warning Invites go to the email on your application. Ignore invite codes offered in DMs or on other sites.

4. Once you have an invite code, open the ShieldTX app and deposit USDC. Deposits are free.

5. Open and close positions on any Hyperliquid perp market. Each shielded trade pays ShieldTX’s fees (below), and ShieldTX hasn’t said that trading volume will earn anything.

6. Follow @ShieldTXxyz on X for access and product news.

ShieldTX costs and fees

Applying is free, but trading needs USDC in your shielded balance, and each shielded trade pays a fee. Opening a position costs 5 basis points (0.05%) of the notional size plus $1, and for a limit order the $1 is refunded if the order doesn’t fill. Closing costs 5 basis points plus about $1 of gas, and closing without shielding is free.

A $10,000 position therefore costs about $6 to open and $6 to close. Deposits and internal transfers are free, a withdrawal to an outside wallet costs $2, and liquidation carries no ShieldTX fee. The fee table doesn’t say whether Hyperliquid’s own trading fees apply on top, or how large the beta discount is.

ShieldTX risks and eligibility

No reward has been announced, so trading on ShieldTX in the hope of an airdrop is a bet on a program that doesn’t exist yet. Perpetual futures use leverage and can be liquidated. ShieldTX says shielding protects only the link between wallets and does nothing about market or liquidation risk.

The privacy has limits that Avail states itself. Its architecture post says the sequencer can currently see users’ balances, and the solver that funds each trade wallet learns where the money goes. The privacy policy says Avail keeps an internal map of trade wallets to your original wallet, screens users for sanctions and AML through outside providers and discloses data when the law requires it. The terms allow use “only for lawful purposes.”

Your funds sit in a smart contract on Arbitrum, which carries contract risk. The terms call the platform an “as-is” limited release that can be changed or discontinued without notice, and Avail can suspend access at any time. They name no restricted countries and fall under the law of England and Wales, with disputes going to the courts of the Dubai International Financial Centre.

Warning Other crypto projects use the Shield name. ShieldTX hasn’t launched a token, so a ShieldTX token, presale or claim page didn’t come from the project. Use only shieldtx.xyz and never share your seed phrase.

Who is behind ShieldTX?

ShieldTX is built by Avail, a blockchain infrastructure project that began inside Polygon, and its terms name the operator as Avail Holding Ltd. Avail’s co-founders are Anurag Arjun, also a Polygon co-founder, and Prabal Banerjee. Arjun wrote Avail’s August 2026 post introducing ShieldTX, and Banerjee wrote the architecture post.

ShieldTX hasn’t announced a funding round of its own, and CryptoRank lists none. Its website names Avail’s backers Founders Fund, Dragonfly and Cyber Fund. Avail said in June 2024 that it had raised $75 million in total ($5 million pre-seed, $27 million seed, $43 million Series A). The Block reported that Hyperliquid’s core team was not directly involved in building ShieldTX.

ShieldTX hasn’t published an audit report. The Block reported on 28 October 2026 that Avail had run several internal audits with outside security consultants and that a full audit was underway.