How to connect OKX Wallet to Hyperliquid

Two different OKX products

Most of the trouble on this page comes from one ambiguity, so it is worth settling before any steps.

The OKX exchange account is custodial. You log in with an email and a password, OKX holds the assets, and there is no address that belongs to you.

OKX Wallet is self-custodial. It has a recovery phrase, an address, and it signs transactions. It happens to be built by the same company and to live behind the same app, which is exactly why the two get conflated.

Only the second one can connect to Hyperliquid. Your Hyperliquid account is a wallet address, and an exchange login does not have one.

Connecting

OKX Wallet is one of the six buttons in the connect dialog, so this is the short version of the flow rather than a workaround.

1. Install OKX Wallet and back up the recovery phrase

   Install from your browser’s own extension store, never from a link. Write the phrase down before funding anything: whoever holds it holds the money, and nothing about that is reversible.

   You should see the extension unlocked, and the phrase written on paper

2. Open the app through a referral link

   The code applies automatically. You can also type it on the referrals screen. Either way, before the first order.

   You should see an invitation panel naming the code, before you have connected

3. Click Connect, then OKX Wallet

   No QR code and no pairing on desktop. If nothing opens, another extension may be holding the injected-wallet slot; disable it or use OKX Wallet in a browser profile of its own.

   You should see the OKX extension asking to connect, then your address in the top-right corner

4. Accept the terms, then sign them

   Accepting the Terms of Use and cookie policy is recorded as a signed message rather than just a click. It costs no gas. Check the request comes from app.hyperliquid.xyz.

   You should see two ticked checkboxes, then a signature request of type Hyperliquid:AcceptTerms

5. Click Establish Connection and sign the agent approval

   A second gas-free signature, of type ApproveAgent. It authorises order placement through an agent key and cannot move funds out of your account.

   You should see the order ticket becoming active

The full sequence with a screenshot at every prompt is on the account guide; it is identical whichever wallet you use.

Getting funds across from the OKX exchange

This is the reason most people arrive on this page, and it is a withdrawal followed by a deposit, not a single transfer.

1. Withdraw USDC from the exchange to your own address

   On the withdrawal screen, paste your OKX Wallet address and pick a network Hyperliquid accepts. Arbitrum is the usual choice. The network you pick here has to match the deposit chain you pick later.

   You should see USDC arriving in OKX Wallet on the network you chose

2. Keep a little of that network's gas token

   The deposit itself is an on-chain transfer and needs gas. Trading on Hyperliquid does not, but this step does.

   You should see enough ETH on Arbitrum to sign one transaction

3. Deposit from the wallet into Hyperliquid

   Open the deposit window, select USDC and the same chain, and confirm. A fee of 0.2 USDC is deducted from the amount, as the window states. The Arbitrum route in detail.

   You should see a USDC balance on your Perps account within a few minutes

What it costs once you are trading

Nothing about the wallet touches this. At the entry tier a taker order costs 0.045% of notional, or 0.0432% with a code applied before the first trade. The larger lever is trading as a maker rather than a taker, which the fee guide ranks against everything else.

Troubleshooting

The chooser opens a different wallet. Two extensions are competing for the injected slot. Disable the other one, or keep OKX Wallet in a separate browser profile.

Connected but the site still shows disconnected. Remove the site from the wallet’s connected-sites list, refresh, connect again.

Withdrawal from the exchange has not arrived. Check the transaction on the network’s explorer using the hash OKX gives you, then check your wallet is set to that network. A wallet showing nothing is usually a wallet looking at the wrong chain.

Deposit sent, no balance on Hyperliquid. Check whether it landed in Spot rather than Perps; moving between the two is instant and free. The full checklist covers the rest.

Where to go next

If you have not settled on a wallet, the comparison covers all six options including email login. If security is the priority, Rabby previews what each signature will do before you approve it, which matters on a venue with as many lookalike domains as this one.

Once you are funded, the ten-minute walkthrough takes you to a first position with a stop attached.