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# Upgrade Tiers with half the HYPE required

Target the next staking tier with roughly half the HYPE deposit.

The 2x Vault is a professionally managed HyperLend e-mode leverage strategy. It borrows HYPE against wstHYPE, restakes the borrowed HYPE, and targets roughly 2x qualifying exposure with a **4–6% target APY**.

## Tier requirements

| Prime tier | Standard requirement | Approx. 2x Vault deposit | Gross fee discount |
| ---------- | -------------------: | -----------------------: | -----------------: |
| Wood       |             10+ HYPE |                  5+ HYPE |                 5% |
| Bronze     |            100+ HYPE |                 50+ HYPE |                10% |
| Silver     |          1,000+ HYPE |                500+ HYPE |                15% |
| Gold       |         10,000+ HYPE |              5,000+ HYPE |                20% |
| Platinum   |        100,000+ HYPE |             50,000+ HYPE |                30% |

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## When it fits

* Your current HYPE balance is within 50% of the next tier requirement.
* Your trading volume makes the next tier valuable.
* Boosted APY for increased DeFi Lending exposure is appropriate.

## Risks

* **Target APY is not guaranteed.** Borrow costs can exceed staking income.
* **No market-depeg liquidation path.** HyperLend e-mode uses the wstHYPE/HYPE exchange rate, so a market depeg does not reduce the health factor.
* **Unwind costs.** In borrow rate spikes, strategiests may need to unwind positions using DEX liquidity. In a July 2026 snapshot - this carries a 1-3bps loss per loop; although unstake queue shows average unwinds in 1-3 days which makes DEX swapping an option of last resort. This is managed entirely by the strategist and abstracted from users.
* **Slashing risk remains.** Validator slashing can reduce the exchange rate and, at sufficient severity, impair the loop.
* **Smart-contract risk remains.** The strategy depends on stHYPE, HyperLend, wrappers, and vault management.

The trader's discount does **not** drop merely because the manager unwinds the leveraged portion. This separates the fee-tier benefit from the vault's short-term carry decision.

See [Fees](/prime/fees.md) to value the tier at your volume.