Custody & Funds
Non-custodial by design. Your funds stay on the exchange, agents need your permission, and PerpDesk never holds your capital.
Non-Custodial Design
PerpDesk is non-custodial. Your funds never leave your exchange account. PerpDesk doesn't hold, pool, or route capital through its own infrastructure. When you trade, your agents send orders directly to the decentralized exchanges you're connected to — Hyperliquid, Lighter, and others.
There is no PerpDesk hot wallet. There is no withdraw function on our end. Your capital sits on the exchange, in your control.
Agents Can't Move Your Money
PerpDesk's agents analyze markets, build strategies, and execute trades. But they operate within strict boundaries:
No withdrawals. Agents cannot transfer funds out of your exchange account. Not to another wallet, not to another user, not anywhere. This is an architectural constraint, not a policy.
No action without approval. Every agent operates within an autonomy level you set. At lower levels, agents inform and recommend — they can't act without your explicit confirmation. Even at higher autonomy levels, agents are limited to trading actions within your defined risk parameters. They can open and close positions. They cannot move funds off the venue.
Brix enforces the boundaries. Your Risk Guardian validates every action against your portfolio limits before it executes. Position sizes, leverage caps, drawdown limits, and exposure rules are all enforced automatically — on every trade, from every agent.
Your wallet connects to the DEX. Your agents send orders to the DEX. Your funds stay on the DEX. PerpDesk handles the intelligence — it never touches your capital.