DeFi App vs Senpi: a cross-chain super app with perps attached, or an AI agent that runs your Hyperliquid perps
DeFi App and Senpi both trade Hyperliquid perps, and that is where the overlap ends. DeFi App is a cross-chain super app: swaps across EVM chains and Solana with gas sponsored, yield, a smart account that holds both wallet types, fiat on-ramps, HOME token rewards, and perps on Hyperliquid, including HIP-3 US stock perps, in a separate allocated wallet. Senpi is an AI trading agent: you describe a strategy in a sentence and the agent writes it, runs it 24/7 under a risk harness, protects every strategy built from a rule or a template with DSL, and reads wallets with a proven record for you, from the app, from Claude or ChatGPT, or from the Chrome Companion.
The honest split: Senpi wins where you want a perp strategy built, run and protected for you; DeFi App wins where you want the plumbing between chains handled and swaps, yield and perps in one account. Facts below come from docs.defi.app (perpetuals, funding, AI orchestration), DefiLlama’s on-chain record of its Hyperliquid builder fees, senpi.ai/pricing and senpi.ai/fees, as of Nov 7, 2026.
TL;DR
| Criterion | DeFi App | Senpi | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best for | Users who want swaps, yield and perps across many chains in one gas-free smart account, with rewards on top | Traders who want an agent to build, run and protect Hyperliquid perp strategies, reachable from the AI tools and sites they already use | - |
| AI agent and connectors | Jarvis, an AI orchestration agent that would monitor your portfolio, trade, rebalance and chase yield within limits you set; the docs call it conceptual and under active development. No AI assistant integration | Your own Senpi agent inside Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Hermes and Muse through Senpi Connectors: research, build, run, review or close strategies without opening the app; live today | Senpi |
| Building and running a strategy | Manual perps at 1x to 40x with market, limit, TWAP and TP/SL, cross or isolated margin; nothing runs a strategy for you today | Describe the thesis in a sentence; the agent writes the rules, shows them to you, then runs them 24/7 on a hosted runtime under a deterministic risk harness; edits apply live | Senpi |
| Senpi Signals vs the app | Market data in the trade view; no read of other wallets | Senpi Signals: per asset, the biggest recent moves from wallets with a proven record set against the crowd, scored, with the driver named; Quant Desk scores any Hyperliquid address | Senpi |
| Senpi Companion on the sites you read | The DeFi App web and mobile apps only | A Chrome extension on 28 sites (X, Hyperliquid, TradingView, Binance, Coinbase, OKX and more): Quant Desk on any wallet you see, the Signals brief, and Trade the Take, which turns a post into a trade setup | Senpi |
| Protection and exits | TP/SL you set per position, off by default; isolated margin caps a position; no account-wide halts | DSL, a stop that ratchets up as a trade gains, on every strategy built from a rule or a template (copy strategies carry at most a flat stop); cooldowns, optional daily-loss and drawdown halts per strategy; alerts on any wallet you add | Senpi |
| Following traders | None documented | Mirror a trader you choose, after the agent researches their record on whole-book profit, margin, drawdown, timing and fee load, sized 0.1x to 4x, with an exit attached | Senpi |
| Custody | Self-custodial smart account holding an EVM and a Solana wallet; perps funds sit in a separate allocated wallet | Non-custodial embedded wallets with exportable keys; each strategy trades from its own funded strategy wallet, the agent holds no keys, and withdrawals are made by you in the app, behind MFA | Tie |
| Onboarding and funding | Buy crypto with a debit or credit card or a bank account through the on-ramp the app ranks best for you, or transfer crypto; gas sponsored on every supported chain | Card, Apple Pay or Google Pay through the on-ramp, or USDC on seven chains; withdrawals to crypto on six chains | Tie |
| Cross-chain swaps and yield | Swaps across EVM chains and Solana from one account with gas sponsored, intent-based routing, and yield strategies for idle assets | None | DeFi App |
| Rewards and governance | HOME tokens for trading, bonus HOME, staking for fee discounts, boosted rewards and governance votes, Degen Arena seasons | Points per dollar traded on paid plans | DeFi App |
| Availability | Perps are blocked in restricted regions including the US, per the docs | Senpi sets its own eligibility; see Hyperliquid in the US on senpi.ai/resources/learn | - |
| What it costs | A platform fee on the notional of every perp trade, the rate not shown in the docs; on-chain, DeFi App’s perps builder code collected $773 on $1.55M of Hyperliquid volume in 30 days, about 0.05% (DefiLlama, Nov 7, 2026), plus Hyperliquid’s fees | Pro $50, Advanced $100, Quant $200 a month with AI credits; 0% Senpi trading fee on every paid plan, 0.03% on the free trial or without a paid plan; Hyperliquid’s own fees apply on top: 0.015% maker and 0.045% taker at the base tier on crypto perps, less at higher volume, and about 0.009% taker on most XYZ markets (GOLD, MSTR and three others cost 0.09%) (senpi.ai/fees) | - |
Winner column: Senpi, Tie, or - for rows that describe what each product is rather than which is better.
At a glance
DeFi App at a glance
A cross-chain super app on web and mobile: a self-custodial smart account that holds an EVM and a Solana wallet, swaps across chains with gas sponsored, yield strategies, fiat on-ramps by card or bank, and perps on Hyperliquid, including HIP-3 US stock perps, in a separate allocated wallet with 1x to 40x leverage, cross or isolated margin, and market, limit, TWAP and TP/SL orders. Perps are blocked in restricted regions including the US. HOME tokens reward trading and staking them unlocks fee discounts, boosted rewards and governance; Degen Arena runs seasons. Jarvis, an AI orchestration agent that would trade and rebalance within limits you set, is described in the docs as conceptual and under active development. The perps platform fee is charged on notional; its rate is not shown.
Senpi at a glance
An AI trading agent for Hyperliquid. Describe a strategy in plain language and the agent researches the market, writes it and runs it 24/7 on a hosted runtime under a deterministic risk harness; or mirror a trader you choose, after it researches their record. Quant Desk scores any Hyperliquid address on six dimensions; Senpi Signals track proven wallets against the crowd. Every strategy built from a rule or a template exits through DSL, a stop that ratchets up as the trade gains, and can carry daily-loss and drawdown halts on that strategy. Runs on web, iOS, Android, a Chrome extension on 28 sites, and inside Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Hermes and Muse. Plans Pro $50, Advanced $100, Quant $200 a month, 0% Senpi trading fee on paid plans. Fund with a card, Apple Pay or Google Pay through the on-ramp, or with USDC on seven chains. Non-custodial wallets with exportable keys.
Quick verdict
| If you want | Choose |
|---|---|
| An agent that runs your Hyperliquid perps today, from Claude, ChatGPT or your phone | Senpi |
| A perp strategy written from a sentence and run while you sleep | Senpi |
| Proven-wallet signals and a wallet score on 28 sites | Senpi |
| DSL on every strategy built from a rule or a template and optional halts per strategy | Senpi |
| Swaps across EVM chains and Solana with gas paid for you, plus yield | DeFi App |
| A token that rewards your trading and a vote in the app | DeFi App |
What DeFi App is built for
Cross-chain swaps with gas paid for you
EVM chains and Solana from one smart account, intent-based routing, and no native gas token to hold on any supported chain.
Yield and a token
Yield strategies for idle assets, HOME tokens for trading, and staking that unlocks fee discounts, boosted rewards and a governance vote.
An allocated perps wallet
Perps funds sit apart from the rest of your assets, so a liquidation cannot reach them, with HIP-3 US stock perps beside crypto.
The agent, and where you reach it
DeFi App has an agent on its roadmap. Senpi has one running.
| Criterion | DeFi App | Senpi |
|---|---|---|
| Inside AI assistants | Jarvis is planned: an orchestration agent with a daily notional limit, a leverage cap and an allow-list of protocols that would trade, rebalance and move idle capital to yield; the docs mark it conceptual and under development | Senpi Connectors for Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Hermes and Muse: one address and a Senpi sign-in, then your agent answers inside the assistant you already use |
| On the sites you read | The DeFi App web and mobile apps only | Senpi Companion, a Chrome extension on 28 sites: X, Hyperliquid, TradingView, Binance, Coinbase, OKX and more |
| What the Companion does | Not applicable | Quant Desk on any wallet you see, the Signals brief for the asset on screen, and Trade the Take: a post or headline becomes a trade setup with size and stop |
| Phone | Web and mobile apps | iOS and Android apps |
Senpi's edge here
DeFi App’s Jarvis is the closest thing to Senpi’s agent on paper, and the page says so; it is not live. Senpi’s agent runs strategies today, under a harness, and reaches you inside the assistants and the sites you already use.
Senpi Signals vs the app
DeFi App shows you markets and your portfolio. Senpi shows you who is positioned in them.
| Criterion | DeFi App | Senpi |
|---|---|---|
| The read | Market data in the trade view and a portfolio across chains | Senpi Signals: per asset, the biggest recent moves from proven wallets set against the broader cohort, scored, with the driver named |
| Other wallets | Not documented | Quant Desk: a score over six explained dimensions, a protection audit of the live book, leaks priced in dollars, on any Hyperliquid address |
| Alerts | Not documented for perps | An alert when any wallet you add opens, adds or cuts, plus the agent’s own read before it trades |
| Where it reaches you | In the app | In the app, in Claude or ChatGPT, on the Companion while you read X or TradingView, and inside the agent’s reads |
Senpi's edge here
DeFi App’s strength is reach across chains, not a read of the market. Signals and Quant Desk read the wallets with a record and the market they sit in, and the agent acts on the read.
From an idea to a protected position
Building, running, following and protecting on perps.
| Criterion | DeFi App | Senpi |
|---|---|---|
| Starting point | A market on the perps ticket, funded from the allocated wallet | A sentence: “short ETH when funding flips positive and open interest is at a 7-day high, max 2% of equity” |
| Building and running | You place every order: market, limit or TWAP, GTC or all-or-cancel, reduce-only | The agent researches, writes the strategy, shows you the rules before anything opens, then a hosted runtime runs it 24/7 under a risk harness; edits apply live |
| Following a trader | Not documented | Mirror a trader you choose, after it researches their record, 0.1x to 4x, with the fee load checked and an exit attached |
| Exits and halts | TP/SL per position, off by default; isolated margin caps a position; no daily-loss or drawdown halt across the account | DSL on every strategy built from a rule or a template; cooldowns, optional daily-loss and drawdown halts per strategy; watch-only alerts on wallets you add |
Senpi's edge here
DeFi App’s perps ticket is clean and its allocated wallet keeps a liquidation away from the rest of your assets. Senpi is for the trader who wants the strategy built, operated and protected. Neither product can promise a fill at a stop’s trigger price.
Chains, yield and cost
Where DeFi App is built to win, and what each costs.
| Criterion | DeFi App | Senpi |
|---|---|---|
| Chains | EVM chains and Solana from one smart account, gas sponsored everywhere, intent-based swaps | Hyperliquid perps only; USDC deposits on seven chains |
| Yield and rewards | Yield strategies, HOME tokens, staking for discounts and governance, Degen Arena | Points per dollar traded on paid plans |
| Funding | Card or bank through the best-ranked on-ramp, or crypto; the app picks the provider | Card, Apple Pay or Google Pay through the on-ramp, or USDC on seven chains |
| Cost of $100K a month of perps | About $50 at the on-chain average of 0.05%, plus Hyperliquid’s 0.015% to 0.045% | $50 on Pro, whatever the volume, plus Hyperliquid’s 0.015% to 0.045% |
Winner: DeFi App
If you want the plumbing between chains handled and swaps, yield and perps in one account, DeFi App wins and Senpi does not compete. On cost the lines cross near $100K of monthly perp volume: below it DeFi App’s per-trade fee is cheaper than a Pro plan, above it the subscription is.
Where Senpi is stronger
An agent inside Claude, ChatGPT and your phone
Senpi Connectors for Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Hermes and Muse, iOS and Android apps, and the Companion on 28 sites.
Signals from proven wallets
Per-asset reads of what wallets with a record are doing against the crowd, alerts on any wallet you add, Quant Desk on any address.
Strategies written, run and protected for you
From a sentence to a 24/7 runtime with DSL on every strategy built from a rule or a template and optional halts per strategy, and mirrors of traders you choose, sized by rule.
Which should you choose?
Choose DeFi App if
- You swap and farm across many chains and want one account for all of it
- You want yield on idle assets and a token that rewards your activity
- You want perps beside everything else, not as the main event
Choose Senpi if
- You want an agent that runs your Hyperliquid perps today, not on a roadmap
- You want a strategy written, run and protected for you
- You want proven-wallet signals and a wallet score, not only a trade view
Conclusion
Senpi is the agent, and it is live. It writes the strategy from a sentence, runs it 24/7, protects every strategy built from a rule or a template with DSL and optional per-strategy halts, reads wallets with a record for you, and comes to you inside Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Hermes or Muse, on your phone, or on the Companion while you read X or TradingView. For a trader who wants Hyperliquid perps run with help, that is the whole case.
Senpi Signals and Quant Desk give you a read DeFi App does not try to: what proven wallets are doing against the crowd, scored, and a six-dimension score on any address, with the leaks in your own book priced in dollars.
Senpi’s price is flat: $50 a month on Pro with 0% Senpi fee, so a busy month costs the same as a quiet one, and above roughly $100K of monthly perp volume it is cheaper than DeFi App’s per-trade fee.
DeFi App is the better app for what it was built for: swaps across chains with gas paid, yield, a token and a vote, and perps in a wallet of their own. If that is your onchain life, DeFi App; if your trading is Hyperliquid perps with an operator behind them, Senpi. One is a super app with perps attached; the other is an operator with an app attached.
Frequently asked questions
What is DeFi App?
A cross-chain super app with a self-custodial smart account that holds an EVM and a Solana wallet: swaps with gas sponsored, yield, fiat on-ramps, HOME token rewards and governance, and perps on Hyperliquid, including HIP-3 US stock perps, in a separate allocated wallet. Senpi is an AI agent that runs Hyperliquid perps for you.
Does DeFi App have an AI agent?
On the roadmap. Its docs describe Jarvis, an AI orchestration agent that would monitor your portfolio and trade, rebalance and move idle capital to yield within a daily notional limit, a leverage cap and a protocol allow-list, running 24/7 once enabled; the same page calls it conceptual and under active development. Senpi’s agent is live: it writes and runs strategies under a risk harness and answers inside Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Hermes and Muse.
What are DeFi App’s perps fees?
The docs state a platform fee on the notional of every perp trade but do not show the rate. On-chain, DeFi App’s perps builder code collected about $773 on $1.55M of Hyperliquid volume in the 30 days to Nov 7, 2026, about 0.05%, plus Hyperliquid’s own 0.015% to 0.045%. Senpi charges 0% on every paid plan (Pro $50, Advanced $100, Quant $200 a month), 0.03% on the free trial or without a paid plan, plus Hyperliquid’s fees.
Can I trade perps on DeFi App from the US?
No. The docs say perps are available only in some regions and that restricted regions, including the US, are blocked from trading. Swaps and the rest of the app are a separate question. Senpi sets its own eligibility; see Hyperliquid in the US on senpi.ai/resources/learn.
How do you fund DeFi App?
Transfer crypto from another wallet, or buy it with a debit or credit card or a bank account through the on-ramp the app ranks best for you, with funds arriving at once or after a few business days for bank transfers. Senpi takes a card, Apple Pay or Google Pay through its on-ramp, or USDC on seven chains.
Who should not pick Senpi?
Anyone whose onchain life is swaps, yield and tokens across many chains: Senpi trades Hyperliquid perps only. Anyone who wants a rewards token and a governance vote. And anyone trading a small book: below roughly $100K of monthly perp volume, DeFi App’s per-trade fee costs less than a $50 Pro plan.
Can I run Senpi from Claude or ChatGPT?
Yes. Senpi Connectors put your Senpi agent inside Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Hermes and Muse: you ask it to research a market, build or edit a strategy, review a wallet or close a position, and it does it on Hyperliquid without you opening the app.
What are Senpi Signals and the Senpi Companion?
Signals are per-asset reads of what proven wallets are doing against the broader cohort, scored and with the driver named. The Companion is a Chrome extension that brings Senpi onto 28 sites, including X, Hyperliquid, TradingView, Binance, Coinbase and OKX: Quant Desk on any wallet you see, the Signals brief for the asset on screen, and Trade the Take, which turns a post into a trade setup.
What is DSL?
Senpi’s dynamic stop. It starts at a loss-protection floor and moves the floor up as a position gains, so a trade exits on structure rather than on hope. No stop can guarantee a fill at its trigger price.
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