Set up a new Hyperliquid account for Coldfront

Add a new account on your cold wallet, open app.hyperliquid.xyz/join/COLDFRONT with it, deposit, authorize an API wallet on the API page, and store the API key in Coldfront. You need this only if your current account already uses another referral code.

Why a new account

Coldfront is free because accounts join with code COLDFRONT. An account keeps the first referral code it uses and cannot change it. If yours already has another code, add a second account on the same cold wallet. A separate trading account is also good practice: it keeps your trading funds apart from the rest of your holdings.

Step 1: Add an account on your cold wallet

Most cold wallets can hold several accounts. Add a new one and use it only for Hyperliquid trading.

Step 2: Join with the code

Open app.hyperliquid.xyz/join/COLDFRONT and connect the new account.

Step 3: Deposit

Deposit USDC; Hyperliquid creates the account on the first deposit.

Step 4: Authorize an API wallet

On the API page: name, Generate, copy the API key, Authorize.

Step 5: Set up Coldfront

Paste the API key, choose a passphrase, disconnect the cold wallet, trade.

Moving funds from your old account

Withdraw from the old account to the new account's address, then deposit into Hyperliquid from the new account. Both are on the same device, so each step is a signature on it. Check the address carefully before you send.

Check the code

On Hyperliquid's Referrals page, press Enter Code. It should say "You are using the code: COLDFRONT". If it doesn't, open the join link again and press Join.