How we sourced this. Nova (Nova Bot) figures on this page were compiled from publicly available documentation as of 2026-08-14, at medium confidence — largely triangulated from search results citing the vendor’s own docs rather than read end-to-end by a human. Primary source: https://docs.tradeonnova.io/earning-with-nova/referrals. Anything we could not establish is marked Not published and is not scored against Nova. Terminals change fees and features often — verify against the vendor before you act on a number here.
Nova matches our headline 30% L1 rate exactly, and pays daily. The difference shows up on the second tier and on where your key lives.
Custody: what actually holds your key
“Non-custodial” is the most abused word in this category. Almost every terminal claims it. The claim is usually defensible and almost always incomplete, because it describes a legal posture rather than a mechanism. The question worth asking is narrower and answerable: which machine generates your private key, and which machine is holding it right now?
GDEX Pro uses an exportable MPC threshold key via Web3Auth: the key is split across multiple nodes and you can export it at any time. No single party, GDEX included, ever holds the whole key.
Nova (Nova Bot) uses a bot-generated key: the bot generates the wallet for you and that key lives in the bot operator’s infrastructure unless you manually export it. Telegram bot that generates and holds the trading wallet in its own infrastructure unless the user exports the key. Marketed as non-custodial.
This is the distinction that gets lost. A bot-generated key can be described as non-custodial in good faith — you can export it, and the operator will tell you the wallet is yours. But until you export it, the key was created on someone else’s infrastructure and is stored there. That is a different risk profile from a key that was never whole in one place. Neither model is fraudulent; they are simply not the same thing, and a single “self-custody: yes/no” column would hide the difference.
| Question | GDEX Pro | Nova (Nova Bot) |
|---|---|---|
| Who generates the key? | Split across nodes at sign-in; never whole in one place | The bot, on its own infrastructure |
| Can you export it? | Yes, at any time | Yes — but it was generated and stored elsewhere first |
| Mechanism | MPC threshold key (exportable) | Bot-generated key |
Chains
Nova lists Solana only — 1 chain against GDEX Pro’s 9 (Solana, Ethereum, Base, BNB, Arbitrum, Optimism, SUI, Sonic, Berachain).
Referrals
Both pay 30% on direct referrals — that row is a tie.
On the second tier, GDEX Pro pays 10% against Nova’s 3%. If you are building a network rather than just trading your own size, that is where the compounding happens.
| Tier | GDEX Pro | Nova (Nova Bot) |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 (direct referrals) | 30% | 30% |
| Level 2 (referrals of referrals) | 10% | 3% |
| Published structure | 2-tier: 30% + 10% | L1 30%, L2 3%, L3 2%, paid every 24h |
Full comparison table
| Feature | GDEX Pro | Nova (Nova Bot) |
|---|---|---|
| Custody mechanism | MPC threshold key (exportable) | Bot-generated key |
| Sign-in | Google / Apple (Web3Auth) | Telegram bot |
| Chains | 9 chains | Solana only |
| Apple Pay on-ramp | ✓ | Not published |
| Perpetuals | HyperLiquid | Not published |
| AI agent slots | 5 agent slots | Not published |
| Referral programme | 2-tier: 30% + 10% | L1 30%, L2 3%, L3 2%, paid every 24h |
| Trading fee | Not stated here — see gdex.pro | 1% |
We could not source Nova’s position on perpetual futures, a fiat or Apple Pay on-ramp or AI agent slots. Those rows read “Not published” in the table above. That means we could not find it — not that Nova lacks it. If Nova publishes those figures, we will update this page.
Frequently asked questions
Is Nova self-custodial?
The mechanism matters more than the label. Nova (Nova Bot) uses a bot-generated key, which means the bot generates the wallet for you and that key lives in the bot operator’s infrastructure unless you manually export it. GDEX Pro uses an exportable MPC threshold key via Web3Auth, which means the key is split across multiple nodes and you can export it at any time.
What chains does Nova support compared to GDEX Pro?
Nova lists Solana only - 1 chain against GDEX Pro's 9 (Solana, Ethereum, Base, BNB, Arbitrum, Optimism, SUI, Sonic, Berachain).
Does Nova support perpetual futures?
We could not source an answer. Nova does not address perpetuals in the documentation we could reach, so we do not claim either way. GDEX Pro supports perpetuals via HyperLiquid.
Which has the better referral programme, GDEX Pro or Nova?
Both pay 30% on direct referrals - that row is a tie. On the second tier GDEX Pro pays 10% and Nova pays 3%.
How current are these figures?
Compiled from publicly available documentation as of 2026-08-14, at medium confidence. Source: https://docs.tradeonnova.io/earning-with-nova/referrals. Trading terminals change fees and features frequently - check the vendor's own documentation before acting on any figure here.
Verdict
If you want a Telegram-native workflow and your trading is concentrated where Nova operates, Nova is a legitimate tool and we are not going to pretend it is not. Understand what you are accepting: the key is generated and held on the operator’s side until you export it.
GDEX Pro’s case is narrow and checkable: an exportable MPC threshold key, so no single party ever holds your whole key; 9 chains from one interface; Google / Apple (Web3Auth) sign-in with an Apple Pay on-ramp; and 2-tier: 30% + 10% on referrals. Nova beats us on a third referral level, where we publish two — that is in the tables above too. We have also not printed our own trading fee, because it is not in our source-of-truth file — check gdex.pro for the current schedule rather than taking a number from us.
MPC threshold key (exportable). Google / Apple (Web3Auth) sign-in. Start in under 3 minutes.