The contract market remains highly active. As of May 27, 2026, Gate market data shows Bitcoin trading at $75,984.7 and Ethereum at $2,079.19, with market sentiment neutral. In this volatile environment, traders focus not only on price movements but also on whether platforms can deliver additional value for ongoing participation. Gate’s Contract Points system quantifies trading activity into cumulative, redeemable contribution value, directly linking it to airdrop rewards.
Contract Points are a scoring system designed to assess user activity in contract trading on the Gate platform. This is not an investment return promise, but a transparent tool for quantifying behavior, used to determine each user’s eligibility for airdrop rewards.
Point balances are calculated using a rolling 15-day window. The total points represent the sum of points earned in the past 15 days, minus any points already spent. This means each user’s contribution status is continuously updated, encouraging traders to maintain consistent participation rather than making one-off efforts.
Three Ways to Earn Points
Contract Points are accumulated through three independent channels: Balance Points, Trading Points, and Invitation Points. Each is calculated daily and combined into the total points.
Balance Points are based on the size of your account assets. The balance includes USDT and BTC in your contract account, as well as USDx in your TradFi account, all converted to USD value at the current exchange rate. If your balance is between $100 and $1,000, you earn 1 point per day; between $1,000 and $10,000, you earn 2 points per day; between $10,000 and $100,000, you earn 3 points per day; above $100,000, you earn 4 points per day. This transforms asset holdings into quantifiable participation weight.
Trading Points directly reflect trading activity. For every cumulative trading volume of 400 USDT, you earn 1 point. As trading volume doubles, points increase accordingly. For example, 400 USDT in trading volume earns 1 point, 800 USDT earns 2 points, 1,600 USDT earns 3 points, and so on, with no upper limit. This ensures both high-frequency and high-value trades are accurately recorded in the points system. TradFi trading volume is converted at a 20.00% ratio—so if you trade 10,000 USDx in TradFi in a day, the effective trading volume counted toward Contract Points is 2,000 USDT.
Invitation Points drive ecosystem expansion. For each new user you invite to participate, you earn 1 point, with a daily cap of 3 points. The invitation becomes effective when the invited user accumulates at least 2 points. This mechanism integrates community growth into the points framework, systematically recognizing self-driven outreach.
Airdrop Expectations and Instant Redemption
The most direct use for Contract Points is airdrop rewards. Users don’t have to passively wait for unknown distributions—they can actively redeem points for position experience vouchers and other benefits. According to current platform promotions, by spending 20 points and meeting a minimum threshold of 40 points, you can claim a position experience voucher worth 100 USDT. Points thus become a spendable on-chain credential for platform experiences.
This redemption model creates clear airdrop expectations. Users can track their point accumulation and see exactly how far they are from their next benefit, shifting motivation from vague "future rewards" to tangible "near-term goals." The clearer the expectation management, the more immediate the behavioral feedback, and the greater the retention effect of Contract Points.
Retention-Driven Circular Design
The 15-day rolling window is central to retention design. Points continuously expire and refresh, prompting users to maintain trading activity and asset balances to prevent their total points from declining. Meanwhile, redeeming points for experience vouchers "resets" the points, triggering a new accumulation cycle. Together, these dynamics create a self-sustaining loop: trading → point accumulation → airdrop redemption → continued trading.
Throughout this process, users trade not only for potential airdrops but also to lower the cost of trying new strategies with experience vouchers. These vouchers reduce the impact of principal concerns on trading decisions, helping users explore more contract products and deepen their engagement with the platform.
Conclusion: Building a More Resilient Platform Ecosystem
As more users participate consistently, the platform’s contract market gains deeper liquidity and more authentic trading depth. The synergy between points and airdrops aligns user behavior with the platform’s ecosystem interests. Users earn rewards through their contributions, while the platform gains activity through those rewards, creating a positive feedback loop.
The points system also structures community growth. Invitation Points turn users into nodes of ecosystem expansion, and the reward mechanism shifts growth from platform-driven to user-driven. Every new user’s effective integration brings benefits to the inviter via points, while the new user also enters the points cycle, increasing the density of the ecosystem network.
Gate Contract Points are a long-term infrastructure, using data as the metric, airdrops as the redemption method, and retention as the goal. Every action in contract trading—holding assets, executing trades, inviting peers—is incorporated into a unified value measurement system, making participation tangible, predictable, and sustainable.
