Gate just launched a new incentive program built specifically for one group of users: anyone who took part in the Moonshot AI Pre-IPO subscription.
According to Gate's official announcement, the exchange is offering up to 10,450 USDT's in combined rewards across three separate trading challenges, running from August 17 to August 24, 2026.
Gate framed the campaign around a simple idea: don't let subscription funds sit idle. Only users who participated in the Moonshot AI Pre-IPO primary share subscription are eligible, and eligibility is verified against actual subscription records.
Source: Gate's own post on X
The event runs for exactly one week, from 06:00 UTC on August 17 through 06:00 UTC on August 24, and rewards are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.
The first challenge rewards consistent activity rather than a single big trade. Per Gate's terms:
Users need at least $500 USDT's in daily cumulative futures trading volume to qualify
Each qualifying day earns a 50 USDT's check-in reward, credited as a position voucher.
Rewards can be claimed once per day, up to 8 times across the event, for a maximum of 400 USDT's per user
The total prize pool for this challenge is 50,000 USDT's
This challenge is aimed squarely at reducing the sting of a bad first trade. If a user's first futures position opened after registering results in an actual net loss, Gate will cover it with a 100% risk buffer subsidy, up to 50 USDT per user, paid out as USDT Spot tokens.
The total subsidy pool is capped at 2,500 USDT, and payouts go out in the order users opened their first position.
The gate listing was specific that only genuine losses from a user's own funds qualify, losses offset by vouchers or fee rebates don't count, and no subsidy applies if the first trade isn't a loss or isn't closed during the event window.
The biggest single payout comes from the volume leaderboard. Users need at least $10,000 USDT in cumulative futures trading volume to enter, and rewards are ranked from highest to lowest volume out of a 20,000 USDT total pool:
1st place: 10,000 USDT
Ranks 2–5: 2,000 USDT each
Ranks 6–10: 300 USDT each
Ranks 11–30: 25 USDT each
Leaderboard and risk-buffer rewards land in accounts within 14 business days after the event closes, while daily check-in rewards post automatically once each task is completed.
Gate laid out several rules worth knowing before jumping in.
Identity verification must be completed before registering for the event
Trading volume only counts activity generated after registration, calculated as buy volume plus sell volume combined
Market maker, corporate, and institutional accounts cannot participate
Subaccounts don't count separately, and their volume won't credit toward a main account
Wash trading, matched orders, and bulk account registration are explicitly prohibited
Users in the UK and other restricted regions cannot take part
If a user qualifies for multiple similar Gate events at once, only one reward applies
Gate's Moonshot AI pre-IPO trading reward program gives subscribers three distinct ways to earn on top of their original allocation, daily check-ins, a first-trade safety net, and a volume-based leaderboard chase, all within a tight one-week window.
With rewards capped and distributed first-come, first-served, eligible users who want to participate have a clear incentive to register and start trading early rather than wait until the event nears its August 24 close.
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