Gate Contract Points Complete Guide: How to Easily Earn and Use Them Efficiently?

In the world of cryptocurrency, Gate Contract Points are transforming every user’s contract trades, asset holdings, and even successful invitations into quantifiable, redeemable real value.

This points system, officially launched in October 2025, is designed as a core rights certificate for user participation in the Gate ecosystem.

01 System Core: What Exactly Are Gate Contract Points?

Gate Contract Points are a comprehensive incentive indicator calculated by the platform based on a user’s activity over the past 15 days, including contract trading activity, asset holdings, and overall participation behavior.

It’s not just a number; it’s a new form of “trading capital.” Its core design philosophy is “behavior equals value”—compliant and active behaviors on the platform are captured and quantified into points.

As an exclusive rights certificate for users, points have become a key pass for participating in various Gate airdrops, TGE (Token Generation Event) subscriptions, and other ecosystem activities.

Simply put, contract points turn your efforts and loyalty on the Gate platform into a “key” that can be exchanged for real money.

02 Three Main Paths: An In-Depth Explanation of How to Obtain Gate Contract Points

Acquiring Gate Contract Points mainly revolves around three dimensions: trading behavior, asset accumulation, and social promotion. The system employs a tiered and unlimited design to encourage continuous participation.

Contract Trading Points (Main Source)

This is the primary source of points. The system awards points based on your effective contract trading volume generated on the day, using a tiered distribution.

Trading volume includes both buy and sell sides to ensure fairness and prevent one-sided volume manipulation. The starting point is very user-friendly: trading volume of 400 USDT or more earns 1 point, and as trading volume increases, the efficiency of point acquisition improves in a tiered manner.

Account Balance Points (Stable Income)

In addition to dynamic trading, static asset holdings can also earn stable points. Gate performs daily snapshots to calculate the total value of your USDT and BTC assets in your contract account, awarding fixed points based on balance ranges.

Note that this calculation excludes funds transferred into financial products like “Yubi Bao” and similar, and only considers available balances in the contract account.

• 100 - 1,000 USDT: 1 point/day
• 1,000 - 10,000 USDT: 2 points/day
• 10,000 - 100,000 USDT: 3 points/day
• ≥100,000 USDT: 4 points/day

Invitation Rewards (Fission Growth)

This is a social channel to expand points sources. By successfully inviting new users to participate in contract trading, you can earn additional daily reward points.

• Invite 1 new user: 1 point/day
• Invite 2 new users: 2 points/day
• Invite 3 or more: 3 points/day

A “successful invitation” has clear criteria: the invited user must also earn at least 2 points on the same day to ensure genuine trading activity.

03 Points Consumption: Rules, Methods, and Value Realization

Earning points is just the first step; understanding how to use and consume them is key to maximizing their value.

Core Usage Rules

First, points are time-sensitive. From the date they are credited to your account, they are valid for 15 days. If not used within this period, they will expire.

Second, the system adopts a “First-In, First-Out” (FIFO) consumption principle. When you use points, the earliest earned and soon-to-expire points are deducted first. This mechanism effectively prevents long-term hoarding of points and encourages ongoing activity and timely redemption.

Main Ways to Realize Value

Points can be used in various scenarios, directly converting into practical benefits.

Participate in Airdrops: This is the most classic and common use of contract points. Gate regularly launches airdrop activities where points can be exchanged for rewards, usually requiring only holding 1 or a specified number of points to participate.

For example, during the public beta, holding ≥1 point could claim an airdrop of 0.12 GT. In the 54th NIBI airdrop, different thresholds of points could be exchanged for rewards from different pools.

Exchange for Practical Resources: On the platform’s points page, you can directly redeem points for cash tokens, position experience vouchers, trading trial funds, and other items that help reduce trading costs and improve capital efficiency.

Unlock Ecosystem Privileges: Points are the key to a broader Gate ecosystem. They are not only proof of participation in future TGE subscriptions but also planned to be integrated with decentralized products like Gate Perp DEX, enabling cross-platform rights and benefits.

04 Practical Examples: Earnings Cases and Strategy Suggestions

After understanding the rules, let’s look at potential value through real data.

In the 54th NIBI airdrop, a single account earned over $27. In the earlier 13th GUSD airdrop, the single account earned up to $30. Even with the lowest cost estimate (trading 400 USDT to earn 1 point), the short-term return rate is quite attractive.

To efficiently accumulate points, it’s recommended to adopt a “three-pronged” strategy: moderately increase trading frequency during market volatility to earn trading points; plan account balances reasonably to ensure daily maximum balance points; and make good use of the invitation mechanism by sharing to expand points sources.

Finally, it must be emphasized that contract trading itself carries high risk. Earning points should be a “bonus” under mature trading strategies, not the main goal. Especially for novice traders, it’s not advisable to perform unfamiliar high-risk operations solely to earn points, as this could lead to misplaced priorities.

Future Outlook

For contract traders, the Gate Contract Points system is like a silent partner. Every opening and closing of positions, the USDT quietly waiting in your account, and even sharing an invitation code with friends—everything is carefully recorded and measured by it.

Behind the points lies a value cycle: the platform incentivizes users to contribute liquidity and activity through points, while users share in the platform’s growth dividends through points.