PANews reported on January 21 that the cryptocurrency trading platform Gate continues to advance its industry-first contract points airdrop system. Through a points-based mechanism, it combines contract trading behavior with airdrop incentives and platform ecosystem benefits, driving the user incentive system towards a long-term value orientation.
Data shows that as of January 20, 2026, the system has run for 67 periods, with 264,000 participating users and a total of approximately 3.7 million USDT in airdrop rewards distributed. The highest cumulative return for a single account exceeded 2,600 USDT, providing a quantitative reference for the market to evaluate the actual effectiveness of the mechanism.
Gate's contract points system generates accumulative points based on users' contract trading participation, which are periodically used for airdrop distribution. This mechanism emphasizes low barriers to entry and broad participation; ordinary users can earn points and participate in airdrops through daily trading without any additional steps, reducing the cost of participation and understanding.
With the deepening linkage between contract points and platform tokens GT, project TGE participation, and various ecosystem airdrop benefits, Gate is driving the evolution of trading incentives towards a more long-term ecosystem participation mechanism, providing new practical directions for derivatives user incentives.

BitGo’s move creates further competition in a burgeoning European crypto market that is expected to generate $26 billion revenue this year, according to one estimate. BitGo, a digital asset infrastructure company with more than $100 billion in assets under custody, has received an extension of its license from Germany’s Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), enabling it to offer crypto services to European investors. The company said its local subsidiary, BitGo Europe, can now provide custody, staking, transfer, and trading services. Institutional clients will also have access to an over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk and multiple liquidity venues.The extension builds on BitGo’s previous Markets-in-Crypto-Assets (MiCA) license, also issued by BaFIN, and adds trading to the existing custody, transfer and staking services. BitGo acquired its initial MiCA license in May 2025, which allowed it to offer certain services to traditional institutions and crypto native companies in the European Union.Read more

