The WCTC S1 - World Crypto Trading Competition will begin at 00:00 on June 10th UTC, and the registration is still available during the period. We will give additional invitation rewards, NFT rewards and troop captain rewards besides original rewards. Invite your friends to participate now! Trade Now

I. Duration
1. Registration Time: June 4th 00:00 - June 28th, 2022 24:00 (UTC)
2. Competition Time: June 10th 00:00 - July 1st, 2022 24:00 (UTC)

II. Eligibility
All Gate.io users with over 200 USDT assets in total account can participate in the competition, and can choose to participate in troop showdown, solo showdown or create a team to become the troop captain. The minimum troop should have no less than 5 members. If the troop has less than 5 members before the competition starts, the troop will be automatically disbanded and put to solo showdown.
Registration：https://www.gate.io/futures/wctc

III. Participation Market
All Trading Pairs of USDT-Margin Perpetual Contract

IV. Competition Prize Pool
During the competition, the prize pool will be expanded based on the number of participants. The more users participating in the competition, the higher the total prize pool will be. Among them, troop showdown amounts account for 80% of the total prize pool, and solo showdown amounts account for 20% of the total prize pool. We will rank the sequence results according to the amount of profit and profit rate. In both troop showdown and solo showdown prize pools, a share of 80% of the corresponding prize pool rewards will be offered according to rank of the profit, and the remaining share of 20% of the corresponding prize pool will be offered according to the proportion of profit rate ranking. The final prize pool will be determined by the valid trading users.


V. Rules
Event 1 - 9th Anniversary Limited-Time Bonus Promotion
*Doubled Rewards for Top Inviters
From June 4th 00:00 to June 28th 24:00 UTC, the top 20 inviters who invite the most new users will get double cards, and the bonus will be doubled at the end! (Only for Solo Showdown)

*Troop Captain Contribution Award, Up to 4,000USDT
Troop Captain Contribution Award: When the number of valid troop members reaches a certain scale, the Troop Captain will get additional USDT rewards according to the following rules:


*Trade First to Win Limited NFT
During the competition, users who reach 30,000USDT in cumulative futures trading volume first will randomly receive a limited-edition NFT with a total of 2,000. First come first served.

Event 2 - Troops can share 80% of the total prize pool according to the ranking, up to $4,000,000 to be shared.
(a) During the competition, the troops are ranked according to the higher profit and profit rate respectively in the participating troops. Among them, those profit rankings account for 80% of the troop showdown prize pool, and those profit rate rankings account for 20% of the troop showdown prize pool. The detailed reward rules of the troop showdown are as follows:


Notes:
1. Troop Profit = the sum of the top 10 internal profit of the troop. Negative profit and trading volume less than 3,000USDT will not participate in the ranking, during the event period.
2. Troop Profit Rate = the sum of the top 10 internal profit rate of the troop. Negative profit rate and trading volume less than 3,000USDT will not participate in the ranking, during the event period.
3. Winning users ranked by profit rate need to open positions at least 5 times during the competition period.
(b) During the competition, those who get troop showdown rewards ranked according to the amount of profit and profit rate will be distributed within the troop according to the following rules:


Event 3 - Solo Showdown rewards account for 20% of the total prize pool, with a maximum share up to $1,000,000.
During the competition, the troops are ranked according to the higher profit and profit rate respectively in the participating solo showdown. Among them, those profit rankings account for 80% of the troop showdown prize pool, and those profit rate rankings account for 20% of the troop showdown prize pool. The details are as follows:


Notes:
1. Participating in solo showdown's profit ranking needs to meet the contract trading volume ≥ 3,000USDT during the competition period, and the profit should be greater than 0;
2. Participating in the solo showdown's profit rate ranking needs to meet the contract trading volume ≥3,000USDT during the competition period, and the profit rate should be greater than 0;
3. Winning users ranked by profit rate need to open positions at least 5 times during the competition period.

Event 4 - Lucky Draw, 100% Guaranteed to Win a Prize
During the competition, all valid trading users who participate (either in the troop showdown or the solo showdown) will receive 1 lucky draw opportunity for every 50,000USDT increase in cumulative futures trading volume, with a maximum of 5 lucky draw opportunities per person.

VI. Competition Description
1. The formula for calculating the profit= [Final net assets of the contract account(including unrealized PnL and/or contract bonus) - initial contract account net assets (including unrealized PnL and/or contract bonus) + withdrawals of contract account - deposit of contract account]
2. The formula for calculating the profit rate = [The net value of the contract account at the end of the competition (including unrealized profit and loss and/or contract bonus) - initial contract account net assets (including the unrealized profit and loss and/or contract bonus) + the amount of contract account deposit during the competition - the amount of contract account withdrawal during the competition] / [Initial contract account net assets + contract account deposit during the competition]*100%
3. The winning users(solo and troop) must meet the requirements of contract trading volume ≥3,000USDT during the competition. The winner of the Troop Captain Contribution Award must meet the number of valid transactions, that is, the number of troop members with a transaction volume of more than 30,000 USDT during the competition.
4. For the troop that has won the rewards of the troop showdown, the troop captain will not repeatedly participate in the reward distribution among the troop members when the internal rewards are distributed. Minimum 5 members and no limit for max members.
5. During the competition, once a user has registered for the troop showdown or solo showdown, he/she cannot change his/her registration and cannot receive both troop and individual rewards. However, the rewards awarded in the troop or solo showdown in terms of ranking by profit and ranking by profit rate can be won at the same time and do not affect each other.
6. KYC is needed to participate in the competition. Participants can only participate in this competition with one account, and the sub-account doesn't count.
7. To maintain the fairness of the competition, this competition will not be open for users of VIP11 and above as well as API traders. We will prepare special competition for these users soon, stay tuned.
8. The final prize pool is determined by the number of valid traders, the number of valid traders = the number of participants registered in the competition - the number of users who have not opened positions during the competition - the number of users determined by the risk control system as a user who violated the event rules (including but not limited to batch registration of inflated prize pools, matching transaction, self-dealing, etc.).
9. During the competition, the troop captain can invite new users via invitation link to register and join the troop, and troop captain can get a 30% commission rebate from his/her referrals. After the competition, troop captains can apply for the Referral Program to enjoy a high commission rebate.
10. What is the perpetual contract bonus of Gate.io？
Gate.io perpetual contract bonus can be used as margin and deduct losses, trade fees and funding fee. Gate.io perpetual contract bonus are designed to facilitate new and old users to experience the function of contract products without risk in real contract trading.
11. The market analysis provided by any troop captain does not represent the official opinion of Gate.io. Gate.io does not assume any responsibility for any transaction loss suffered by any troop member.
Risk warning: crypto-currency trading is affected by many factors such as market fluctuations and policies. The market fluctuates greatly and it is difficult to predict. Please make sure to pay attention to market risks and trade with caution.

VII. Notice
1. Gate.io reserves the right to disqualify users from participating in the competition due to the following circumstances, including but not limited to: cheating, registering users in batches, self-dealing, market manipulation, etc.;
2. If the platform's risk control system detects the use of third-party tools for not trading, batch registration of inflated prize pools, matching transactions, etc., the qualification for the competition will be disqualified, and serious cases can be blocked.
3. Gate.io reserves the right of final interpretation of the terms and conditions of this competition.



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Jun 10th, 2022