Gate Alpha Points Airdrop: A new entry for early on-chain earnings

On July 29, 2025, the Gate Alpha points system officially launched, becoming the core basis for the platform to assess user participation in Token Generation Events (TGE), Airdrops, and limited-time benefits.

This system quantifies users' asset holdings and trading behaviors on the platform, converting them into "Alpha Points"—a key credential that can be exchanged for instant Airdrop rewards and unlocks eligibility for participation in future high-potential projects.

As of August 6, 2025, the system has supported multiple rounds of Airdrop activities, attracting over 5,000 people to simultaneously claim, becoming a new entry point for retail investors to access early on-chain assets.

##What is Gate Alpha Points?

Gate Alpha points are a quantitative measure of user activity launched by the Gate platform, essentially a digital mapping of the value of user on-chain behaviors.

This system is not just a simple reward point, but a "pass" for participation rights in the Gate ecosystem. It is dynamically calculated based on the user's asset balance and trading activity, and is directly related to three core rights:

• Airdrop Exchange: Points can be directly exchanged for on-chain project tokens such as RION, 1PIECE, etc.
• TGE Subscription Qualification: As the admission threshold for participating in the Token Generation Event, the higher the points, the greater the subscription weight may be;
• Limited-time activity privileges: High point users can unlock exclusive reward pools or priority claim eligibility.

The积分 data is updated daily, with a snapshot taken at 07:59:59 UTC+8, and synchronized to the user end before 14:00 on the same day.

The Core Value of Points: Airdrop and TGE Ticket

The core value of the Alpha Points System lies in its ability to bridge user behavior with the conversion channel of early on-chain asset earnings, particularly reflected in the two major scenarios of Airdrop and TGE subscription.

In the Airdrop event, points serve as both the participation threshold and the redemption medium. For example, in the RION bonus Airdrop on August 5th, users need ≥ 20 points to consume 1 point to receive 10 RION coins, and more than 5000 people completed the redemption within the first minute of the event.

The earlier 1PIECE public test Airdrop even set a "0 consumption threshold", requiring only 1 point to receive 100 Tokens, further reducing the cost of experience for new users.

For the TGE (Token Generation Event), points have become the core indicator for screening early supporters. Gate has explicitly stated that points will serve as the basis for participation in future project initial subscription offerings, with high-point users likely to obtain higher allocations or priority subscription rights. This design transforms points from a mere reward symbol into a preemptive tool for capturing on-chain value.

Points Acquisition Mechanism: How to Accumulate Effectively?

The points calculation rules are transparent and favor long-term users, mainly covering three types of behaviors:

• Balance Points: Statistics of the USD market value of the listed tokens in the spot account (including the main account and Alpha account), tokens that are not displayed are not counted;
• Trading Volume Points: Only the "buy" actions in the Alpha selected section are counted. The rules adopt a tiered progressive system:
  • First purchase of the day ≥ 2 USDT earns 1 point;
  • Each time the purchase amount doubles (e.g., 4 USDT → 8 USDT), an additional 1 point is added;
• Special Points: During the event period, trading designated tokens (such as previously launched AFT, CA, etc.) can earn bonuses.

The total user points are the cumulative value of daily points over the past 15 days. This mechanism encourages long-term activity rather than short-term sprints. To check points, you need to use Gate App version 7.14.0 or higher, and access the page via the sidebar or by searching for "Alpha Points."

Practical Case: Low Threshold and High Return Airdrop Activities

The core advantage of the Gate Alpha points system lies in its friendliness towards retail investors, as recent activity data clearly confirms:

###RION Airdrop (August 5, 2025)

• Qualification threshold: ≥ 20 points
• Redemption rules: Consume 1 point to receive 10 RION
• User participation: Over 5000 people received simultaneously, rewards distributed within 2 hours.

###1PIECE Public Test Airdrop (July 31, 2025)

• Qualification threshold: ≥ 1 point (no consumption)
• Exchange rules: Directly receive 100 1PIECE
• Additional rewards: 100 random users will share 1000 dollars

A larger "Point Carnival" event will be held from May to June, attracting 100,000 users to participate within 20 days, with a total airdrop amount exceeding 500,000 USD, and individual maximum earnings reaching 1,000 USD. In comparison to the high threshold of 200 points required by platforms like Binance, Gate Alpha's single-task minimum trading amount is only 0.5 USDT, truly achieving "small capital entry."

##Why is the points system considered a strategic pivot for Gate Alpha?

Gate Alpha is positioned as an "on-chain early asset entry," and its points system is the core hub connecting user behavior and project incubation.

For users, the points system significantly reduces the cost of acquiring early tokens. For example, in the RION Airdrop on August 5th, users only consumed a very low value of 1 point (equivalent to a few dollars in transaction costs) to obtain potential future tradable on-chain assets.

For the platform, the points mechanism achieves a win-win situation for all three parties:

• Users can earn Airdrop incentives through lightweight participation;
• The project party quickly acquires real on-chain trading users;
• The platform enhances the liquidity and stickiness of the Alpha ecosystem.

With the multi-chain support expanding to public chains such as SOL, ETH, BNB Chain, Base, users can directly participate in on-chain trading using spot USDT, and the points system will further become a bridge connecting centralized and decentralized scenarios.

Future Outlook

As of August 6, 2025, the Gate Alpha points system has been online for 9 days and has supported two rounds of Airdrop activities, continuously verifying its friendliness to retail investors from the "0 consumption" of 1PIECE public testing to the "low threshold quick grab" of RION.

This system not only reconstructs the efficiency of Airdrop distribution—reward distribution can be completed within 1 hour—but more importantly, it provides ordinary users with a low-cost opportunity to capture early on-chain assets.

With the further expansion of point-linked rights in the future (such as governance voting and whitelist permissions), holding and accumulating Alpha points may become a new survival strategy for "early birds" in the Web3 world.