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Gate Holiday Season Carnival: Build the Snowman to Unlock a $100,000 Prize Pool

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To celebrate the Christmas and New Year holidays, Gate invites you to embark on a journey toward 2026. Join the Snowman Building Battle to unlock a cash prize pool of up to **100,000 USDT** . New users can also receive a **50 USDT Holiday Season Gift** . Join now and kick off a bright new chapter for 2026.

#### **Event Period: December 22, 2025, 08:00 (UTC) — January 22, 2026, 08:00 (UTC)**

#### **Event Rules**
1. **Holiday Season Gift for New Users**
During the event period, new users who register for the first time and complete KYC can receive a **50 USDT position trial voucher** immediately after completing any single futures trade.

2. **Snowman Building: Unlock a $100,000 Cash Prize Pool**
During the event, users can earn **Snowballs** by completing tasks. Users who earn Snowballs will participate in building the snowman. As the snowman construction progresses, the prize pool will be unlocked step by step. Completing the snowman unlocks the final **100,000 USDT** prize pool.

### **Snowball Tasks:**

#### **New User Tasks:**
* First futures trade of no less than **1,000 USDT** : **1 Snowball**
* First spot trade of no less than **500 USDT** : **1 Snowball**
* First completed Earn (financial product) subscription of no less than **200 USDT** : **1 Snowball**

#### **Referral Tasks:**
* Invite one new user who completes at least **1,000 USDT** in trading: **3 Snowballs**, up to **50 times**

#### **Sharing Task:**
* Complete one event share: **1 Snowball**

#### **Trading Tasks:**
* Every **20,000 USDT** in futures trading volume: **1 Snowball**
* Futures trading volume reaches **500,000 USDT** : **Extra 5 Snowballs**
* Futures trading volume reaches **1,000,000 USDT** : **Extra 10 Snowballs**
* Futures trading volume reaches **5,000,000 USDT** : **Extra 50 Snowballs**
* Futures trading volume reaches **20,000,000 USDT** : **Extra 200 Snowballs**
* Gate Alpha cumulative trading volume reaches **1,000 USDT** : **2 Snowballs**
* First completion of a Candydrop event during the event period and receiving at least one Candy: **3 Snowballs**

#### Christmas Gift Box:
Users who earn more than **200 Snowballs** will have a chance to receive a **Gate Christmas Gift Box** . The winner list will be announced after the event ends.

Snowman Reward Unlock Progress

| **Snowman Progress** | **Required Snowballs** | **Unlocked Prize Pool** |
| :---: | :---: | :---: |
| 5% | <750,000 | $5,000 |
| 25% | 750,000 | 25,000 USDT |
| 50% | 1,500,000 | 50,000 USDT |
| 75% | 2,000,000 | 75,000 USDT |
| 100% | 3,000,000 | 100,000 USDT |

#### Snowman Contribution Leaderboard: 
All users who contribute Snowballs will be ranked and will share the currently unlocked prize pool proportionally based on their Snowball contributions.

### **Notes**
1. All users must click [Register Now] to complete registration. Participants may receive multiple rewards simultaneously.
2. New users are defined as users who register and complete event registration after the event starts. New user rewards are distributed daily in limited quantities, can only be claimed once per user, limited to 1,000 rewards, first come, first served.
3. The following account types are not eligible: API users, VIP level 15 and above, market makers, corporate/institutional accounts, and sub-accounts.
4. Stablecoin trading pairs USDC/USDT, FDUSD/USDT, and USD1/USDT are excluded from event trading volume calculations.
5. Snowball rewards will be distributed within 1–3 hours after task completion. Please check your account 3 hours after completing tasks.
6. If users participate in other Gate events of the same type simultaneously, they may only receive rewards from one such event.
7. Rewards will be distributed within 14 business days after the event ends. Rewards below 1 USDT will not be issued.
8. For referrals to be considered valid, invited friends must register, complete event registration, and complete any futures trade.
9. If any cheating behavior is detected, including but not limited to wash trading, matched trading, self-trading, market manipulation, or batch registrations, Gate reserves the right to disqualify users and decide on bans depending on severity.
10. Batch registration of multiple accounts, malicious volume manipulation, self-trading, or matched trading is strictly prohibited. Sub-accounts and main accounts, as well as multiple accounts under the same identity, will be considered a single participant. Sub-account trading volume will not be counted toward the main account, and sub-accounts are not eligible to participate.
11. In the event of any discrepancies between translated versions and the English version, the English version shall prevail.
12. Gate reserves the right of final interpretation.
13. Users in the UK and other restricted regions may not be able to access all or part of the services (including participation in this event, games, or competitions). For details on restricted regions, please refer to the <a href="https://www.gate.com/user-agreement" target="_blank">User Agreement</a> . Please note that we do not intend to solicit or market to users in such restricted regions.

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