BitMart Announces $4.4M USDT Prize Pool for EAT Trade-to-Feed Competition Starting May 2026
BitMart celebrates its eighth year with a month-long Trade-to-Feed trading event, coinciding with the platform's strategic debut of EAT, representing the first cause coin to achieve listing on a leading centralized exchange.
New York, United States, April 28, 2026, Chainwire – The global digital asset trading platform BitMart, which serves millions of users across the globe, has unveiled the Trade-to-Feed competition today. This 30-day trading event features a prize pool of up to $4.4 million USDT in rewards for participating traders. This initiative celebrates the eighth anniversary of BitMart while simultaneously marking the platform's listing of EAT (WYDE: End Hunger), which holds the distinction of being the first cause coin to secure a listing on a major centralized exchange.
The emerging asset class known as cause coins operates through an innovative structure where trading activity fees are channeled toward charitable grant-making infrastructure while simultaneously providing rewards to traders. By selecting EAT as its first cause coin listing and combining it with the most substantial competition in the exchange's eight-year history, BitMart is strategically positioning itself at the forefront of a category where market participation generates tangible, measurable real-world impact.
Scheduled from April 28 through May 28, 2026, the Trade-to-Feed competition will allocate up to $4.4 million USDT across three simultaneously running tracks:
Three concurrent competitions, 76,391 chances to win
This campaign operates three separate reward tracks at the same time, with all three funded from a unified pool that expands based on trading volume:
- Volume Leaderboard: A maximum of 73 traders will share the leaderboard pool based on their ranking, with the top-ranked trader receiving up to $2.2 million USDT (representing 50% of the complete prize pool).
- Power Drop: A total of 75,500 tickets will be distributed throughout the campaign duration, with each ticket valued at a fixed $10 USDT. Traders who complete $40 or more in EAT spot trading volume become eligible; ticket allocation is proportional to individual volume.
- Lucky Drops: A maximum of 15 randomly drawn USDT jackpots ranging from $5,000 to $100,000, selected on a weekly basis and at campaign conclusion, featuring a cumulative pool of $435K when the $200M cap is reached. Traders who complete $2,000 or more in EAT spot trading volume qualify for participation.
Additionally, a Welcome Lucky Draw featuring a $5,000 USDT pool is available to any new participant who completes registration and executes a $5 USDT spot trade in EAT, with a total of 803 winners to be selected across three different tiers.
Where the meals go
The charitable distributions generated from this campaign flow through the two-pool allocation model operated by WYDE Association. Half of the cause fees provide funding for WYDE's exclusive national hunger-relief grant partner, Feed the Children, a global movement that has been working toward ending childhood hunger since its founding in 1979 and distributes food, essential supplies, and disaster relief throughout the United States and in ten countries worldwide. The other half is distributed through community voting by EAT token holders via the Hunger Network, which serves as a public directory of verified hunger-relief organizations accessible at www.eat.ong. Through this mechanism, token holders direct funding toward local food banks and partner organizations within their own communities during each voting round, establishing EAT's fundamental utility — providing holder governance over actual charitable allocation, with all distributions recorded on-chain and publicly verifiable.
"BitMart's eighth year is the right moment to put real weight behind a direction we believe in," said Chad Liang, EVP of BitMart. "Cause coins connect market activity to outcomes the world can see and measure. Listing EAT and committing the largest competition in our history to it is how we mark this anniversary: by helping define what comes next, not just trading what already exists."
"BitMart didn't just list EAT. They named a category," said Aaron Rafferty, Co-Founder of WYDE. "A global exchange recognizing cause coins as a strategic priority is a structural moment. Every dollar of organic volume in the Trade-to-Feed competition also funds meals. That is the proof point."
About BitMart
Established in 2018, BitMart operates as a global digital asset trading platform that serves millions of users in markets worldwide. Listed among the top-ranked exchanges on CoinGecko, BitMart provides access to more than 1,700 trading pairs while maintaining one of the most competitive fee structures available in the industry. Additional information is available at bitmart.com.
About WYDE
WYDE operates as a Wyoming 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization that runs the first Impact Exchange, representing infrastructure where transaction-based fees generate funding for verified hunger-relief organizations through charitable grants. Every distribution is recorded on-chain and made publicly verifiable. Additional information is available at wyde.org.
About EAT
EAT (WYDE: End Hunger) represents the first cause coin to be listed on the WYDE Impact Exchange, having launched on Base on December 10, 2025. As of today, EAT has surpassed 25,000 meals funded through its operations. Additional information is available at eat.ong.
Risk disclosure
Utilizing BitMart services involves substantial risk. Digital assets are not appropriate for all participants. Sweepstakes mechanics provide no guarantee of winning. Charitable grants distributed from WYDE Association to verified hunger-relief organizations are issued by WYDE Association from fees collected through the Impact Exchange.
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