BitMart x $EAT Trade-to-Feed Competition to Pay Out $4.4M USDT to Traders in May 2026

TheNewsCryptoPublished on 2026-04-28Last updated on 2026-04-28

New York, United States, April 28th, 2026, Chainwire

30-day Trade-to-Feed competition marks BitMart’s 8th anniversary and the exchange’s strategic listing of $EAT, the first cause coin.

BitMart, the global digital asset exchange serving millions of users worldwide, today launched the Trade-to-Feed competition, a 30-day trading competition paying out up to $4.4 million USDT in trader rewards. The campaign marks BitMart’s eighth anniversary and the exchange’s listing of $EAT (WYDE: End Hunger), the first cause coin to list on a major centralized exchange.

Cause coins are an emerging asset class engineered so that fees from trading activity flow to charitable grant-making infrastructure alongside trader rewards. By making $EAT the inaugural cause coin listing and pairing it with the largest competition in BitMart’s history, the exchange is positioning itself ahead of a category where market activity produces measurable real-world outcomes.

Running April 28 through May 28, 2026, the Trade-to-Feed competition distributes up to $4.4 million USDT across three concurrent tracks:

Three concurrent competitions, 76,391 chances to win.

The campaign runs three reward tracks simultaneously, all funded from a single pool that grows with volume:

  • Volume Leaderboard: Up to 73 traders share the leaderboard pool by rank, with the first-place trader winning up to $2.2 million USDT (50% of the total prize pool).
  • Power Drop: 75,500 tickets distribute across the campaign, each worth a flat $10 USDT. Any trader completing $40 or more in $EAT spot volume qualifies; tickets allocate proportionally to volume.
  • Lucky Drops: Up to 15 random USDT jackpots from $5,000 to $100,000, drawn weekly and at close, with a cumulative pool of $435K at the $200M cap. Any trader completing $2,000 or more in $EAT spot volume qualifies.

In addition, a Welcome Lucky Draw with a $5,000 USDT pool opens to any new participant who registers and completes a $5 USDT spot trade in $EAT, with 803 winners selected across three tiers.

To join or learn More: Trade to Feed (Up to 4.4M in rewards)

Where the meals go

Charitable distributions from the campaign flow through WYDE Association’s two-pool allocation model. Fifty percent of cause fees fund WYDE’s exclusive national hunger-relief grant partner, Feed the Children, a global movement working to end childhood hunger since 1979 that distributes food, essentials, and disaster relief across the United States and ten countries. The remaining fifty percent is allocated by $EAT token holders through community voting on the Hunger Network, a public directory of verified hunger-relief organizations available at www.eat.ong. Token holders direct funding to local food banks and partner organizations in their own communities each voting round, giving $EAT its core utility — holder governance over real charitable allocation, 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

Founded in 2018, BitMart is a global digital asset trading platform serving millions of users worldwide. Ranked among the top exchanges on CoinGecko, BitMart offers 1,700+ trading pairs with one of the lowest fee structures in the industry. Learn more at bitmart.com.

About WYDE

WYDE is a Wyoming 501(c)(4) nonprofit operating the first Impact Exchange, infrastructure where transaction-based fees fund verified hunger-relief organizations through charitable grants. All distributions are recorded on-chain and publicly verifiable. Learn more at wyde.org.

About $EAT

$EAT (WYDE: End Hunger) is the first cause coin listed on the WYDE Impact Exchange, launched on Base on December 10, 2025. To date, $EAT has crossed 25,000 meals funded. Learn more at eat.ong.

Risk Disclosure

Use of BitMart services carries substantial risk. Digital assets are not suitable for all participants. Sweepstakes mechanics do not guarantee winning. Charitable grants from WYDE Association to verified hunger-relief organizations are made by WYDE Association from fees received through the Impact Exchange.

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