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#0成本拿2股SK海力士 “Get 2 shares of SK Hynix at zero cost” is a recent marketing campaign launched by the cryptocurrency exchange Gate. The core logic is “trade to receive free stocks,” allowing users to earn free SK Hynix shares by completing specific trading tasks.
🎁 How to “get” stocks for “free”?
Users can participate in sharing the prize pool through the following three methods:
· Sign-up sharing: The first 2,000 new users who register can share a prize pool of fragmented stocks worth 3,400 USDT.
· First trade exclusive: Make your first stock trade with a total of 500 USDT or more to share a prize pool worth 17,000 USDT.
· Trading airdrop (core): For every accumulated trading volume of 10,000 USDT, you can receive a random airdrop of 0.01 to 0.5 shares. The maximum is 2 shares, with a total pool of 200 shares, first come, first served.
Currently, SK Hynix stock is about $1,766 per share, so 2 shares are worth approximately $3,532.
⚠️ The truth about “zero cost”: hidden costs
The so-called “zero cost” only refers to the stock itself being free, not without any cost. To get these 2 shares, you need to at least pay:
· Trading costs: Generate at least $40k in trading volume (assuming each airdrop is 0.5 shares), and bear the market volatility risk during trading.
· Opportunity costs: Spend time researching, trading, and monitoring the market.
· Platform risk: Gate is a cryptocurrency exchange, and its stock trading products are CFDs or derivatives, not direct ownership of the original stocks listed on the Korean exchange.
Essentially, this is a high-threshold customer acquisition activity. You use real money and time to exchange for stock rewards worth about $3,500.
💡 Why SK Hynix?
SK Hynix is a leading global supplier of AI storage chips (such as HBM). Recently, its market value temporarily surpassed Samsung to become Korea’s number one, with a stock price increase of over 340% this year. Gate is leveraging this hot topic to attract users.
👀 What you need to know before participating
· Event duration: Until June 30, 2026.
· Reward form: You receive equivalent fragmented stocks, which can be held or sold within the platform.
· Participation method: Update the app to version v8.25.0.
Overall, this is essentially a high-threshold marketing campaign by Gate.io. To “get” 2 valuable SK Hynix shares for “zero cost,” you need to commit significant trading volume, time, and effort, and bear corresponding market and platform risks.