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Success storyCase study 11

$42K deposited, $0 spent: what a score gated bonus does for a trading venue

$41.7K

Total deposited

185

Depositing users

Acquisition cost

Signup to deposit15%

Depositors who traded60%

Avg per funded account~$225

In app push2 days

Reward paid onWinning trades only

ChainBase

The problem

Every trading venue has the same problem: a deposit bonus open to everyone gets farmed by throwaway wallets, and a bonus open to no one acquires nobody.

What PRED did

PRED ran an Ethos Exclusive Access activation. Wallets above a credibility threshold were whitelisted, saw a claim banner inside PRED, and unlocked a reward that only pays out on winning trades. The higher the Ethos score, the bigger the reward.

Gate

Ethos whitelisted wallets by credibility score and pushed the offer in app for two days. PRED announced it on X the same day.

Tier

Rewards scaled with reputation: $20 at 1200+, $50 at 1400+, $100 at 1600+, $200 at 2000+.

Pay on wins

First winning trade matched at 50%, every win after topped up by $10, until the tier reward is used. Losing trades earn nothing.

The result

1,209 whitelisted users signed up. 185 of them deposited $41,674 in total and 111 went on to trade, so 60% of depositors used the platform rather than parking money to claim a bonus. PRED paid nothing to reach them.

Exclusive Access funnel · whitelisted wallets

Signed up1,209

Deposited (15% of signups)185

Traded (60% of depositors)111

How it compares

Criteria	Open deposit bonus	Paid acquisition	Exclusive Access
Who sees the offer	Anyone, any wallet	Whoever clicks	Credibility gated
Bonus abuse	Throwaway wallets	Bots and multi accounts	Score gated, pays on wins only
Reward sizing	Flat	Flat	Tiered by reputation
Cost to reach audience	Bonus budget	CPA or agency fee	Free
Setup time	Days	Days	Minutes