[//]:content-type-MARKDOWN-DONOT-DELETE About Gate.io Startup Free Airdrop Program In order to reward platform users, Gate.io launched the "Startup Project Free Airdrop Program", and free airdrops for blockchain excellent projects are launched in the Startup area from time to time. VIP and GT users can get a variety of tokens airdrop benefits. This Thales(THALES) Startup subscription is a free subscription, and will not deduct the users' participation funds at the end of event. Startup Link: https://www.gateio.pro/startup Introduction to Thales(THALES) Thales market is both an Ethereum protocol and a platform where you can participate in different positional markets with easy to understand derivatives. With thousands of traders and over 18 million USD in volume across supported chains (Optimism, Arbitrum, Polygon, and BNBChain.Gate has integrated ERC20 and Optimism ), Thales, along with the products built on top of it, are proving to be not only a great alternative or complement to perpetual futures and vanilla options, but also a world on its own full of possibilities for those that value decentralization, innovation, and simple but powerful design. One of the main advantages of Thales is that given its AMM structure its very easy to understand the risk and reward of a position and is flexible enough to serve as a money lego for several types of markets (or platforms built on top), including crypto-asset prices, sports results, and real-life events. (The information below is provided by the Thales(THALES) team. Please follow Thales(THALES) for more information） Token Information Token Name: Thales Token Symbol: THALES Max Supply：100,000,000 Token Type: ERC-20 & Optimism Contract: ERC-20 ：0x8947da500Eb47F82df21143D0C01A29862a8C3c5 Optimism：0x217D47011b23BB961eB6D93cA9945B7501a5BB11 Token distribution ratio and unlocking rules: SNX stakers 8.75%： Already distributed Thales Core Contributors 18%： Vesting for 3 years starting Q2 2022 THALES stakers15% ：Ongoing 3-year-long distribution that started Q4 2021 Strategic Partners 9%：Ongoing 2-year-long distribution that started Q4 2021 Initial Crowdpooling event 2% : Already distributed Initial LP rewards 1% : Already distributed ThalesDAO treasury ：46.25% Website: https://thalesmarket.io/ WhitePaper ：https://thalesmarket.io/article/whitepaper Thales(THALES) Startup Sale Rules (1) Duration: 07:00 AM 17th January, 2023 - 07:00 AM 18th January, 2023 (UTC)(Orders placed by qualified users within these 24 hours will be treated equally.) (2) Trading Starts Time: 10:00 AM 18th January, 2023 (UTC) Trading Pairs: THALES/USDT (3) Price: 0 USDT (4)Startup Supply : 228,571 THALES (5) Users purchase using USDT. (6) Unlock rule: 100% unlock. (7) To participate in Startup Sale, VIP 0 users need to hold no less than 500 USD worth of Spot Assets in balance, and the number of share will be 1/4 of VIP 1 users’ share; The higher the VIP tier, the more shares. For VIP 1 and above, the higher the VIP level the higher the contribution share will be. Each user can only purchase once with KYC account (8) Purchase limit: The maximum contribution limit for a single user is 1000 shares; the relationship between the VIP level and the maximum contribution allocation is: the maximum number of contributions (not the final actual contribution number) = the square of the VIP level multiplied by 10. For example: VIP2 users can subscribe up to 2 * 2 * 10 = 40 shares VIP3 users can subscribe up to 3 * 3 * 10 = 90 shares (9) Users need to ensure that there is sufficient balance (exceeding the purchase value) in accounts for the purchase after placing the orders until we announce the sale result. An insufficient balance will result in the cancellation of the purchase order. (10) We will collect all the qualified orders and distribute the tokens according to the ratio of the individual purchase orders to the purchase orders in total. The final result will be announced before trading starts. Gate.io Labs Private Sale Participating Disclosure Gate.io Labs hasn't participated in the Thales(THALES) investment. Attention (1) Countries not supported: the United States, Canada, Malaysia, Singapore, Mainland China, Malta, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Crimea, Sudan, Syria, Bangladesh, Bolivia. For users from other countries, please check and make sure your participation in the token sale on Startup complies with local laws and regulations. (2) Risk Warning: -The project team does not guarantee that token price will not be lower than its startup sale price. Please invest with caution, and don't invest beyond your financial capacity. -The start-up project is still in its initial stage, factors including the operation and underlying technology of the project, and other related regulatory activities might contribute to significant risks. -Advanced technical and financial knowledge is required to understand, and evaluate the inherent risks of crypto-asset investment. -The market volatility is high, and the price of a token might fluctuate drastically due to technical, regulatory, and marketing factors. -Users may not be able to withdraw all the purchased tokens due to technical issues of the project or Gate.io. (3) Requirements for participants -The participant should register on Gate.io and Log in; -After logging in, complete user identity verification; -Deposit a certain amount of cryptocurrencies in your gate.io account; -Sign the Purchase Agreement on Startup before placing orders. Gateway to Crypto Trade over 1,400 cryptocurrencies safely, quickly and easily on Gate.io [Sign up](https://www.gate.io/signup "Sign up") to enter the crypto gateway and get 40% commission from [referrals](https://www.gate.io/referral "referrals") [Download iOS/Android App](https://www.gate.io/mobileapp?ch=ann27560 "Download iOS/Android App") right now. Reach out to us! Twitter: https://twitter.com/gate_io GateVIP Twitter: https://twitter.com/GateioVIP Telegram: https://t.me/gate_io API Telegram: https://t.me/gateioapi Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gateioglobal Medium: https://gateio.medium.com/ Podcast: https://gateio.buzzsprout.com/?ch=buzzs Gate.io Team January 13th, 2023