YZi Labs invested tens of millions of dollars, with CZ personally serving as an advisor. How to earn Genius points?

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Last night, a major news broke in the community------YZi Labs invested "tens of millions of dollars" in DEX Genius, and CZ will personally join as an advisor.

Odaily Planet Daily brings you the first look at Genius, guiding you through the interaction with Genius and providing current interaction strategies based on personal testing.

Project Introduction

Genius is a privacy-centric decentralized trading platform that offers spot trading, perpetual contracts, and copy trading, supporting over 10 public chains including BNB Chain and Solana. The goal is to become an on-chain alternative to Binance------bringing the speed, liquidity, and privacy experience of CEX on-chain while maintaining complete self-custody and non-custodial (users hold their private keys). The platform has processed over $60 million in trading volume during its testing phase and plans to launch a public privacy protocol test in Q2 2026. As early as October 2024, Genius announced the completion of a $6 million seed round financing, led by CMCC Global, with participation from Cadenza Ventures, AVA Labs, Arca, Flow Traders, and others.

In response to the community's belief that "YZi Labs' investment in Genius is bad news for Aster," CZ posted on X platform stating, "Genius is a trading terminal connected to a trading platform, not a competitor to Aster."

Additionally, Genius's CMO Ryan also addressed similar questions in the community------"What are the differences between Aster and Genius? Why would YZi Labs invest in another Perp Dex project?" Ryan stated, "I think both are important, Aster is a very important perpetual contract exchange. I believe YZi Labs' motivation for investing in Genius is to enable everyone to access any token on any chain (which will soon be achieved privately)."

Genius's CMO Ryan discusses the relationship between Aster and Genius.

It is clear that both CZ and the Genius team believe that Genius and Aster are positioned differently and are not in direct competition.

Step-by-Step Guide

STEP 1. Go to the official website (link: https://www.tradegenius.com/ref/NY8SYH), enter through this invitation link to receive 500 GP points, click "Start Trading," then click "Sign In" at the top to log in with your wallet.

STEP 2. Click on "Airdrop" at the top to display the current account GP points and personal invitation link.

STEP 3. Under the "Airdrop" section, the first item is "Points," where completing a trading volume of $10,000 will earn you 1200 GP points. After exceeding $10,000, you will earn 200 GP points for every additional $1,000 in trading volume. Additionally, trading once daily on the platform will grant you a free chance to participate in the spin wheel, and for every additional $10,000 in trading volume, you will earn an extra spin opportunity, with no limit.

Other trading point-earning rules are as follows:

• Users earn 1 GP point for every $100 in spot trading volume / $1,000 in perpetual contract trading volume;
• After trading continuously for 7 days, you will earn a trading winning streak multiplier (interrupting trading for one day will reset this);
• Base multipliers and winning streak multipliers apply to users' spot and perpetual contract trading (recommended points are not included).

STEP 4. Under the "Airdrop" section, the next item is "Referrals," invite friends to earn more GP points.

STEP 5. Under the "Airdrop" section, the last item is "Social" (the "Token Rewards" section is not yet open, so skip it for now), with official social media information.

STEP 6. Click on "Deposit" at the top, supporting EVM, Solana, and SUI asset deposits, with ETH or USDC recommended by the official.

Current "Low Guarantee to Earn Points" Strategy Share

After practical interaction, I have summarized the "Low Guarantee to Earn Points" strategy, with the specific operational ideas as follows:

1. To minimize the wear caused by trading token prices, I chose spot trading between USDC and USDT.

2. Try to make the trading volume as large as possible; the gas fees paid for a $400 trade and a $100 trade are almost the same.

3. After unlocking the spin wheel with a trading volume of $10,000, you only need to trade once daily to qualify for the spin wheel, without needing to "flood the trading volume."