More than 3,000 registered users and upgraded 200 BTC Prize Pool

    Leading global derivatives exchange, Bitget, today announced its bi-annual 
trading competition - King's Cup Global Invitational (KCGI), has officially 
begun. Due to overwhelming response since its launch, the deadline for 
registration has been extended. While the actual competition will still 
commence on May 20, 10:00 (UTC +8), participants can continue to register for 
the competition from May 20, 10 :00 (UTC +8) to May 24, 10:00 (UTC+8). KCGI 
2022 will officially conclude by June 10, 10:00 (UTC+8).

    When registration for KCGI 2022 officially opened on May 9, a record number 
of 500 registrants were recorded, signifying a positive response for the 
long-awaited return of the trading competition for the Bitget community. To 
date, more than 3,000 registrants have been recorded, representing a 500% 
increase since launch day. In light of such an overwhelming response from the 
community, and following the momentum of last year's popularity, the 
registration window has now been extended by four days to May 24.

    Commenting on the official commencement of the competition, Bitget's CEO, 
Sandra Lou said, "Leveraging on the growing influence of trading competitions, 
as well as the successful run of KCGI, we will continue our efforts in 
introducing more rewarding and enticing initiatives for our users to 
participate in. Most importantly, we look forward to giving our users more 
options when looking to diversify their investment portfolio.

    Sandra continued to add, "We are extremely heartened to see the 
overwhelming response from users during the initial round of registration. With 
this unprecedented move of extending the deadline, we are looking forward to 
seeing the competition unfold. Let the games begin!"

    For more information on KCGI, please visit 
https://www.bitget.com/en/kcgi/spring/2022

    About Bitget

    Established in 2018, Bitget is one of the world's leading cryptocurrency 
exchanges. Currently serving over two million users in more than 50 countries 
around the world, Bitget accelerated its mission to promote decentralised 
finance in 2021. The platform has now become one of the world's largest crypto 
copy trading and derivatives exchanges, and is ranked in the top five globally 
by CoinMarketCap and CoinGecko for derivatives trading by volume.

    Source - Bitget