FTT, the central token within the FTX ecosystem, served a pivotal role, offering a wide range of benefits and opportunities to users. The following use cases applied to the FTX token in the past, while it is currently only in circulation for trading as a crypto asset with no particular use case as of October 2023.
Enjoy Discounted Trading Fees on the FTX Exchange
FTT holders who engaged in crypto trading on the FTX market enjoyed significant discounts on their trading fees. To unlock these discounts, users needed to maintain a minimum of $100 worth of FTT coins in their accounts.
Access Special Rebates and Offers
Users holding a specified minimum quantity of FTT received rebates on all OTC trading orders executed on the FTX platform. Additionally, FTT holders could level up their trading accounts by accumulating FTT tokens.
Airdrops of Tokens on FTX Platform
FTT holders on FTX were eligible for weekly airdrops of specific tokens listed on the exchange. This provided traders with a unique and cost-effective means of diversifying their portfolios.
Collateral for Futures Trading
FTT served as collateral for futures trading on the FTX exchange. Furthermore, FTX had plans to extend the use of FTT as collateral for new services, including margin trading and Initial Exchange Offerings (IEOs).
Trading FTT on Crypto Exchanges
Before the FTX exchange's unfortunate collapse, FTT held a prominent position as one of the largest cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. It was the utility token for a major cryptocurrency exchange, allowing users to trade FTT against other cryptocurrencies on KuCoin and other supported platforms.
Staking FTT for Rewards on FTX
FTX encouraged FTT staking, fostering community engagement. Stakers received rewards from generated fees, including higher referral fees, additional discounts, voting rights in polls, increased airdrops, daily free ERC-20 and ETH withdrawals, and tickets for IEOs hosted on the exchange.
FTT Burn
FTX regularly used a portion of the trading fees collected to repurchase and burn FTT tokens. This strategic token burn aimed to create deflationary pressure and support the FTX Token price in the market.