Updated new bonus details, stackable. Crypto exchange OKX is currently offering a few different bonuses which may be stackable. Details below.
- New customers: up to $400 referral bonus Should auto-populate the promo code 79795662. Thanks mine, thanks if you use it!
- New and existing customers: Up to 250 USDG deposit match, via 5% match for every 1,000 USDG you deposit (buy) and hold for 90 days, up to a max reward of 250 USDG. Be sure to opt-in before making your big deposit!
- New and existing customers: 5% APY on USDG while you hold.
- New and existing customers: Free crypto via X Drops Club. Must maintain a $1,000+ portfolio of crypto (cash, USDC, and USDG stablecoin does not count). BTC, ETH, and other stablecoins do count. You must also “join” each airdrop before the window closes. More details here and here.
Up to $400 New customer bonus details. Here are the steps for the $150 + $250 bonus for new OKX customers:
- Sign up via special referral link. I think they allow either smartphone or browser sign-up, but identity verification may be easier on a smartphone. That’s my referral link, which should auto-populate with the promo code 79795662. Thanks if you use it!
- Complete identity verification (driver’s license and smartphone selfie).
- $150 BTC Bonus if you deposit $200+ of either cash (link bank account via Plaid) or crypto within 30 days, trade that $200 or more of crypto (can purchase stablecoin like USDG), and hold the assets for at least 30 days within a 90-day period. After 90 days, the bonus will be tradable and withdrawable.
- Additional $250 BTC Bonus bonus if you deposit at least $10,000.
- Stablecoins such as USDG, USDT, and USDC qualify for deposit, trading volume, and AUM holding requirements.
You should get confirmation of the bonus shortly after linking a bank account and making the trade. Here’s some app screenshots regarding my bonus, which are pretty clear. I did mine on 10/21/25 and so mine unlocks on 1/19/26. (The bonus used to be $200, but it went down to $50 and is currently $150. Not sure if it will ever go back to $200.)
5% Deposit match details. Here are the details on the 5% deposit match starting December 2025. This is a new promotion, separate from the previous 10% deposit match. Existing OKX customers can participate in this new one with new deposits.
- Be sure to “join” the offer before making your deposits, to get the match!
- Get a 5% match for every 1,000 USDG you deposit (buy) and hold for 90 days, up to a max reward of 250 USDG after depositing 5000 USDG (pegged 1:1 = $5,000). On-chain deposits of crypto and direct purchases of crypto via ACH bank transfer, debit card, or Apple Pay and Google Pay also count.
- This works in increments of 1,000. So if you buy/deposit 1,200 USDG, you’ll only get 50 USDG for meeting the 1,000 USDG tier. You can make multiple deposits and it will track them and add them up. See my screenshot of the tracker below.
- Your rewards make take up to 5 minutes to reflect.
- Rewards must be held for 90 days within a 180-day window before you can use, trade, or withdraw them.
Deposit match tiers and available rewards are defined as follows:
$1,000 to $1,999 -> 50 USDG
$2,000 to $2,999 -> 100 USDG
$3,000 to $3,999 -> 150 USDG
$4,000 to $4,999 -> 200 USDG
$5,000 and above -> 250 USDG
OKX is also paying 5% APY on USDG deposits currently. The deposit bonus works out to a payout of 5% over 90 days, or 20% annualized + 5% APY = 25% total annualized return over 90 days. In other words, if I put in $5,000, in 90 days I’ll expect to take out an extra $250 + ~$62 in interest = $312.
The app does a good job of showing you exactly how many days you have left in the hold period. If you see a date that is 180 days out, that refers to the 180-window. You have to meet the tier for 90 days within a 180-day window.
USDG stablecoin is not FDIC-insured. They claim to be fully backed by US Treasury Bills with monthly audits and regulated by Singapore, but I still plan to withdraw my USDG out into a real bank as soon as the holding period is over.
Please perform your own due diligence on crypto apps. They are not regulated on the same level as bank account or brokerage accounts. I usually don’t like to keep significant funds in there any longer than is required for the bonus to clear, but in this case the reward/risk ratio is acceptable to me. Here is the OKX Wikipedia page and they are profiled in the Forbes article “The World’s Most Trustworthy Crypto Exchanges”. (Also see: Kraken and Gemini bonuses.)
Note: OKX does not allow customers to be individuals residing in New York, Texas, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the US Virgin Islands.