Gate News bot message, according to the official Gate announcement on February 12, 2026
Gate Launchpool has launched the 360th mining project, listing Aztec (AZTEC) tokens. Users can stake BTC, USDT, or AZTEC to share in 2,587,500 AZTEC tokens for free. The mining period is from February 12, 2026, 20:00 to February 22, 2026, 20:00 (UTC+8), with rewards automatically distributed to spot accounts every hour, and a 100% unlock ratio.
The BTC and USDT staking pools have lock-up limits that will be dynamically adjusted based on users’ total trading volume over 60 days. The system distributes token rewards hourly based on each user’s staked assets proportion. Additionally, the USDT beginner pool offers exclusive benefits: new users who stake continuously for at least 48 hours and maintain an average effective stake of at least 100 USDT can receive a 100 USDT position experience voucher, with a total of 3,000 spots available.
Aztec is a privacy-first Layer 2 solution on Ethereum, dedicated to helping developers build privacy-protecting applications. The project received a $100 million Series B funding led by a16z, and its team consists of world-class cryptographers.
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