$200 Referral Bonus + 10% Match on USDG (up to $300/$3,000) — My Money Blog

Crypto exchange OKX is currently offering both a boosted $200 bonus in crypto and a 10% deposit match on USDG stablecoin (up to 300 USDG on 3,000 USDG deposit). Details below. Offer expires 10/31 at 6pm.

Here are the steps for the $200 bonus for new OKX customers:

• Sign up via 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 98751693. Thanks if you use it!

• Complete identity verification (driver’s license and smartphone selfie).
• Deposit $200+ of either cash (link bank account via Plaid) or crypto within 30 days.
• Buy $200 or more of crypto (can be 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.

Note: Before you deposit any cash, opt into the deposit match bonus first so you can “double dip” if you plan on buying USDG (the conservative approach).

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.

Here are the details on the 10% deposit match:

• Get a 10% match for every 500 USDG you deposit (buy) and hold for 90 days, up to a max reward of 300 USDG after depositing 3000 USDG (pegged 1:1 = $3,000).
• To be clear, this works in increments of 500.

  So if you buy/deposit 1,200 USDG, you’ll only get 100 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 before you can use, trade, or withdraw them.

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 for 90 days 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.)