Yes, but not directly if you're participating in an Epic Battle, at the end of it though you'll get a lot of gold. At the beginning of KaW they were pretty OP though. Being a guild hansel isn't a good idea unless you don't have enough gold to put up SOS. I hope I helped ya!
25 bil? If you have 25 bil then you should be putting SOS all over the place. Trust me, you'll be glad you did. You have enough for at most 8 SOS so I suggest either buying allies or putting those bad boys up.