Gate recorded more than $118.32 million in net inflows over the past seven days, ranking third among all global centralized exchanges according to DefiLlama data. Net inflows — assets moving onto a platform minus those leaving — are a widely followed gauge of how user balances are shifting across trading venues, which makes the weekly ranking a snapshot of relative exchange activity. The weekly figure arrived alongside two notable product moves that underscore the exchange's continued push into traditional finance: the launch of a compliant real-world asset tokenization trading zone developed in partnership with Ondo, and precious metals futures that held top-two industry rankings through a volatile macro session.

The developments point to a broader pattern across the week's activity — an expanding product lineup reaching well beyond spot crypto. The full rundown is below.

Tokenized Equities Zone Launches With Ondo

Gate's Stock Token Zone listed seven new tokenized equities on September 28 — MAG7XON, BRAINON, YLD5ON, YLD8ON, BLKHION, BLKDIGON, and BLKGRWON — developed through the exchange's collaboration with Ondo. The zone supports spot and convert trading, operates around the clock, allows fractional trading, and enables on-chain transfers settled in USDT. The model is designed to meet emerging regulatory standards for tokenized assets, bridging traditional equity exposure with on-chain infrastructure. That combination is what gives the launch significance beyond a single listing: it packages conventional equity exposure with crypto-native mechanics — around-the-clock markets, fractional units, and stablecoin settlement — inside a compliance-oriented structure.

Precious Metals Stay Active as Gold and Silver Slip

Stronger-than-expected US consumer confidence data pushed gold and silver lower, with gold trading at $4,225.56 (down 1.45% in 24 hours) and silver at $62.69 (down 2.41%), per CoinGlass. Amid the volatility, Gate's metals contracts saw significant activity: Gate Silver (XAG) futures logged $59.57 million in 24-hour trading volume, while Gate Gold (XAU) open interest reached approximately $417.78 million — both ranking second in the industry. The session showed how directly traditional macro releases now feed into crypto-exchange order books, with contracts on an asset class outside digital assets carrying sizable volume and open interest through the move.

Launchpool and Yield Products

Gate Launchpool is running three simultaneous campaigns. Interfold (FOLD) leads with a 590.76% APR in its FOLD staking pool, which carries total rewards of approximately ,125 USDT. The meme-themed Hunter Biden's Laptop (LAPTOP) is yielding 263.05% APR. Tether Gold (XAUT) rounds out the trio with more conservative terms: the USDT pool offers 3.35% APR, with total staked liquidity exceeding 98.45 million USDT, indicating strong participation at the lower-risk end.

The Idle Earn × Simple Earn limited-time event has entered its second phase, running through late October. VIP 3–14 users who meet a 100,000 USDT net deposit threshold and subscribe to the USDT 7-Day Fixed-Term product receive an additional 7.3% rate-up APR on top of the 3.7% base rate, bringing the total to 11%. A lower tier — requiring 50,000 USDT in net deposits with Idle Earn enabled — offers a combined 5% APR.

Equity and Dividend Activity

Gate has completed USDT-equivalent cash dividend distributions for 173 U.S.-listed stocks, covering names including BlackRock (BLK), UnitedHealth (UNH), Bank of America (BAC), Qualcomm (QCOM), Lockheed Martin (LMT), and PayPal (PYPL). The distributions cover company payment dates from September 21–25 and span twelve sectors, from technology and semiconductors to real estate REITs. The process is automated and requires no action from users.

U.S. stock trading on Gate showed broad strength, with three names rising more than 10% in a single session: Functional Brands (MEHA) led at +16.98%, followed by Genius Sports (GENI) at +11.22% and Almonty Industries (ALM) at +10.73%. Gate's equities offering covers more than 12,800 stocks and ETF assets across U.S., Japanese, Hong Kong, and Korean markets. Automated dividend distribution and multi-market coverage of that scale form the operational plumbing behind the traditional-finance expansion that runs through the rest of the week's news.

Derivatives and Prediction Markets

Gate ETF has listed QNT3L/USDT and QNT3S/USDT, providing 3x long and 3x short exposure to Quant (QNT), both at an initial net value of 1 USDT. A new listing trading challenge runs through October 8 with a 60,000 USDT reward pool, including a first-trade reward for the first 1,000 eligible users, daily check-ins for traders with 1,000 USDT or more in daily volume, and community trading milestones unlocking up to 30,000 USDT.

Gate Event Contracts Trading Competition Round 2 is in its final stretch, running through October 1 with up to 12,500 USDT in total rewards. The product supports directional predictions on major crypto assets — BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, HYPE, DOGE, and BNB — as well as equities including Micron Technology and SK hynix, across timeframes from 5 minutes to 4 hours.

Gate Prediction Markets is also registering notable commodities activity: the platform currently implies a 70% probability of WTI crude oil hitting $95 in September. As with any prediction market, the implied figure reflects pricing on Gate's own platform rather than an outside forecast, making it a live read on where the platform's participants see the odds. The Points Season 6 prize pool has reached 57,935 USDT, with the top-ranked participant's estimated reward at 7,926 USDT.

Ecosystem and Campaigns

Gate Trenches has launched a Public Chain Showdown pitting BSC against Robinhood chain, running September 28 through October 11. Users register for one or both teams and trade eligible tokens on the respective chain; the team with the higher total eligible volume at close wins, and only members of the winning team share the unlockable reward pool of up to 100,000 USDT. Traders on the Robinhood chain benefit from a limited-time zero-gas fee during the event.

Baola, a social meme trading platform backed by Gate Ventures, has entered public beta. The platform aggregates KOL calls, on-chain trading data, and community interactions, with features including KOL Rankings, Callout Rankings, and a Follow function for tracking active market participants. Users can publish calls and view historical caller performance relative to subsequent token price movements.

Gate Futures Points Airdrop Phase 146 is live as of September 26. Users holding 40 or more Futures Points can redeem 20 points for a 100 USDT position voucher, while those in the 90–120 points range can redeem 15 points for 0.016 QQQG. Both pools run on a first-come, first-served basis.

The week's campaigns are also staggered across the calendar rather than clustered: the Event Contracts competition closes October 1, the ETF listing challenge runs through October 8, and the Public Chain Showdown concludes October 11, with the Idle Earn second phase extending into late October — a cadence that stretches this week's product push well into the new month.

Source: Metaverse Post