Gate has entered one of the busiest stretches in its 13-year history. The exchange has released a new brand video marking its anniversary and a global user base that has surpassed 60 million, while teasing a major new product set to be unveiled at TOKEN2049. The milestone week also brought a run of new futures listings, expanded stock trading coverage, upgraded reward campaigns, and a compliance achievement in Europe.

A Platform Hitting Its Stride

The new brand video, “One Gate, Every Trade: The Journey Continues,” traces Gate’s growth since its 2013 founding and captures the platform at its current scale: more than 5,200 cryptocurrencies supported, over 12,800 stocks and ETFs available, and rankings of second in global spot trading and third in futures. The video reaffirms Gate’s commitment to 100% reserves and highlights its partnership with Oracle Red Bull Racing.

The momentum extends beyond symbolism. Gate Founder and CEO Dr. Han stated on X that the platform is building a new integrated product spanning digital assets, stocks, wealth management, and payments, with further details expected at the upcoming TOKEN2049 conference. TOKEN2049, one of the industry’s largest annual conferences, has historically served as the venue for major product debuts across the crypto sector.

New Futures and Pre-Market Listings

Gate has broadened its derivatives offering on multiple fronts. STAMP, a Solana community project tied to Zcash Shielded Assets, and ORBIO, an on-chain AI credit marketplace built on Robinhood Chain, have been added as perpetual futures with 1–10x leverage, along with Trading Bots and Copy Trading support. The platform’s Robinhood Section also welcomed AGRIPPA and MON perpetual futures — two tokens on the Robinhood chain with backstories rooted in Roman history and internet meme culture, respectively.

On the pre-market side, Gate launched OURAUSDT perpetual futures, a notable listing tied to Oura Ring, the global smart ring brand known for its health-monitoring wearables. The exchange also introduced pre-market futures for MOONSHOTUSDT, giving traders exposure to Moonshot AI (KIMI AI) before any public listing, with pricing based on an assumed total share count of 1 billion. Pre-market futures have become an increasingly common offering among major exchanges, providing price discovery for prominent names ahead of official public listings. A dedicated trading competition with a 50,000 USDT prize pool is live through October 2.

Stock futures coverage has now surpassed 450 assets. Open interest in SpaceX (SPCX) futures reached $98.48 million, while Micron Technology (MU) hit $71.03 million — both ranking third industry-wide, according to CoinGlass. A newly added Innovation Section brings 40 popular stock perpetuals, including CXMT, Unitree Robotics, and CATL, with leverage of up to 75x.

Metals, Tokenized Equities, and Macro Markets

Gold and silver futures continue to see strong activity on the platform. Gate’s XAU futures posted $412 million in 24-hour trading volume, ranking second globally, while XAG futures recorded $163 million, also placing second. Both contracts are settled in USDT and trade around the clock through Gate’s Unified Account system.

In tokenized equities, semiconductor names led the gainers on Gate gStocks: the GraniteShares 2x Long INTC Daily ETF rose 15.73%, Arm Holdings gained 14.03%, and the Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X ETF surged 12.96% over 24 hours. Gate gStocks operates on a 1:1 fully backed native stock reserve model and supports fractional trading from as little as 1 USDT. Tokenized equities have gained traction across the industry over the past year as exchanges and trading platforms extend their offerings into traditional stock exposure.

According to Gate Ventures’ latest weekly report, macro conditions shifted last week as the U.S. Federal Reserve raised rates by 25 basis points to 3.75–4.00%. Crypto markets rebounded despite the hike: BTC gained 5.6%, ETH rose 6.7%, and total market capitalization climbed 6.3%. The report also highlighted continued institutional capital flow into digital asset infrastructure, including a $110 million Series B expansion for market data provider Kaiko led by S&P Global.

Prediction Markets and Event Contracts

Gate Prediction Markets Season 6 is now underway, following a Season 5 that distributed more than 31,744 USDT in prizes. The Season 6 pool stands at 47,193 USDT. Market-implied data from the platform shows 53% of participants expecting a 25-basis-point Fed rate cut in October, while BTC reaching $90,000 in 2026 carries an 82% implied probability and ETH hitting $3,000 is priced at 76%.

Phase 2 of the Event Contracts Trading Competition runs through October 1, with up to 12,500 USDT in rewards. Gate was the first platform to expand Event Contracts into traditional equities, supporting 5- and 15-minute directional trades on both crypto and stock assets. Prediction markets drew a wave of mainstream attention during the 2024 U.S. election cycle, and platforms have since broadened event contracts beyond politics into financial markets.

Rewards, Launchpool, and User Campaigns

Gate Launchpool is currently running four simultaneous pools — MarsCat (MCAT), Interfold (FOLD), Hunter Biden’s Laptop (LAPTOP), and FastX Network (FXNW) — with peak APRs reaching 668.22% for FOLD and 444.43% for MCAT. Total rewards across the three featured pools exceed $1.3 million.

Gate Convert is running a dual campaign through September 28. The “Convert Lucky Draw Challenge” offers Mystery Box draws that include ETH and Dual Investment Trial Funds for users with 30,000 or more USDT in cumulative volume, while the New User Benefits campaign lets newcomers earn up to 1,305 CHECK in total.

A major upgrade to the referral system has also launched. The “New User Challenge,” running through October 7, carries a total prize pool of $680,000. Inviters earn Mystery Box chances each time a referred friend unlocks one of six product levels — Deposit, Spot, Futures, CFD, Prediction Markets, and Stocks — with individual box rewards of up to $2,000.

Gate Futures Points Airdrop Phase 145 launches on September 24, allowing users with 40 or more Futures Points to claim 100 USDT position vouchers and those with 90–120+ points to claim 0.016 QQQG. Gate Card is also running a 100% FX fee rebate campaign through October 17, offering up to 50 USDT in rebates for cross-border spending.

Stablecoins, Compliance, and AI in Finance

Gate Idle Earn has added support for USD1, the stablecoin from World Liberty Financial (WLFI), with a base APR of 6.8% — combining 1.5% in USD1 and 5.3% in WLFI rewards — and up to 8.16% for high-volume futures users.

On the compliance front, Gate Europe achieved PCI DSS v4.0.1 Level 1 certification, the highest tier of the standard, covering Gate Connect, Gate Card, and their supporting infrastructure. PCI DSS is the global security standard governing payment card data handling, with Level 1 applying to the largest-volume processors. Gate Europe CEO Dr. Giovanni Cunti described the certification as “another step in strengthening our payment infrastructure,” as the company continues its expansion across the continent under its MiCA and Payment Institution authorisations. MiCA, the European Union’s unified crypto-asset framework, took full effect at the end of 2024.

Dr. Cunti also shared broader thoughts on AI’s role in finance, noting that blockchain’s programmable infrastructure and real-time on-chain data create a natural environment for AI agents to interpret financial objectives and act within defined constraints — an area Gate Europe is actively exploring.

Platform Metrics

Gate recorded approximately $114 million in net inflows over a 24-hour period, ranking second among all centralized exchanges globally according to DefiLlama. GT, the platform’s native token, gained 40.15% over the past 30 days and 67.38% over 90 days, and was trading at around 11.17 USDT at the time of writing.

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