Gate is closing the week from a position of market strength. DefiLlama data shows the exchange recorded more than $605 million in net inflows over the past month, the third-highest figure among all centralized exchanges globally, while its 24-hour futures open interest has surpassed $10.59 billion, again placing Gate among the top three platforms worldwide. Net inflows — deposits minus withdrawals — are a widely watched proxy for where trader capital is consolidating across centralized venues, while open interest, the total value of unsettled futures contracts, reflects how much leveraged positioning a platform is carrying.

That growing market share has coincided with activity across several product lines: an expanded equities ecosystem, a record in stable asset subscriptions, and a slate of new events and launchpool campaigns. The breadth tracks a broader convergence between crypto platforms and traditional finance, in which brokerages and exchanges on both sides have increasingly been adding each other's asset classes.

Gate Stocks: Innovation Section, Top Rankings, and a Video Series

Gate Stocks rolled out an innovation stock trading section this week, adding companies such as ChangXin Memory Technologies, China's largest DRAM maker; Unitree Robotics, the Chinese firm behind widely covered humanoid and quadruped robots; and CATL, the world's largest electric-vehicle battery maker. The expansion lifts the total number of stocks and ETFs available to more than 12,540, spanning U.S., Hong Kong, Korean, and now innovation-tier markets.

The product growth was accompanied by strong external rankings. RootData rated Gate No. 1 globally in its overall derivatives score with 96 points, based on metrics including futures volume, market share, and liquidity, while the exchange's overall spot score placed No. 2 globally at 79.55 points.

Gate also debuted the first episode of its Gate Stocks video series, featuring Lucas Sum, Head of Market Development, Equities. The episode examines the convergence between crypto and traditional equity markets, the growing trend of multi-asset investing, and Gate's positioning as a unified interface for digital asset and equity exposure — accessible without switching between platforms.

Korean Semiconductor Stocks Lead Derivatives Activity

South Korean semiconductor names were among the week's most active movers in Gate's stock derivatives segment. Samsung Electronics rose 2.42% in 24 hours to $194.04, while SK Hynix climbed 3.26% to $1,162.84. The two companies are the world's largest memory-chip makers, and their shares are widely followed as bellwethers of the global semiconductor cycle.

CoinGlass data shows Gate SAMSUNG futures reached $8.37 million in open interest, placing the contract among the top two in the industry, while Gate SKHX futures recorded $23.99 million, ranking among industry leaders.

gStocks Performance and Dividend Distribution

In the tokenized stocks segment, the 2X Long SNDK Daily ETF (SNXXG/USDT) led single-day gainers with a 7.00% rise in 24 hours, followed by SanDisk (SNDKG/USDT) at +3.60% and AXT Inc (AXTIG/USDT) at +3.31%. Gate gStocks supports 24/7 trading with unified account access, offering low-barrier entry points into popular global equities via crypto infrastructure — a contrast with the fixed weekday sessions of conventional stock exchanges.

Gate also completed cash dividend distributions for 67 U.S.-listed stocks, including Apple (AAPL), Morgan Stanley (MS), Texas Instruments (TXN), and Blackstone (BX). The distributions covered corporate pay dates from August 10 to August 14, with dividends credited in USDT equivalent to eligible users on a pro-rata basis. No action was required from users, illustrating how tokenized-equity programs wrap traditional corporate actions into crypto-native settlement.

GUSD Reaches Record Subscription Volume

Gate's yield-bearing stable asset, GUSD, has hit a record cumulative subscription volume of $257 million. Holders earn a 3.8% base APR, with rewards distributed daily and full flexibility on deposits and withdrawals. Yield-bearing dollar assets have become an increasingly competitive category across crypto, with tokenized money-market funds and on-chain dollar products competing to pay holders directly — a benefit conventional stablecoins generally do not pass on to users.

For participants in the concurrent Gate Launchpool DOS staking campaign, the GUSD pool — now surpassing 93.06 million in total liquid volume — offers an estimated 6.36% staking APR, bringing the combined yield to 10.16%.

Launchpool Phase 371: Pipedog

Gate Launchpool's 371st phase runs from August 17 to August 31 (UTC), distributing 39,432,177 PIPEDOG tokens to users who stake BTC, ETH, or PIPEDOG. The format — staking established assets to earn a new token before it lists — has become a standard, low-friction distribution model across major exchanges. Rewards are paid to Spot Accounts hourly and are fully unlocked. The BTC and ETH pools each carry 16,557,314 PIPEDOG in rewards, while the native PIPEDOG pool offers 6,317,549.

Events Market: Esports Hub, Leaderboard, and Football Campaign

Gate Events Market expanded its offering with a new esports hub aggregating major competitions across Dota 2, League of Legends, CS2, and VALORANT. The hub consolidates match data, prediction probabilities, real-time scores, and trade information in a single interface, with support for event subscriptions and match notifications. The push extends a broader industry expansion of prediction markets beyond politics and traditional sports, and the four titles rank among the world's most-watched esports.

A new leaderboard rewards system launches alongside the first phase of the Events Points Campaign on August 17 at 10:00 UTC, requiring Gate App v8.32 or above. The mechanic follows a "Trade to Earn Cards, Scratch to Win, Compete for Points, Weekly Settlement" format, with the top 100 weekly users sharing a Prediction Points prize pool.

Running concurrently through August 31, the "Top Five European Leagues Kickoff Celebration" campaign offers a 200,000 USDT total prize pool for users participating in designated football Event Contracts, with kickoff rewards, loss compensation, and leaderboard incentives available. The campaign's name references the top flights of England, Spain, Italy, Germany, and France, whose seasons traditionally begin in August.