Gate’s week was shaped by three converging storylines. The exchange recorded $201.96 million in net inflows over seven days, placing it among the global top three centralized exchanges according to DefiLlama, the on-chain analytics platform that tracks asset flows across exchanges. It completed the rollout of Japanese stock trading to its mobile App, giving users unified USDT-based access to equities across four major markets. And it became the first exchange to launch pre-market perpetual futures trading on Shein ahead of the fast-fashion company’s Hong Kong Stock Exchange debut. Taken together, the developments show a platform advancing in parallel across institutional scale, cross-asset infrastructure, and derivatives coverage.

Platform Metrics

On the 24-hour timeframe, Gate posted $20.54 million in net inflows, ranking second globally among centralized exchanges. Net inflows measure the balance of user assets deposited into exchange custody wallets against withdrawals, and the metric is closely watched as a gauge of where funds are moving across platforms. Futures open interest over the same period exceeded $12.1 billion, also placing the exchange within the top three CEXs worldwide.

Equities Expansion

The Japanese stock App launch stands as the most substantive product development of the period. The Tokyo Stock Exchange ranks among Asia’s largest equity markets, and the initial offering covers approximately 300 of its listed names — among them Toyota, Sony, SoftBank, Nintendo, and Tokyo Electron — all accessible through a unified USDT account. Gate’s global equities coverage now spans the US, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Japan, with more than 12,800 stocks and ETFs available across markets.

Lucas Sum, Gate’s Head of Market Development for Equities, noted during Coinfest Asia 2026 that platform competition is shifting from trading scale toward cross-market and multi-asset service capability — a shift the Japanese App rollout directly expresses.

On rankings, RootData placed Gate second globally among stock spot exchanges with an overall score of 79.28, making it the only top-three platform to record growth in both 24-hour order book trading volume (up 9.06% to approximately $67.03 million) and market share (up 2.73% to 15.73%).

In tokenized equities, the gStocks sector posted strong 24-hour gains, led by MicroStrategy (MSTRG/USDT, +11.61%), Circle (CRCLG/USDT, +4.58%), and Palantir (PLTRG/USDT, +4.52%). Tech stock tokens tracked similar momentum, with NVIDIA (NVDAG/USDT) up 3.49%, SpaceX (SPCXG/USDT) up 2.53%, and Meta (METAG/USDT) up 0.99%.

Derivatives and New Listings

Gate launched pre-market perpetual futures on Shein (SHEINUSDT), a move described as an industry first ahead of the fast-fashion company’s Hong Kong Stock Exchange debut. Shein is a Singapore-headquartered online fast-fashion retailer founded in China in 2012. The contract supports 1–10x leverage, allowing traders to take long or short positions and establish price discovery before shares officially begin trading.

The exchange also added four perpetual futures contracts — DJT (Trump Media & Technology Group), RAM (Roundhill T-REX 2X Long DRAM Daily Target ETF), TEM (Tempus AI), and MARA (Marathon Digital Holdings) — all USDT-margined and supporting up to 20x leverage.

In derivatives performance, Gate’s NVDAX futures open interest reached $10.44 million with $25.18 million in trading volume, both ranking first among centralized exchanges per CoinGlass. SpaceX (SPCX) futures — tied to the privately held space company — saw open interest reach $112 million, ranking second. Changxin Memory Technologies (CXMT), China’s largest domestic memory-chip maker, posted open interest of $6.43 million, ranking first among major CEXs per CoinMarketCap data.

In metals, Gate’s silver (XAG) futures open interest reached $72.83 million, placing it among the top two industry-wide, while silver spot trading reached a 24-hour high of $69.76. Pons (PONS) was also listed for spot and Convert trading during the period.

Research and Institutional

Gate Institutional’s weekly report noted that BTC and ETH broke above key technical levels over the past week, triggering a short squeeze and diverging from US equities. Spot BTC ETF net inflows reached approximately $1.918 billion, with ETH ETFs recording $693 million; spot Bitcoin ETFs, which launched in the United States in January 2024, have become a closely tracked channel for institutional exposure. On-chain activity recovered across Base and Solana, stablecoin supply expanded — led by USDC and Ripple’s RLUSD — and BTC open interest rose to approximately $12.6 billion as funding rates climbed. Gate TradFi weekly volume remained above $100 billion.

Gate Research published a report on crypto payment cards, a segment in which users spend stablecoin and crypto balances through card networks at everyday merchants, making tracked transaction volume one of the clearer measures of real-world crypto usage beyond trading. The report found that cumulative tracked volume has surpassed $10 billion, with monthly volume exceeding $1 billion and transaction count topping 10 million in July 2026. RedotPay, a Hong Kong-based card provider, holds approximately 56% of the tracked market. The report also covered Gate Card’s T0–T5 rewards structure, which offers up to 8% cashback, alongside its integration with WeChat Pay, Alipay, Meituan, and Taobao, as well as completed payment testing for select AI-powered digital services.

Event Markets and Campaigns

Gate’s event market was active across football, covering two LaLiga fixtures — Celta vs. Osasuna and Barcelona vs. Athletic, the latter attracting 79% support — and two Premier League matches: Crystal Palace vs. Man City and Liverpool vs. Forest. These sit within Gate’s “Big Five Leagues Kickoff” campaign (August 12–31), which features a 200,000 USDT total prize pool, 10 USDT prediction vouchers, and up to 100 USDT in loss protection per eligible trade. Gate’s second Event Points phase currently holds a prize pool of $18,699, with the top-ranked user projected to earn 5,609 USDT.

On the promotions side, Gate launched a new-user Event Contracts campaign (August 27 – September 9) offering a 5.5 USDT voucher on signup and trading volume rebates of up to 1%. The VIP Futures Trading Elite Challenge Season 4 runs August 31 – September 22, with a 60,000 USDT cash prize pool, 88g gold bars, Dyson gifts, and F1 race tickets for the top three finishers. Futures Points Airdrop Phase 135, launching August 31, offers eligible users 100 USDT position vouchers and 12 GUSD based on point balances.