Cryptocurrency exchange Gate has announced the launch of Trenches, an all-in-one on-chain trading platform designed to combine the accessibility of a centralized exchange with the functionality of on-chain markets. Built to deliver a more cost-efficient trading experience, the platform features reduced fees along with a limited-time gas fee waiver, allowing users to conduct on-chain transactions directly through Gate without repeatedly moving between different platforms.

The launch reflects a broader industry trend in which major centralized exchanges have been building in-app on-chain trading features, lowering the technical barriers — such as wallet setup, seed phrase management, and gas payments — that have traditionally separated centralized and decentralized trading. Gate's move positions it alongside other large exchanges that have expanded into aggregated on-chain token trading in recent years.

Simple, Low-Cost Fee Structure

Trenches applies a flat 0.5% fee to both buy and sell transactions and currently waives gas fees for trades involving Robinhood Chain-based assets. According to Gate, the reduced transaction costs are intended to give traders greater flexibility in managing capital and to support more frequent trading of emerging on-chain assets, including Meme tokens and early-stage projects. On most public blockchains, users ordinarily pay network gas fees for each transaction, so bundled or waived gas costs are a common approach platforms use to reduce friction for on-chain activity.

The platform also streamlines access to digital assets. Users can trade with assets such as USDT without connecting external wallets or completing additional procedures involving wallet creation, transfers, connections, and transaction approvals. Via the Gate App or web interface, users can search for a token by name or contract address, view real-time market information and charts, and execute trades directly — a "search-and-trade" model that operates across supported blockchains.

Expanded Market Access and Social Trading Capabilities

Trenches is also positioned as a platform focused on Meme trading and social interaction. Gate plans to introduce features such as the Callout leaderboard, a KOL leaderboard, and active-account showcases. These tools are intended to help users identify market trends, monitor prominent traders, and follow activity within Meme-focused communities — an approach that mirrors social and copy-trading features popularized on Meme-focused platforms, where community activity and influencer calls often drive attention to newly launched tokens.

The platform supports a broad selection of on-chain assets across multiple networks, including Robinhood Chain, SOL, ETH, Gate Layer, BSC, Base, Sui, ARB, World Chain, AVAX, Polygon, Linea, ZK, OP, and Berachain. This selection spans emerging micro-cap tokens and Meme coins, giving traders access to a wider range of early-stage and trending assets.

Trenches also leverages Gate's existing liquidity infrastructure and high-performance matching engine. According to the company, this infrastructure is intended to support faster order execution and reduce slippage and waiting times, particularly during periods of heightened market activity.

The launch forms part of Gate's broader Web3 strategy, with the company positioning Trenches as a step toward lowering barriers to on-chain trading and expanding its Web3 product ecosystem. Gate said it plans to continue developing its Web3 trading capabilities and refining the platform's features and user experience. How the platform's fee waivers, leaderboard features, and multi-chain coverage evolve — and whether additional networks and social trading tools are rolled out — will indicate the pace of that expansion.

Trenches is available through the latest version of the Gate App and Gate's web platform. Users can access supported on-chain markets and, during the promotional period, trade eligible Robinhood Chain-based assets without gas fees.

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