Gate's most recent product cycle unfolded against a turbulent macroeconomic backdrop. According to the platform's latest Institutional Weekly Report, energy shocks, persistent inflation, and expectations of further Federal Reserve rate hikes shaped market sentiment during the week. WTI crude oil briefly climbed above $100, the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield approached 5% intraday, and BTC slipped to approximately $76,800. Institutional flows diverged sharply: BTC exchange-traded funds recorded roughly $463 million in net outflows, while ETH ETFs attracted about $197 million in net inflows. Despite the volatility, Gate's TradFi weekly trading volume reached approximately $120 billion.

Against that backdrop, Gate expanded into traditional equities with what the company describes as the world's first stock event contracts. The initial lineup covers MU, SNDK, SKHYNIX, and Unitree Robotics, joining existing crypto event contracts for BTC, ETH, SOL, and other assets. The product requires no leverage or margin and allows users to close positions early. A dedicated trading competition runs through September 21, offering a 60,000 USDT reward pool.

The launch coincided with independent validation of Gate's market standing. CoinGecko's liquidity analysis, based on order book data from August 25 to September 7, ranked the exchange first in Top-of-Book depth share on seven of the 30 tracked spot pairs — including BTC (27.3%), ETH (37.5%), and XRP (39.2%) — and first or second on 28 of the 30 pairs overall, reinforcing its position as a leading venue for execution quality. The combination of new equity-linked products, prediction markets, and existing spot and derivatives activity gives traders multiple formats for accessing markets from a single platform, while the CoinGecko figures provide a contemporaneous measure of liquidity for the spot pairs it assessed.

Arc Integration, Precious Metals, and TradFi Infrastructure

Gate was among the first exchanges to integrate Circle's Arc blockchain following its launch on September 16, enabling asset discovery and trading across Gate Wallet, Gate Trenches, on-chain market data, and derivatives. Gate Trenches additionally offers zero-gas trading on Arc as an exclusive feature.

Precious metals moved sharply after the Fed's rate decision, with gold and silver prices retreating roughly 3% from intraday highs. Gate's silver futures posted a 24-hour trading volume of $253 million, ranking second in the industry, while XAUT open interest reached approximately $127 million, also second among venues. XAUT traded at $4,281.15 (−0.77%), and XAG stood at $63.41 (−1.78%).

Equities activity was equally notable. In the United States, AXT Inc. (AXTI), Semtech (SMTC), and Forgent Power Solutions (FPS) rose 11.36%, 11.14%, and 11.12%, respectively. In Japan, Land Co. (8918), PowerX (485A), and Lasertec (6920) gained 10.00%, 8.97%, and 8.06%. To broaden its equities coverage, Gate Futures Stock Section launched perpetual futures, trading bots, and copy trading for seven instruments on September 18 — PATH (UiPath), CYPH, HUT, APLD, AGPU, QLD, and CONL — with leverage of up to 20x.

Prediction Markets: New Features and Live Events

Gate Prediction Markets introduced the Combo feature and a dedicated U.S. Midterm Elections hub, both accessible via Gate App version 8.37. Combo lets users combine multiple selections — match outcomes, spreads, totals, and exact scores — into a single parlay-style order. The Midterm Elections hub consolidates Senate, House, and gubernatorial markets, with filters by election type, party, state, and race rating, supplemented by election maps and seat share data. A concurrent "Crypto Rules Frontline" contract trading leaderboard campaign carries a prize pool of up to 20,000 USDT.

Among events currently live, Gate's Prediction Market is running markets on Brentford vs. Chelsea (Premier League Matchday , September 18, 19:00 UTC), with support rates of 35%, 41%, and 26% for a home win, away win, and draw, respectively. The Points Season 5 total prize pool has reached 46,413 USDT. A "Prediction Market Launch Gift" campaign runs through September 28, offering new users 1:1 loss compensation of up to 20 USDT on a qualifying first trade, daily check-in rewards from a 28,000 USDT pool, and an additional 10,000 USDT pool exclusive to VIP users.

Meme Markets, New Listings, and On-Chain Activity

Gate's Meme sector spans 156 spot assets and 80 USDT perpetual assets, with order book depth near mid-price at approximately 8.92 million USDT (spot) and 40.97 million USDT (perpetual). DOGE led both categories, posting 24-hour volumes of roughly $23.59 million (spot) and $47.35 million (perpetual). The token 龙虾 recorded approximately $10.90 million in spot volume and $19.84 million in perpetual volume.

Robinhood Chain Meme activity continued to climb, with combined spot and perpetual volume across Gate's Robinhood Chain markets approaching 30 million USDT in 24 hours. PONS spot volume reached approximately $12.89 million (second industrywide) and CASHCAT approximately $2.70 million (also second). Gate Futures Robinhood Section additionally launched MUSEBOOK perpetual futures, settled in USDT with 1–10x leverage, complete with trading bots and copy trading. In the Meme futures category, GSTOCKBSC perpetual futures (1–10x leverage) were also introduced; GSTOCKBSC is a community token associated with Genius.Fun, a BSC Stock-Meme launchpad operated by Genius Foundation.

Among new listings, Gate launched spot trading for Hunter Biden's Laptop (LAPTOP) on September 18. A Launchpool campaign running through October 9 allows users to stake BTC or LAPTOP to share 1,289,608 LAPTOP tokens, distributed hourly. Separately, the third and final distribution of Gate Pre-IPOs #2 OpenAI (OPENAI) asset certificates was completed on September 17, fully unlocking the remaining 40%; the certificates previously peaked above $986, with subscription returns reaching up to 36.57%.

On the ETF front, Gate launched ZEC5L/USDT and ZEC5S/USDT, providing 5x long and short exposure to ZEC, bringing the platform's total ETF token count to 423. A ZEC ETF Trading Challenge runs September 17–24, with up to 50,000 USDT in ZEC equivalent unlockable through cumulative trading volume milestones, capped at 500 USDT per user.

Content, Metrics, and Community Campaigns

Gate Talk Episode 7 features on-chain researcher Feng Mi (@KuiGas), who outlined four dimensions for evaluating airdrops — odds, probability, cost, and competition — and noted a structural shift away from high-volume multi-account strategies toward genuine ecosystem participation. He also discussed practical applications of AI for project tracking and risk analysis across on-chain and multi-asset trading.

According to DefiLlama data, Gate's 24-hour futures open interest currently exceeds $11.976 billion, placing the exchange among the top three centralized venues.

On the community side, Gate Social Growth Points Lucky Draw Round 23 is live through September 29, with new Live and Creator-exclusive task categories added alongside standard engagement missions. Every 300 Growth Points earns one draw entry, with prizes including a 5,000 USDT Position Voucher and various platform benefits. The Futures Points Airdrop Phase 143 launches on September 20, offering 100 USDT position vouchers and 12 USD1 claimable against Futures Points balances, using a decreasing threshold mechanism that gives priority access to users with higher point holdings.

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