The middle of the week brings another wave of developments from Gate, spanning expanded cross-border financial services, fresh trading incentive campaigns, growing prediction market activity, precious metals derivatives, and notable moves across global stock markets. The company continues to broaden its ecosystem on multiple fronts, while a series of new promotions gives eligible users ways to earn rewards through staking, trading, referrals, and livestream participation. Here is a rundown of the latest Gate updates and market developments.

Gate Money Expands Cross-Border Financial Services and Rolls Out Account Opening Rewards

Gate Money is broadening its integrated financial services with cross-border deposit and withdrawal support in four major fiat currencies: the US dollar (USD), euro (EUR), British pound (GBP), and UAE dirham (AED). Using the SWIFT international banking network, eligible users can move funds internationally and manage multiple currencies without leaving the Gate ecosystem.

Through the Gate App, users can open a USD bank account in their own name, with no account-opening cost and fee-free USD deposits. The offering pairs conventional banking functions with cryptocurrency asset management: users can fund their accounts via bank transfers, crypto wallets, or their Gate Spot accounts. Supporting features include Convert for asset conversion, Earn for yield products, Gate Card for spending, and Pay for payments.

By consolidating cross-border transfers, asset management, and everyday payments in a single application, Gate Money aims to simplify international fund management. The arrangement mirrors a broader push among crypto platforms to offer banking-style services alongside trading. How quickly the announced expansion into Europe, Australia, and Dubai materializes will be a detail worth tracking as the service matures, along with the longer-term objective of supporting incoming payments in more than 60 local currencies.

In parallel, Gate Money is running an Account Opening Rewards Campaign from October 28 at 08:00 to November 11 at 08:00 (UTC). To enter the reward selection process, eligible users must register, complete identity verification, open a USD bank account for the first time, and make a qualifying bank transfer.

Once the campaign closes, Gate will randomly select up to 5,000 participants who pass the qualification review. Each selected user can receive a random reward of 2 to 100 USDT, capped at one reward per user. No purchase of trading or investment products is required, and participation remains subject to the official campaign rules and service availability.

Gate Prediction Markets Hits $909 Million in Cumulative Volume, Second Among Polymarket Integration Channels

Gate Prediction Markets has accumulated roughly $909 million in cumulative trading volume, ranking second among all channels integrated with Polymarket, according to the latest data from Polymarket Builders. The milestone underscores Gate's standing as one of the leading gateways to prediction markets.

Prediction markets settle according to verifiable real-world outcomes, from company earnings reports to election results, which is what ties trading activity in this segment to the broader news cycle. The platform is broadening its lineup with initiatives centered on financial announcements and major global events. Its Earnings Season Prediction Challenge carries a total reward pool of 90,000 USDT and spans prediction events tied to major companies such as Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon. Participants can tap new-user trading rewards, referral incentives, and a return-based leaderboard, where the top-ranked eligible participant can receive rewards worth up to 5,000 USDT.

Trading takes place directly through the Gate App using USDT held in users' Spot Accounts, with no separate on-chain operations required. Gate has also rolled out its Combo prediction feature and opened markets covering the U.S. midterm elections.

A further addition is the Macro Markets Hub, which brings together event probabilities, trading volumes, and market expectations around Federal Reserve interest rate decisions, inflation, employment, and economic growth. Gate continues to refine the prediction market experience with smart monitoring, AI-powered analysis, profit-and-loss analysis, and quick trading features, broadening the range of events users can explore while supplying additional tools for tracking market expectations and evaluating prediction market activity.

Gate Launchpool XAUT Campaign Shows Reference APRs of 5.71% and 5.62%

Gate Launchpool Phase 384, featuring Tether Gold (XAUT), is currently underway. Gate's Launchpool format lets participants stake supported assets in designated pools and receive rewards, and this phase brings a gold-linked token into the staking setup. Based on the latest reported data for October 28, the USDT staking pool carries a reference annual percentage rate (APR) of 5.71%, while the XAUT staking pool shows a reference APR of 5.62%.

The campaign gives eligible participants two staking options, letting them choose between the USDT and XAUT pools. The published APRs are reference figures rather than guaranteed returns and may fluctuate during the campaign. Users are advised to check the current campaign page for the latest rates, participation requirements, and applicable terms before staking.

Gate Convert Launches Two Trading Incentive Campaigns With BTC and TSLAG Rewards

Gate Convert has introduced two promotional campaigns that reward users for completing designated conversion trading tasks: the Convert Trading Challenge and the Lucky Blind Box Leaderboard.

The Convert Trading Challenge runs from October 28 at 09:00 to November 4 at 09:00 (UTC) with a total prize pool of 100,000 USDT. The first 300 eligible users to reach a cumulative Convert trading volume of 20,000 USDT can receive BTC rewards worth 8 USDT each. Further rewards unlock through trading volume milestones: eligible participants can claim trading fee cashback vouchers, position trial vouchers, and spot token rewards worth up to 500 USDT, with rewards credited instantly under the campaign rules.

Meanwhile, the Lucky Blind Box Leaderboard campaign runs until November 2 at 10:00 (UTC). New users who complete their first Convert trade worth at least 1 USDT earn an entry into a lucky box draw. Users who accumulate at least 30,000 USDT in qualifying Convert trading volume can also join the trading volume leaderboard, where the top 200 eligible participants will share 20,000 USDT worth of TSLAG rewards. The highest-ranked participant is eligible to receive rewards worth up to 1,888 USDT.

Both campaigns are intended to encourage participation in Gate Convert through trading milestones and reward-based activities. Eligibility and reward distribution remain subject to the official campaign rules.

Gate Live Phase 27 Check-In Event Features iPhone DUO, GT, USDT, and More

Gate Live has opened Phase 27 of its livestream check-in event, running from October 28 to November 11 at 15:59 (UTC). Participants accrue Heat Points by watching livestreams, posting comments, sharing broadcasts, and reserving upcoming streams. Every 80 Heat Points can be redeemed for one lucky draw entry, with prizes including an iPhone DUO, GT, USDT, futures trial vouchers, and exclusive Gate merchandise.

Additional incentives target the most active participants. The top 10 users on the Heat Points leaderboard will each receive a random merchandise reward, and users who complete seven or fourteen consecutive days of check-ins qualify for extra lucky draws.

Participation is subject to the campaign's eligibility conditions, including identity verification, applicable trading volume requirements, and other event terms. Users should consult the official announcement for the complete rules governing points, check-ins, and rewards.

Gold and Silver Rebound as Gate Ranks Among Leading Platforms in Metals Derivatives

Gold and silver prices rebounded on October 28, and Gate held strong positions across several precious metals derivatives trading metrics, according to CoinGlass data. Open interest — the total value of futures contracts still outstanding — is a standard gauge of how much capital is committed to a derivatives market.

Gold (XAUT) traded at approximately $4,043.73, up 0.78% over the previous 24 hours, with total market-wide futures open interest reaching around $856 million. Gate's XAUT futures open interest stood at roughly $159.5 million, ranking second globally.

Silver (XAG) changed hands near $54.20, a 0.65% gain over 24 hours. Total market-wide silver futures open interest reached approximately $675 million, while Gate's XAG futures posted about $253.54 million in 24-hour trading volume, placing third globally.

PAX Gold (PAXG) also advanced, trading at approximately $4,053.65, up 0.81% over 24 hours. Market-wide PAXG futures open interest stood near $277 million, and Gate's PAXG futures open interest reached about $27.09 million, third globally.

The figures point to Gate's activity across gold- and silver-linked trading instruments, including XAUT, XAG, and PAXG futures. Its positions across multiple metrics illustrate the breadth of the platform's precious metals derivatives offering alongside its wider cryptocurrency and traditional finance products. Because XAUT and PAXG are tokenized gold products, that activity also shows how metal exposure increasingly travels through crypto-market infrastructure.

Gate Stocks Tracks Rallies in U.S. Rare Earths, Lithium Battery, and Blockchain-Related Stocks

U.S. stocks tied to rare earths, lithium batteries, and blockchain-related industries posted significant gains, drawing attention to several emerging and technology-focused market segments.

According to the latest Gate market data reported on October 28, Critical Metals Corp. (CRML) surged 27.83% over 24 hours to $8.13. Enovix Corporation (ENVX), a company associated with advanced battery technology, gained 26.69% to $3.37, while Soluna Holdings (SLNH), active in the digital infrastructure sector, rose 25.00% to $0.65. Single-session moves of that scale highlight how sharply equities in emerging sectors can swing.

Gate Stocks provides access to four major equity markets: the United States, Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea. The platform supports more than 10,000 U.S. stocks and ETFs, over 1,500 Hong Kong stocks, more than 1,000 South Korean stocks, and approximately 300 Japanese stocks, for a combined total of more than 12,800 stock and ETF assets.

Eligible users can trade global stocks with USDT, with fractional share trading starting from as little as 0.01 share and corresponding stock dividend benefits. Gate also supports cross-broker stock transfers for U.S. and Hong Kong shares, along with corporate actions such as stock splits and reverse stock splits.

Together, international market access and fractional trading give users additional avenues for exploring equities across different regions and sectors.

Gate gStocks Logs Gains of More Than 13% Across Three Leveraged ETF Assets

Gate gStocks recorded notable gains among leveraged ETF-related assets linked to Korean equities, data storage, and semiconductors, according to the platform's market data reported on October 28.

KORUG, associated with an ETF offering 3x long exposure to the MSCI Korea Index, rose 14.76% over the previous 24 hours to trade at 13.022 USDT. SNXXG, tied to a 2x long SanDisk ETF, gained 14.27% to reach 9.700 USDT. SOXLG, associated with a 3x long semiconductor ETF, advanced 13.31% to 103.00 USDT.

Leveraged ETFs are designed to deliver a set multiple of an underlying index's daily performance, which magnifies both gains and losses relative to conventional ETFs. All three assets finished the reported period above the 13% mark, underscoring activity in leveraged products connected to technology and Asian equity markets.

Gate gStocks currently offers 78 tradable assets spanning sectors such as AI chips, memory technology, electric vehicles, and commercial spaceflight. The platform has also reported increasing trading activity across popular tokenized stocks, with its broader selection designed to provide exposure to a variety of industries through the Gate ecosystem.

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