The past week brought one of the sharpest reversals in crypto market sentiment in months, with activity broadening across spot, derivatives and options as institutional flows returned. According to Gate Ventures’ latest weekly report, BTC and ETH rose 23.6% and 31.4%, respectively, lifting total crypto market capitalization by 22.1%. The Fear & Greed Index moved from 27 to 73 within days, while Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $1.9 billion in net inflows and Ethereum ETFs attracted roughly $697 million, signaling a clear return of institutional appetite. Gate captured a substantial share of the resulting activity. CoinGlass data showed the exchange ranked second globally in both BTC and ETH spot trading and third in ETH futures. Its options desk also posted its strongest weekly growth on record, with total options volume increasing 182.56% week over week and the number of active traders rising 136.43%, while new user trading volume climbed 724.26%.

Momentum extended beyond the trading desk and into Gate’s broader product stack, which spans crypto alongside stocks, metals, forex and indices. DefiLlama data showed Gate recorded $194.09 million in net inflows over a single 24-hour period, placing it among the top three global centralized exchanges. In derivatives, Gate’s open interest in ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) reached $6.63 million, ranking first among CEXs on CoinGlass. In metals, gold perpetual futures (XAUT) open interest on Gate exceeded $147 million, ranking second across the network, while 24-hour XAUT spot volume reached $11.96 million, placing it in the top three industry-wide. Gate said its Unified Account infrastructure, which supports cross-asset allocation across crypto, stocks, metals, forex and indices, is helping translate macro volatility into sustained activity on the platform.

Strategy and Regulation: Embedded Finance and Stablecoin Infrastructure

Two senior Gate executives used the week to outline longer-term strategic priorities. Gate Europe CEO Dr. Giovanni Cunti said the next stage of digital asset adoption will likely come not from users moving to crypto-native platforms, but from digital asset infrastructure becoming embedded in financial services people already use, including payments, commerce and cross-border transfers. He pointed to MiCA’s relatively consistent regulatory framework as a structural advantage for European operators and said connecting digital assets with payments is central to Gate Europe’s development direction.

Gate US COO Laura offered a complementary view on stablecoins. She said broader adoption will depend on whether the surrounding infrastructure — including liquidity, regulatory clarity, interoperability and integration with existing settlement networks — can meet traditional financial standards. Gate US currently holds 36 state Money Transmitter Licenses and operates across 47 U.S. jurisdictions. The company said its Gate US Card service is one practical bridge between stablecoin functionality and everyday payments.

New Listings and Product Launches

On the listings and product side, Gate launched a broad set of services for DGrid AI (DGAI), including perpetual futures with up to 20x leverage, margin trading, loan services, Simple Earn, bots trading, copy trading, Convert and Auto-Invest. Cash Cat (CASHCAT) also went live with spot and perpetual futures trading, along with Convert access.

Gate additionally expanded its Event Contracts offering, which allows directional price bets without leverage or margin management, by adding DOGE, HYPE and BNB. The lineup now includes seven assets: BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, DOGE, HYPE and BNB, available across four time windows — 5min, 15min, 1h and 4h.

Trading Competitions and Copy Trading

To coincide with the expansion of Event Contracts, Gate launched a trading competition running through September 2 with a 200,000 USDT prize pool. Traders with more than 1,000,000 USDT in cumulative volume are guaranteed a 1% reward from a 100,000 USDT leaderboard pool, while a separate 50,000 USDT volume-sharing pool is available to qualifying participants outside the top ranks. Check-in rewards and tiered volume rewards are also available for lower-activity traders, with daily tiers starting at 500 USDT.

The copy trading business continued to recover. In futures copy trading, daily lead trading volume rose 71.8% week over week, while the average daily number of new lead traders increased 4.5% week over week. CFD copy trading also expanded, with lead trading volume up 19.0% week over week and new lead trader counts up 13.5% week over week. Gate also said it remains the world’s first cryptocurrency platform to offer stock copy trading, allowing users to follow professional traders across U.S., Hong Kong, Korean and Japanese equities through the Gate App.

Yield Programmes and Reward Campaigns

Gate’s Launchpool Phase 373 opened for DGrid AI (DGAI) and runs until September 9. Users can stake BTC, ETH or DGAI to share 160,000 DGAI, with all rewards fully unlocked. The existing Aligned (ALIGN) Launchpool campaign continues until September 11, with the USDT pool showing more than 93.68 million USDT staked at an estimated APR of 3.82%, and the ALIGN pool at 263.74%. The PIPEDOG Launchpool, which runs until August 31, shows the PIPEDOG pool at an estimated APR of 646.78%.

Gate’s Convert Lucky Draw Phase 22 is live through August 31, offering ETH, Dual Investment trial funds and up to 200 USDT in cash rewards. New Convert users who complete a first transaction of at least 50 USDT are eligible for an additional 100 USDT bonus. The USD1 Points Airdrop Season 3, launched in partnership with World Liberty Financial (WLFI), runs until September 27 and distributes 700,000 WLFI based on USD1 spot and margin trading activity. Gate DEX Bitway Perpetual Trading Competition is also live until September 8, with a 62,743 BTW prize pool for traders of the BTWUSDT perpetual futures pair who reach at least 20,000 USDT in cumulative volume.

Gate CandyDrop added a reunion-themed special event for existing users registered before August 24, featuring a 1 BTC total reward pool. Eligible users can earn candies by achieving cumulative futures trading volume of at least 1 USDT and share the pool, with a cap of 0.001 BTC per user.

Equities: SpaceX Unlock, gStocks Performance and Global Market Coverage

In the equities segment, the main development of the week was Gate’s first Pre-IPO share unlock for SpaceX (SPCX), with 33,900 SPCX unlocked on August 26. Gate said it is the first platform in the industry to execute Pre-IPO share unlocks and distribute the corresponding listed shares directly to users’ stock accounts.

Several Gate gStocks tokens posted solid 24-hour gains. Bloom Energy (BEG) rose 8.23%, while MicroStrategy (MSTRG) gained 5.89%. Among Hong Kong stocks available on Gate, STAR SHINE (01440) climbed 18.55% and CONTEL TECH (01912) advanced 18.23%. Korean equities also moved higher, with E-World (084680) up 29.97% and HanmiGlobal Architects & Engineers (053690) up 18.40%.

Gate Stocks now covers more than 12,800 stocks and ETF assets across the U.S., Japan, Hong Kong and Korea markets. The platform includes Zero-Fee Mode for U.S. stocks and fractional share trading from 0.01 shares. Gate Live also added a new educational series, “Lucas’s Global Stock Market Insights,” with the first episode examining why strong earnings do not always translate into price gains, using NVIDIA as a case study.

Sports Markets: Event Points Phase 2 and LaLiga Kickoff

On the sports markets side, Gate Event Points Phase 2 is now live after Phase 1 concluded with more than 35,000 USDT distributed, including 10,760.23 USDT for the top individual recipient. The unclaimed Lucky Prize Pool from Phase 1, totaling 7,173.486 USDT, rolls over to Phase 2. Users can earn scratch cards by trading in eligible Event Markets, and designated “2x” markets offer accelerated card accumulation.

The next featured event is the Barcelona vs. Athletic match on August 27. Gate’s “Big Five Leagues Kickoff” promotion, which runs until August 31 with a 200,000 USDT prize pool, continues to offer loss protection and co-branded Inter Milan jerseys to eligible participants.