Overview
In July, Gate's business lines delivered broad-based growth, and its product portfolio spanning trading, wealth management, Web3, and payments continued to mature. Gate TradFi's business is accelerating its expansion. Among them, Gate introduced zero-fee trading for U.S. stocks and ETFs, while gStocks, stock copy trading, and interest-earning on account assets were launched. In the primary market, the demand for subscriptions to Gate IPO Access Phase 2 Jersey Mike’s and Pre-IPOs OpenAI projects has increased significantly, indicating that users’ demand for allocation of global high-quality unlisted assets continues to grow.
Innovative business maintains a high level of activity in sync with the Web3 ecosystem. The single-day trading volume of the event contracts ranks among the top three in the world, and its market share once exceeded 36%, reaching a record high. CandyDrop related contract's trading volumes exceeded $4.6 billion; the peak APR of SLX in Launchpool exceeded 135%, setting a new platform historical record; after the linkage between GUSD and Launchpool, the highest combined annualized return for new users exceeded 130%. At the same time, businesses such as CFD, Simple Earn and Staking continued to expand, and user participation and asset retention further increased. The activity across Gate DEX and Gate Layer increased simultaneously. Gate Card’s maximum cash rebate has increased to 8%, covering 200+ countries and regions and approximately 150 million merchants.
In terms of security and global expansion, Gate's overall reserve ratio reaches 117%. Sufficient reserves provide a clearer and quantifiable foundation of protection for user asset security. Gate Europe has completed the MiCA and payment institution (PI) dual license framework ahead of schedule in 2025. With the end of the MiCA transition period, Gate will actively adapt to changes in the regulatory environment and continue to improve the platform's long-term stable operation capabilities.
Gate continued to be recognized by many international media outlets and research institutions in July. BeInCrypto rated Gate as one of the best MiCA-licensed platforms in 2026; U.Today pointed out that Gate Polymarket became one of the largest traffic gateways. At the same time, founder and CEO Dr. Han gave interviews with Bloomberg and CoinDesk, further strengthening Gate’s industry influence in global compliance, RWA, prediction markets, and multi-asset finance.
Platform Highlights
In July, Gate further strengthened its global trading competitiveness, with multiple core metrics ranking among the industry leaders. RWA derivatives emerged as a key growth driver, with industry-wide RWA perpetual trading volume reaching a record high of $460 billion in July. Gate ranked among the top three global CEXs with a 4.39% market share, while CryptoRank data also placed Gate second globally in RWA perpetual open interest. In derivatives, Gate recorded $276 billion in futures trading volume in July, capturing a 9.08% market share, while its open interest market share rose to 11.2%, ranking among the top two retail-focused platforms. Meanwhile, Gate Polymarket has become one of the key traffic gateways to prediction markets, further highlighting Gate’s comprehensive competitive strength across spot, derivatives, RWA, and innovative trading segments.
At the same time, Gate accelerated the expansion of its TradFi product suite. U.S. stock and ETF trading became commission-free on the platform, alongside the launch of gStocks, stock copy trading, and yield generation on stock and CFD account assets. Subscription demand for the Jersey Mike’s and OpenAI projects also rose significantly. Innovative businesses achieved further breakthroughs, with Gate’s event contracts market share briefly exceeding 36%, setting a new all-time high. Gate’s wealth management and intelligent trading businesses also expanded in parallel. In July, Simple Earn added 60 new projects, options trading saw new users increase by more than 40% month-on-month, and new trading bot users grew by over 47%, while average daily trading volume generated by AI strategies rose by more than 36%. On Launchpool, SLX reached a peak APR of over 135%, setting a new platform record.
Overall, Gate is further extending from a traditional crypto-asset trading platform into a one-stop multi-asset financial platform covering spot, derivatives, global stocks, primary markets, RWA, Web3 and payment.
Gate TradFi Accelerates Across the Board, Building a Global Multi-Asset Trading Landscape for Stocks, IPOs, CFDs and ETFs
In July, Gate TradFi's business further evolved into a global multi-asset platform, with multiple product lines including stocks, IPOs, Pre-IPOs, CFDs and ETFs simultaneously expanding. The stock business is the first to realize zero-fee trading in U.S. stocks and ETFs, and has launched gStocks, cross-brokerage transfers, interest on account assets and stock copy trading, continuing to lower the threshold for global stock investment. In terms of the primary market, IPO Access completed the share distribution for its second offering, Jersey Mike’s, while the Pre-IPOs OpenAI project attracted over $260 million in cumulative subscriptions, reflecting continued growth in user demand for high-quality pre-IPO assets.
At the same time, CFD continues to expand coverage of stocks, commodities, indices and foreign exchange, and improves the copy trading ecosystem; ETF products have increased to 386 trading pairs, with a turnover of approximately $20 billion in July. Overall, Gate is using USDT and unified accounts as its core to further integrate secondary-market stocks, on-chain securities, primary markets and multi-asset derivatives, accelerating the construction of a one-stop TradFi portal connecting crypto funds and global capital markets.
Ecosystem Expansion
In July, Gate continued to deepen its product ecosystem around global comprehensive financial services and further promoted the integration of crypto assets with traditional financial markets. The platform continues to upgrade TradFi products such as global stocks, gStocks, Pre-IPOs, IPO Access, CFD and ETF, and launches innovative services such as zero-fee trading in U.S. stocks and ETFs, stock copy trading and interest on trading account assets; at the same time, the event contracts share has reached a record high, Launchpool, Simple Earn, Staking, options, trading bots, Gate Card, Gate DEX, Gate.AI and institutional business have grown simultaneously, and transaction scale, wealth management, payment scenarios and professional trading infrastructure have continued to improve, accelerating the construction of a one-stop global financial service ecosystem covering trading, investment, wealth management and payment.
Gate's Stock Business has been Accelerated Across the Board, with Zero-Fee Rates, gStocks and Stock Copy Trading Accelerating Global Asset Layout
In July, Gate's stock business accelerated across the board, and the coverage of U.S. stocks, Hong Kong stocks, Korean stocks and other markets continued to expand. With pre-market and after-market trading, low-threshold participation and a unified account experience, Gate can use USDT to deploy global core assets with one click, and became the first exchange in the industry to achieve zero-fee trading in U.S. stocks and ETFs. On July 3, Gate launched the gStocks tokenized securities service, with 1:1 full native stocks as the underlying assets. 40+ new trading pairs were added throughout the month, including NVIDIA, Tesla, Microsoft, AMD, Meta, SpaceX and many popular ETFs. In addition, Gate has launched the function of stock transfer in and out, supporting cross-brokerage transfers of U.S. and Hong Kong stocks. Users can flexibly transfer positions between Gate and external brokers to further improve global stock asset management and allocation capabilities.
On July 16, Gate announced the launch of the interest-earning function for stock and CFD account assets, becoming the first platform on the market to support automatic interest-earning for related trading account assets, allowing users to participate in stock and CFD transactions while improving the efficiency of idle funds. On July 24, Gate officially launched the stock copy trading function, becoming the world's first crypto platform to support stock copy trading. It expanded the mature copy trading model to the stock market and further enriched the strategy tools for users to participate in U.S. stocks, Hong Kong stocks, Korean stocks and ETF investments. From traditional stocks to on-chain assets, Gate is opening up the boundary between crypto and traditional finance, making global investment within reach.
Gate IPO Access Second Phase Completed Placement, Jersey Mike’s Subscription Demand is Strong
Jersey Mike’s (JMKE), the second phase of Gate’s IPO Access project, opened for indications of interest on July 27, and supports users to use USDT or GUSD to participate with a minimum investment of 100 USDT/GUSD and a maximum of 500,000 USDT/GUSD. There is no additional subscription fee. The project adopts indications of interest and dynamic allotment mechanisms, and the allotment ratio is calculated based on the average lock-up amount during the user’s subscription period.
After the project was launched, the market responded positively and subscriptions were closed early. The final IPO subscription price was determined to be $23 per share, and 100% of the successfully allocated shares were distributed to the user's Gate stock account. JMKE subsequently officially started trading on the Gate stock trading section. As an important part of Gate's global stock service system, IPO Access is committed to providing users with more convenient pre-IPO investment participation channels.
Pre-IPOs Launched OpenAI Project, with Cumulative Subscription Amount Exceeding $260 million
Gate Pre-IPOs launched the OpenAI project, attracting a cumulative subscription total of more than $260 million. OpenAI has received high user attention and participation, further demonstrating the continued demand of platform users for investment opportunities in high-quality growth companies around the world.
By continuously introducing unlisted corporate projects with market influence, Gate Pre-IPOs are continuing to enrich the investment scenarios where traditional finance and digital assets intersect. This business not only provides users with an earlier channel to participate in the growth opportunities of global innovative companies, but also further improves Gate's product layout for multi-asset allocation needs.
CFD Contracts Continue to Expand Multi-Asset Trading and Copy-Trading Services, Connecting Global Market Opportunities
Gate CFD continues to improve its multi-asset trading layout, covering stocks, commodities, indices, foreign exchange and other categories, allowing users to participate more flexibly in global market conditions within one platform. As the linkage between traditional financial hotspots and the crypto market continues to increase, CFD products provide users with richer cross-market trading and strategic allocation options.
In addition to the trading experience, Gate also continues to develop the CFD copy-trading ecosystem and combines multiple rounds of trading activities and content operations to lower the threshold for users to understand the global market and copy professional trading strategies. The synergy of multi-asset coverage, copy-trading tools, and operational scenarios has gradually made the CFD sector an important portal for Gate to connect crypto assets and global financial markets.
Gate Event Contracts Share Reached a Record High, and its Daily Trading Volume Ranked Among the Top Three
The Gate Event Contract’s average daily trading volume increased by more than 13% from the previous month. The platform's single-day trading volume ranked among the top three in the global prediction market, and once recorded a market share of more than 36%, setting a record high, demonstrating users' strong participation in major events, financial issues and diverse prediction scenarios.
On the product side, Gate continues to upgrade its experience around trade review tools, incentive systems and content-based scenarios. It has launched ranking badges, profit and loss curves, profit and loss calendars, profit and loss sharing and points incentive systems, and upgraded e-sports special pages and market displays. Two campaigns, "Gate E-Sports Peak Trading Season" and "Global Financial Duo" will be launched within the month to further enhance the interactivity and user participation in the prediction market.
ETF Product Matrix Expanded to 386 Trading Pairs, with Monthly Trading Volume of Approximately $20 billion
Gate ETFs had total trading volume of about $20 billion in July. As of the end of the month, the platform had supported 386 ETF trading pairs. The trading scale and user base remained stable, and it continued to provide users with trading tools covering different market cycles and trending sectors.
This month, Gate further expanded its stock-related ETF products, adding AMD, Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, TSMC, IBM, Microsoft, Nebius, Rocket Lab, SanDisk, Micron and other related targets, and supplemented regional market and industry-themed products such as EWY and DRAM. As technology stock earnings reports, AI, semiconductors and regional market rotations continue to receive attention, Gate ETF is continuously improving its response speed and product coverage depth to hot assets.
CandyDrop Launches 4 Projects, RLUSD Users Are Enthusiastic about Participation
In July, Gate CandyDrop launched a total of 4 projects, among which the popular project RLUSD had more than 80,000 participants, reflecting the role of high-quality projects and high-value rewards in driving user enthusiasm for participation.
The popularity of the campaign also effectively extended to the trading scene. CandyDrop-related futures trading volume topped $4.6 billion. By combining new project exploration and task incentives with spot and contract transactions, CandyDrop continues to enrich the paths for users to discover high-quality assets and participate in platform activities.
Launchpool Launches 4 New Projects, SLX Peak APR Hits Record High
Gate Launchpool launched 4 new projects with a cumulative staked amount of $490 million. The stable participation scale and staking volume reflect users' continued attention to high-quality new projects and on-chain revenue opportunities.
Among them, the peak annualized rate of return of the SLX project exceeded 135%, setting the highest APR in the history of Gate Launchpool. The outstanding performance of high-yield projects has brought more attractive asset appreciation opportunities to users, and further strengthened the product value of Launchpool as a scenario for new project participation and staking income.
GUSD Minting and Launchpool Dual-Pool Linkage, the Combined Annualized Return Can Reach up to 130%
Gate Launchpool launched the 365th GUSD dual pool event, where users who stake GUSD can share the XAUT airdrop. The annualized rate of return for holding GUSD is 3.8%. After adding the Launchpool mining income, the combined annualized return can exceed 6.3%, providing users with a participation method that balances stable income and campaign incentives.
GUSD is an income-generating asset backed by treasury bonds, RWA and stablecoins. Users can use USDT, USDC or USD1 to mint at a 1:1 ratio and obtain daily returns through holding. The annualized rate of limited-time minting rewards for new users who use Staking can reach up to 100%. When combined with the earnings of new users of Launchpool, the combined annualized return can reach up to 130%, further unleashing the efficiency of the use of stable assets in holding, minting and income scenarios.
The scale of Simple Earn Remains Stable, and the Expansion of gStocks Promotes the Growth of Rewards and the Expansion of Participation Scenarios
In July, Gate Simple Earn continued to expand its product matrix, launching 60 new projects within the month, mainly covering gStocks-related assets, providing users with more flexible financial management options to participate in the global stock market. The cumulative subscription volume this month exceeded $1.56 billion, and the overall funding scale remained stable.
User engagement and incentive performance improve simultaneously. The platform’s cumulative additional rewards increased by 13.5% month over month. As stock assets and income scenarios continue to expand, Simple Earn has further strengthened its product positioning as a highly liquid fund management tool.
Staking TVL Exceeds $1.27 Billion, with ETH Holdings Remaining Strong
Gate’s Staking continues to expand the on-chain income scenarios for mainstream crypto assets. In July, 3 new projects were launched, with the total fund TVL reaching a maximum of more than 1.27 billion US dollars, and the overall fund scale is operating steadily.
Among the core assets, ETH holdings reached 187,500 ETH on July 7, setting a new high; BTC holdings reached a monthly peak of more than 2,760 BTC, and the amount of GUSD funds reached a maximum of 230 million pieces. The continued accumulation of mainstream assets and stablecoin funds has further strengthened Gate’s on-chain profitability in its multi-level wealth management system.
The Scale of Gate Wealth has Steadily Increased, and the Demand for Stable Income and HighLiquidity Allocation Continues to Grow
The overall crypto market was under pressure in the first half of 2026, and the decline in risk appetite pushed funds to pay more attention to liquidity and stable returns. The overall Gate wealth management system remains resilient, gradually tilting towards current allocations; the GUSD minting interest rate has stabilized, and the contribution of earning coins on the chain continues to increase.
In terms of advanced products, Gate dual-currency investment maintains the industry leader, the buy-low strategy’s 0-day APY reaches 295%, and the cumulative return rate of interstellar hedging among quantitative funds reaches 18.7%. Stock allocation expanded rapidly with the launch of Korean stocks. At the end of June, Korean stocks accounted for about 75%, and positions were highly concentrated in the semiconductor and technology growth sectors, with SK Hynix ranking first. Overall, Gate has formed a multi-level wealth management system covering steady returns, on-chain gains, structured products and global stocks.
The Copying Ecosystem Continues to Grow, and Stock Copy Trading Expands Multi-Asset Strategy Scenarios
The cumulative copying users of Gate contract copying increased by 7% month over month, and the average daily new copying orders increased by 60% month over month. The user scale, new addition speed and trading activity have increased simultaneously, showing the continued attraction of copy trading in terms of strategy acquisition and trading decision-making assistance.
The CFD copying ecosystem also continues to expand, with the number of order leaders increasing by 35% month over month. Within the month, Gate officially launched the stock copy trading function, allowing users to follow traders to copy U.S. stocks, Hong Kong stocks, Korean stocks and ETF positions in real time, further extending the copying capabilities to global stock asset allocation scenarios.
Options User Participation Continues to Increase, with the Number of New Users Increasing by more than 40% Month over Month
Gate Options trading demand continued to grow steadily in July. Excluding dual-currency investment-related transactions, real options trading volume increased by nearly 6% month over month.
The performance of user growth is particularly outstanding. In July, the number of daily transaction users increased by more than 20% month over month, and the number of new users increased by more than 40% month over month. The real trading scale and new user acquisition have increased simultaneously, reflecting the further expansion of user coverage and market participation of Gate Options products.
Trading Bot New Users Surge Over 47% MoM as AI Strategies and Stock Portfolio Use Cases Gain Momentum
The number of new users of the Gate trading robot increased by more than 47% month over month in July. Strategies such as contract grid, contract martin and smart position adjustment have maintained steady growth. Among them, the transaction volume of asset allocation strategies such as smart position adjustment has increased by more than 30% month over month, and the average daily transaction volume of AI-generated strategies has increased by more than 36% month over month.
At the product level, Gate Bots has officially launched a stock portfolio strategy, allowing users to build a portfolio covering 12,500 stocks around the world with one click, further extending automated strategies to global stock asset allocation scenarios. At the same time, popular topics are launched on the Web side, and strategy display and discovery efficiency are continuously optimized to provide users with a richer and more convenient automated trading experience.
Gate Card Benefits Fully Upgraded with Up to 8% Cashback, Accelerating Global Web3 Payment Expansion
In July, Gate Card continued to upgrade consumer rights and global payment scenarios, and officially launched a new points system, increasing the cash rebate ratio for eligible purchases to a maximum of 8%. Points can be exchanged for various digital assets such as USDT, BTC, ETH, USDC, and GT, further improving consumption returns and asset usage efficiency. At the same time, Gate Card further lowers the threshold of use by waiving monthly fees and annual fees, and is connected to Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay, and Google Pay. It covers approximately 150 million merchants in more than 200 countries and regions around the world, and continues to improve the global payment experience of digital assets with up to 8% consumption cashback.
In addition, Gate Card has reached a cooperation with French department store Printemps. Card holders can enjoy up to 16% tax rebate and 5% welcome shopping discount, further expanding high-end retail consumption scenarios in Europe and accelerating the construction of a Web3 payment ecosystem that connects digital assets and global physical consumption.
Gate DEX Trading Volume Defies Market Downtrend as BountyDrop Active Devices Rise Over 15% MoM
The total transaction volume of Gate DEX contracts increased by 26.5% compared with June, achieving growth against the trend in a weak market, reflecting the further increase in the participation of high-value trading users and the continued enhancement of the depth and quality of decentralized contract transactions.
On the ecological participation side, BountyDrop’s new devices increased by more than 4.6% month over month, and the number of active devices increased by more than 15% month over month. The continuously expanding equipment scale and more active participation performance have injected stable momentum into the user incentive ecosystem of Gate DEX, and further enriched the ways for Web3 users to participate in on-chain activities.
Gate Layer Completes Reth Upgrade to Enhance Network Execution Performance
The number of Gate Layer’s monthly on-chain transactions increased by more than 8.5% month over month. As interactions on the chain continue to accumulate, Gate Layer is forming a larger user and application base, providing stable support for subsequent ecological expansion and the implementation of Web3 scenarios.
This month, Gate Layer successfully completed the upgrade of the execution layer client from Geth to Reth. As a high-performance execution client built in Rust, Reth supports OP Stack Engine mode and can run in conjunction with op-node through the Engine API. This upgrade further optimizes node execution performance and operational stability, while improving client diversity and laying a more solid technical foundation for the long-term evolution of the network.
Gate.AI Upgrades Crypto Market and Stock Research Capabilities and Continues to Expand Intelligent Investment Research Scenarios
Gate AI completed multiple upgrades in July around market analysis, stock research, model capabilities and app experience. The K-line page has officially launched the AI currency analysis function, providing users with a more intuitive and efficient market interpretation; the Web side has simultaneously launched the AI stock recommendation function, further extending the intelligent analysis capabilities to the global stock market.
In terms of underlying capabilities, Gate AI has added model support such as Kimi 2.6 and DeepSeek V4 Flash to provide more flexible technical support for market analysis, investment research and intelligent question and answer. At the same time, Gate App allows non-logged-in users to view AI analysis, and optimizes the user experience in continuous conversations and complex task scenarios, further lowering the threshold for using intelligent investment research tools.
Institutional Business Continues to Upgrade Professional Trading Infrastructure, CrossEx Performance Increased by 50%
Gate Institutional business focuses on promoting product upgrades around cross-platform collaboration, asset custody and professional trading infrastructure. SuperLink continues to optimize the Fireblocks Gas management and settlement process. OES's product solution to support CrossEx has been completed, and the technical solution has entered the evaluation stage, laying the foundation for institutional users to achieve more efficient cross-platform asset management and transaction collaboration.
CrossEx added a new mainstream exchange and 23 trading pairs in July, and launched RPI Orders, continuing to enrich professional order execution capabilities. Rates on multiple exchanges have been reduced by up to 50%, and the maximum leverage for mainstream trading pairs has been increased to 25 times, further improving the efficiency of institutional fund use. At the technical level, CrossEx has added APIs such as market prices, funding rates, and batch cancellation, and launched functions such as ADL ranking WebSocket push, RPI rate query, and transaction request tracking. By optimizing the delay in concurrent orders and multiple transaction returns, system performance has been improved by 50%; the CrossEx Colo service has been launched simultaneously to further reduce institutional transaction delays.
Security, Transparency, and Global Expansion
Gate always regards asset security, transparent operations and global compliance as the core cornerstones of business development. By regularly publishing Proof of Reserves (PoR) covering hundreds of assets, the platform provides global users with comprehensive and verifiable financial protection; at the same time, Gate Europe has completed the EU MiCA and payment institution (PI) dual license framework ahead of schedule, driving the continued and healthy expansion of global business with a robust compliance system and leading transparency mechanism.
Gate Releases Latest Proof of Reserves Report, with Overall Reserve Ratio Reaching 117%
Gate’s latest Proof of Reserves report covers nearly 500 assets, with total platform reserves of approximately $7.05 billion, compared with user net balances of approximately $5.981 billion, resulting in a reserve surplus of around $1.069 billion and an overall reserve ratio of 117%. Reserves of major assets continued to increase, with BTC reserves reaching 26,775 BTC and ETH reserves rising to 456,800 ETH, representing excess reserve ratios of 24.2% and 22.02%, respectively. The strong reserve coverage and sustained surplus provide users with a clearer and more quantifiable foundation for asset security.
Gate continues to disclose the correspondence between platform reserves and user balances through its Proof of Reserves mechanism, while also publishing Merkle Tree verification data that allows users to independently verify their assets on the Gate Proof of Reserves page. This commitment to verifiable transparency reflects Gate’s long-standing efforts to strengthen compliant and transparent operations while addressing users’ concerns over asset security.
Gate Europe Completed MiCA Compliance Framework Ahead of Schedule and Continues to Deepen European Compliance Layout
With the EU's "Crypto-Asset Market Regulation" (MiCA) transition period officially ending on July 1, the European digital asset market has officially entered a new stage of regulation. Gate Europe has previously completed the MiCA license and payment institution (PI) license layout in 2025. The platform will continue to provide users with compliant digital asset services under the European regulatory framework. Relying on the MiCA and PI dual licenses, Gate Europe continues to improve its compliance system, risk management and operational governance capabilities, deeply integrates regulatory requirements into business operations, continuously strengthens internal controls, compliance processes and security mechanisms, and provides European users with more secure, transparent and efficient digital asset services. At the same time, the company maintains close communication with European regulatory agencies and industry partners, actively adapts to changes in the regulatory environment, and continues to improve the platform's long-term stable operating capabilities.
Dr. Giovanni Cunti, CEO of Gate Europe, said that the completion of the MiCA transition period marks the European digital asset market moving towards a more standardized and transparent development stage. In the future, Gate Europe will continue to increase investment in compliance capability building, professional talent training and operational resilience, and continue to promote the healthy development of the digital asset industry with compliance, security and innovation as its core.
Gate Strengthens the Research and Educational Content Ecosystem, Connecting Global Users with Multi-Level Professional Content
In July, Gate continued to improve its professional content system consisting of Gate Research, Gate Learn, and Gate Blog, covering market research, investor education, asset security, digital payments, platform products and global multi-asset markets.
Gate Research maintains the output of high-frequency professional reports. Gate Learn focuses on security and basic industry knowledge. Gate Blog responds to hot topics in stocks, AI, macro markets and encryption industries in a timely manner through large-scale SEO articles, providing users with different experience levels with one-stop information support from market insights to product applications.
Gate Research Deepens Professional Market Research, Focusing on Market Trends, RWA, and AI Investment Trends
Gate Research Institute maintains a stable professional research rhythm, covering daily, weekly, VIP weekly, bi-weekly and theme reports, providing users with continuous and systematic market research reference. This month’s research direction closely follows market trending sectors, focusing on BTC market and institutional capital trends, technology stocks and AI industry investment, Robinhood Chain Meme ecology, RWA network construction and global macro market changes. Representative content includes topics such as Microsoft's strengthening of AI investment to drive the performance of technology stocks, Robinhood Chain Meme craze and RWA infrastructure construction.
At the same time, Gate Research continues to pay attention to changes in BTC holdings of institutions such as Strategy, U.S. crypto regulation and financial report performance of listed companies, and quickly follows market changes through daily and VIP weekly reports to further enhance the depth of coverage of crypto assets, global stocks and emerging Web3 tracks.
Gate Learn Focuses on Wallet Security and Digital Payment, Improving the Basic User Education System
Gate Learn continues to launch in-depth educational content around asset security, digital payment and blockchain infrastructure to help users understand the key mechanisms of digital asset management and the integration of traditional payment networks and Web3. In terms of security education, Gate Learn released content related to wallet security and self-custody, and systematically introduced UKey Seed Ring, Self-Custody and other asset protection methods and their application scenarios. In the field of payment, Gate Learn launched a special analysis around Visa, VisaNet and the global payment network, introducing the operating mechanism of VisaNet and how Visa deploys AI, open finance and digital asset payments.
By transforming wallet security, payment infrastructure and industry technical knowledge into more understandable educational content, Gate Learn continues to help users build systematic awareness of asset security and deepen their understanding of the global financial and blockchain integration trend.
Gate Blog Expands Multi-Market Coverage, Focusing on Stocks, AI, and Multi-Asset Topics
The Gate blog maintains large-scale content output. This month’s content focuses on global stocks, AI industry, macro market and Gate multi-asset products, covering platform businesses such as US stock zero-fee, Gate IPO Access, ETF, stock copy, Gate AI, Gate Card and prediction market. At the same time, the blog intensively follows the earnings reports and AI investment trends of global technology companies such as Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Meta, Samsung, SK Hynix, etc., and continues to pay attention to the Federal Reserve policy, BTC and ETH capital flows, gold and crude oil prices, and RWA market development.
As Gate's stock, ETF, CFD and AI product matrix continues to expand, blog content has further extended from traditional encryption market information to global stocks, digital payments and multi-asset investment scenarios, providing support for users to keep abreast of global market dynamics and platform product progress.
BeInCrypto: Gate Was Named One of the Best MiCALicensed Trading Platforms in 2026 and Continues to Strengthen Its European Compliance Advantages
According to BeInCrypto, Gate was selected as "Best MiCA-Licensed Crypto Platforms in 2026" and was awarded "Best for Access to a Large Cryptocurrency Selection". The selection pointed out that Gate provides a diversified digital asset ecosystem covering spot, contract, financial management and Web3 services, and provides European users with a more complete digital asset trading experience with its rich asset coverage and product system.
With the official end of the transition period of the European Union’s Cryptoasset Market Regulation (MiCA), the European digital asset market has fully entered the era of unified supervision. Gate Europe has previously taken the lead in obtaining the EU MiCA license and payment institution (PI) license. This recognition by well-known media in the industry further reflects the positive progress Gate has made in promoting compliance construction and continuously optimizing products and services in Europe over the long term. Gate founder and CEO Dr. Han said that the formal implementation of MiCA means that the era of "regulatory arbitrage" in the European encryption industry has officially ended, and market competition will return more to products, security and user experience itself.
Gate Founder and CEO Dr. Han Gave An Exclusive Interview to Bloomberg: Compliance and RWA Will Be the Key to the Next Round of Industry Growth
Gate founder and CEO Dr. Han accepted an exclusive interview with "Bloomberg Business Weekly/Chinese Edition" to share the latest views on Gate's globalization strategy, compliance layout and industry development trends. Dr. Han said that Gate continues to invest in global compliance, and its U.S. market layout focuses on long-term global development, rather than simply paving the way for an IPO. He also emphasized that high initial compliance costs will help build long-term competition barriers. When talking about the new narrative of the industry, Dr. Han believes that prediction markets, RWA and crypto payments all have long-term growth potential.
As the first centralized trading platform to connect to Polymarket, Gate has become an important entrance for users to participate in the prediction market, maintaining channel leadership in terms of transaction volume, user participation and ecological influence. At the same time, Gate Stock has formed a 7×24-hour trading service system covering the three core markets of US stocks, Hong Kong stocks and Korean stocks, covering more than 12,500 stocks and ETF assets around the world, supporting odd lot trading, stock dividends, cross-brokerage transfers of US stocks and Hong Kong stocks, as well as corporate action services such as stock splits and joint stock. Relying on its continuously deepening global compliance layout and expanding product matrix, Gate is accelerating to build a one-stop global asset trading platform that connects digital assets and traditional finance to provide global users with richer, more efficient and safer investment services.
CoinDesk: Gate Ranks Among Top Three Globally in RWA Perpetual Trading Volume and Second in Open Interest Market Share
CoinDesk’s exchange report shows that Gate’s RWA perpetual futures market continued to expand, with industry-wide RWA perpetual trading volume reaching a record high of $460 billion in July. Gate ranked among the top three global centralized exchanges with a 4.39% market share, further strengthening its position in the RWA derivatives market. In spot trading, Gate received a Grade A rating and ranked among the world’s leading spot exchanges in July, recording $35.8 billion in spot trading volume and a 4.93% market share, placing fourth globally. In derivatives, Gate recorded $276 billion in futures trading volume in July, with a 9.08% market share. Its share of derivatives open interest reached 11.2%, ranking among the top two retail-focused trading platforms. Meanwhile, Gate has consistently ranked among the top four globally by combined spot and derivatives trading volume, further demonstrating the platform’s strong market activity and comprehensive trading capabilities across the global crypto asset market.
In addition, with MiCA officially taking effect, the industry's attention to the new era of European supervision continues to increase. Founder and CEO Dr. Han of Gate was interviewed by CoinDesk and said that Gate began laying out European compliance a few years ago and will complete preparations for MiCA and payment institution (PI) licenses in 2025 ahead of schedule. He pointed out that the significance of MiCA is not only to establish a unified regulatory framework, but more importantly, to put all market participants on the same starting line. He also said that if unauthorized platforms can still continue to provide services to European users, the level playing field will still face challenges, so effective enforcement of supervision is also crucial.
CryptoRank: Gate Dominates the RWA Perpetual Contract Track, Ranking Second in the Market in Terms of Open Interest
CryptoRank pointed out in an in-depth report that Gate has become a major participant in the RWA perpetual contract track. As of June 2026, the RWA perpetual contract open interest amounted to approximately $340 million, ranking second on the market; its trading volume in May was close to $5.1 billion, making it one of the most active trading platforms in the industry, showing that its competitiveness in the TradFi asset trading market continues to improve.
RWA perpetual contracts have risen from approximately 1% to over 33% of total crypto perpetual trading volume since the start of 2026, with volume exceeding $120 billion in June 2026, with equity assets being the largest category of open interest. Gate is accelerating its evolution from a crypto exchange to a multi-asset trading platform. While supporting the three major markets of US stocks, Hong Kong stocks and Korean stocks, Gate has successively launched products such as Pre-IPOs, IPO Access (IPO Access) and gStocks tokenized securities, gradually forming a diverse product matrix covering pre-IPO investment, post-IPO real stock trading and tokenized securities. By continuing to expand its global stock and RWA product matrix, Gate is continuously consolidating its competitive advantage as a multi-asset trading platform.
Odaily: Gate Pre-IPOs Phase II OpenAI Heavily Subscribed to Create a One-Stop Global Stock Investment Platform
According to Odaily’s in-depth report, the market response to Gate’s second phase Pre-IPOs project OpenAI (OPENAI) has been enthusiastic, fully reflecting global investors’ high attention to high-quality AI assets and pre-IPO investment opportunities. Previously, Gate launched its first Pre-IPOs project, SpaceX, which raised nearly $395 million. It then launched a direct-to-IPO service in June, providing users with new stock subscription opportunities during the company's IPO stage and further improving the investment link before and after listing.
The report pointed out that relying on the unified account system, Gate has built a complete stock product matrix covering Pre-IPOs, IPO Access, global stock trading, tokenized securities (gStocks), stock CFDs and stock perpetual contracts, supporting users to use USDT to participate in global asset allocation in one stop. Odaily believes that as RWA, tokenized securities and on-chain financial infrastructure continue to mature, the integration of traditional finance and digital assets is accelerating. Gate is continuing to improve its one-stop global investment ecosystem covering stocks, ETFs, tokenized securities, CFDs, stock perpetual contracts and digital assets, further opening up the boundaries between traditional capital markets and crypto markets, and providing global users with richer and more efficient comprehensive financial services.
U.Today: Gate Polymarket Leads the Popularity of Prediction Markets, as Sports Events Become Growth Engines
According to U.Today’s in-depth report, as the world’s first centralized trading platform integrated with Polymarket, Gate Polymarket has significantly lowered the threshold for user participation through a wallet-free, cross-chain, and gas fee-free trading experience. Users can directly use the USDT in the Gate account to participate in predictions without complex on-chain operations. Currently, Gate Polymarket has become one of Polymarket's largest traffic portals. Gate Polymarket has long ranked first in daily, weekly, and monthly transaction volume across Polymarket's channels.
The report pointed out that the 2026 World Cup has become one of the important catalysts for the rapid growth of the prediction market. The World Cup Hub built by Gate around the World Cup integrates event schedules, standings, real-time scores, game reminders, historical data and forecast transactions. It continues to attract a large number of user participation and further promotes the activity and market liquidity of Gate Polymarket. U.Today believes that Gate not only lowers the threshold for using prediction markets, but also further improves the product experience. Relying on the convenient experience of the centralized trading platform and the in-depth combination of Polymarket's decentralized prediction market, Gate is continuing to expand prediction market application scenarios and promote the on-chain prediction market to a more open, efficient and popular development stage.
CoinGecko: Gate Firmly Ranks Among Top Three Global Spot Trading Platforms, Demonstrating Strong Market Competitiveness
According to the "2026 Q2 Crypto Market Report" released by CoinGecko, against the background of the continued adjustment of the overall encryption market in the second quarter of 2026, Gate's spot business performed brilliantly and firmly ranked among the top three global spot trading platforms. In terms of derivatives, Gate's perpetual futures trading volume remains among the top five in the world, with a stable market share of 8%-11%; the contract's open interest market share remains at 11%-12%, ranking among the top four in the world for a long time, continuing to demonstrate the platform's leading advantages in trading depth, liquidity and user activity.
The report shows that in the second quarter of 2026, the prediction market became one of the most dynamic tracks this quarter, with quarterly nominal trading volume increasing 48.7% quarter-on-quarter to $113.8 billion, with large-scale sporting events such as the World Cup becoming an important driver of growth. As the world's first centralized trading platform connected to Polymarket, Gate continues to improve the prediction market product experience and provide users with a more convenient and efficient way to participate in the prediction market. Relying on the continuously improving product ecosystem, global liquidity advantages and constantly enriched trading scenarios, Gate continues to improve the competitiveness of spot, derivatives and innovative products, and provides more diversified and efficient digital asset trading services to global users.
Conclusion
In July, Gate's multi-business sectors continued to expand, with TradFi, primary market, event contracts, Web3 and payment ecosystem growing collaboratively. Zero-rate stocks, gStocks, IPO Access, etc. continue to improve the multi-asset layout, and the event contracts share reaches a record high; at the same time, RWA perpetual contracts and global spot rankings maintain the lead, and the platform's comprehensive competitiveness is further enhanced.
Looking forward, Gate's growth focus will further shift from rapid product expansion to liquidity accumulation, user retention and multi-business collaboration. In terms of TradFi, as the product matrix of stocks, ETFs, CFDs, gStocks, Pre-IPOs and IPO Access is gradually improved, the platform is expected to further open up the asset allocation link of pre-IPO investment, secondary market transactions and on-chain RWA, and improve the efficiency of fund use through unified accounts. Event contracts, Web3 and payment services are expected to continue to expand high-frequency application scenarios beyond encrypted assets and enhance user activity and fund retention. If Gate can transform its current phased scale advantages in spot, RWA sustainable and innovative businesses into sustained liquidity, institutional participation and global user growth, its path to upgrade from a crypto trading platform to a global one-stop multi-asset financial platform will be further clear.
Disclaimer:
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Gate Team
August 13, 2026
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