When a listed company needs funds, in addition to borrowing and issuing bonds, it can also raise equity financing through the capital market. Secondary offerings, rights issues, and convertible bonds all affect a company's capital structure, shareholder equity, and stock price, but their financing logic and impact on existing shareholders are not the same.
This course provides a systematic explanation of the core mechanisms and operational procedures of Gate P2P fiat currency trading. P2P trading is a channel that allows users to directly exchange fiat currency and digital assets with counterparties. Users can quickly buy and sell cryptocurrencies through various payment methods such as bank cards and e-wallets. The platform provides Shield Protection security services and fast trading options. This course is specially designed for beginners to help you complete your first deposit and withdrawal safely and efficiently.
A company's journey from the private market to the public market is not an event that happens in an instant. An IPO is only one important milestone along the way. Before that, a company typically goes through stages such as business growth, private financing, Pre-IPO, valuation, and issuance pricing. After listing, the company enters the stage of continuous secondary market trading as well as corporate actions such as dividends, buybacks, and follow-on offerings.
This course will follow the complete path of a company entering the public capital market, starting from corporate financing and gradually building an understanding of Pre-IPO, IPO pricing, public offerings, listing and trading, and post-listing price discovery. It will also combine practical product scenarios such as Gate Pre-IPOs, Direct IPO, and stock trading to help users build a complete cognitive framework from pre-listing to the secondary market.
This course provides a systematic overview of the operational framework and market-making strategies for Gate P2P merchants (advertisers). Merchants are the core providers of liquidity on the platform, earning spreads or facilitating trade matching by posting buy and sell advertisements. Certified merchants enjoy exclusive badges, prioritized visibility, and dedicated customer support. Covering everything from merchant application and ad publishing to advanced risk control, this course helps merchants build a stable and secure market-making business.
As global capital markets grow more interconnected, investment opportunities are no longer confined to any single country. From artificial intelligence and semiconductors to new energy, more and more world-class companies are spread across different markets, making cross-market asset allocation one of the defining trends in modern investing. This course walks you through how global stock markets have evolved, how the macro economy shapes asset prices, and how to build a global stock portfolio that balances growth with risk—so you can capture long-term opportunities from a truly global perspective.
As global capital markets continue to expand, Crypto investors are transitioning from single digital asset allocation toward global equities, ETFs, and diversified multi-market asset allocation strategies. The US, Hong Kong, Japanese, and Korean stock markets each possess distinct industry structures, trading mechanisms, currency environments, and valuation models. Grasping these differences is essential for establishing a robust global investment framework.
This course starts by examining the fundamental operating principles of global equity markets, taking users through the unique features of the US, Hong Kong, Japanese, and Korean markets, and highlighting their respective distinctions in industry structure, trading systems, currency environments, and valuation logic. The course will also delve into ETF mechanics and asset allocation methodologies, enabling users to evolve from selecting individual equities to constructing multi-market, multi-asset portfolios. Combined with Gate equity trading, users will systematically build a global equity investment framework tailored to their specific investment objectives.
Event markets transform real-world events into tradable contracts, generating probabilistic prices through participants' trading activities. This course provides a systematic explanation of contract structures, probabilistic pricing, information aggregation, trading strategies, market biases, and outcome settlement, while also covering practical operations and risk management through Gate Event Market.
A Contract for Difference (CFD) enables participants to take directional exposure to currencies, precious metals, equity indices, commodities, and stocks without holding the underlying assets, with gains and losses settled in cash. Starting with "What Is a CFD?" the course clarifies how CFDs differ from spot and futures in typical retail contexts, then moves into trading mechanics and profit/loss sources, asset class coverage, margin, leverage, and forced liquidation rules, as well as fee structures such as spreads and overnight costs, along with execution factors like trading hours, liquidity, and cross-market correlations. It then zeroes in on risk management strategies and discipline before and after major events, using a case study to connect the full cycle from analysis and entry to stop-loss, exit, and post-trade review. The concluding module brings together the opportunities, costs, risks, and target audience, helping learners assess whether CFDs fit their personal objectives and constraints.
A single announcement by a listed company can simultaneously change the number of shares, the price per share, shareholder equity, and market expectations. Dividends bring about ex-dividend adjustments, stock splits change the price per share, buybacks may boost per-share metrics, and mergers, acquisitions, and delistings can directly alter the trading status of the stock.
Web3 projects may have large user bases, substantial trading volumes, and significant protocol revenues, but these operational outcomes do not necessarily translate into token value. Fees paid by users may be allocated to validators, liquidity providers, or application developers, or they may flow into the protocol treasury. Tokens, in turn, may capture part of that value through staking, buybacks, burns, fee distribution, or governance rights.
With the rapid development of Real World Assets (RWA), traditional finance and Web3 are accelerating their integration, and tokenized stocks have become a key direction in global digital finance. Through blockchain technology, stock assets can break through the limitations of traditional investment models and deeply integrate with the digital asset ecosystem, stablecoins, and on-chain financial services, providing global investors with a more open, efficient, and flexible investment experience. This course will cover the background of tokenized stocks, provide an in-depth analysis of the operational mechanisms of on-chain stocks, explore the transformation of global investment models, and examine how digital finance is redefining the future capital markets.
In the early stages of the crypto market, price fluctuations were primarily driven by spot trading and capital inflows, with a relatively simple market structure. However, with the rapid development of the derivatives market, leverage has gradually become the dominant force, profoundly reshaping how the market operates. Today, products such as perpetual swaps, margin trading, and leveraged ETFs account for the majority of trading volume, marking the market’s transition into a leverage-centric phase. Within this structure, price movements are no longer determined solely by supply and demand, but are increasingly influenced by position structures, funding rates, and liquidation mechanisms. Many sharp fluctuations are triggered not by news or fundamentals, but by changes in leverage structures and cascading liquidations.
As the digital asset market continues to grow, more and more crypto investors are beginning to pay attention to the stock market, particularly the U.S. stock market, which is dominated by AI, technological innovation, and global leading companies. Moving from crypto assets to stock investing is not about entering a completely unfamiliar territory, but rather an expansion of one's asset allocation perspective.
This course, viewed from the perspective of crypto investors, introduces the basic operational logic, investment methods, and risk management of the U.S. stock market. Combined with Gate Stocks trading, it helps users understand how to participate in global stock markets and gradually establish a multi-asset investment framework.
The cryptocurrency market is not a straight line of continuous upward movement, but rather a cyclical market driven by liquidity, capital flows, market sentiment, macroeconomic conditions, and industry fundamentals. From prolonged downturns and accumulation, to the rise of core assets, to capital rotation into different sectors such as DeFi, Layer 2, AI, RWA, and Meme, and finally to market euphoria and correction phases—each cycle exhibits distinct market characteristics and investment opportunities. The significance of understanding market cycles lies not in attempting to precisely predict tops or bottoms, but in helping investors identify the current stage of the market, observe changes in capital flows and risk appetite, and establish more rational investment and risk management mindsets across different market environments.
This course provides a systematic explanation of the core mechanisms of Gate ETFs. An ETF is a fund product that uses financial derivatives such as contracts to track the price performance of an underlying asset and amplify its price movements to a target multiple. Users can buy and sell ETFs in a manner similar to spot trading, without needing to borrow coins, post margin, or manage contract positions on their own. ETFs feature high risk and high volatility, making them more suitable for users who have a clear judgment on short-term market directions.
