Futures
Access hundreds of perpetual contracts
TradFi
Gold
One platform for global traditional assets
Options
Hot
Trade European-style vanilla options
Unified Account
Maximize your capital efficiency
Demo Trading
Introduction to Futures Trading
Learn the basics of futures trading
Futures Events
Join events to earn rewards
Demo Trading
Use virtual funds to practice risk-free trading
Launch
CandyDrop
Collect candies to earn airdrops
Launchpool
Quick staking, earn potential new tokens
HODLer Airdrop
Hold GT and get massive airdrops for free
Pre-IPOs
Unlock full access to global stock IPOs
Alpha Points
Trade on-chain assets and earn airdrops
Futures Points
Earn futures points and claim airdrop rewards
Promotions
AI
Gate AI
Your all-in-one conversational AI partner
Gate AI Bot
Use Gate AI directly in your social App
GateClaw
Gate Blue Lobster, ready to go
Gate for AI Agent
AI infrastructure, Gate MCP, Skills, and CLI
Gate Skills Hub
10K+ Skills
From office tasks to trading, the all-in-one skill hub makes AI even more useful.
GateRouter
Smartly choose from 30+ AI models, with 0% extra fees
Lightspark launches Grid global accounts to solve the fragmentation of global payments
CryptoWorld News reports that Lightspark CEO David Marcus announced the launch of the Grid global account at the 2026 Bitcoin Conference, aiming to address the fragmentation of the global payment system. The account is a USD account usable worldwide, benefiting from a new partnership with Visa, expanding spending capabilities across multiple countries. Marcus pointed out that the global payment system processes 10B transactions daily but lacks a universal payment layer, with cross-border payments facing delays and high fees. He emphasized that changes in the regulatory environment are leading major markets’ governments to gradually adopt specific digital asset and cross-border payment frameworks. Lightspark has built Spark on top of Bitcoin as a neutral global settlement layer, supporting value transfers between compliant payment endpoints. The Grid global account will support USD and Bitcoin, allowing users to route between multiple payment channels based on transaction needs, and will offer branded USD accounts, Visa debit cards, instant Bitcoin conversion, and AI-driven account management.