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 40+ AI models, with 0% extra fees
Is TVL Still a Valid Metric for Success? 📉
In DeFi, we always hear about Total Value Locked (TVL). It’s often used to show how "big" a project is. But is it the only thing that matters? Not necessarily.
What to look for besides just TVL:
Volume-to-TVL Ratio: A protocol might have $1B in TVL, but if nobody is actually using it to trade, it’s just "lazy" capital.
Number of Active Users: Real growth comes from real people using the platform daily, not just a few whales parking their money.
Sustainability of Yield: Where is the reward coming from? If it’s just printing new tokens, it might not last. Look for projects with real revenue.
Data is important, but you have to know how to read between the lines. Always dig deeper!