Gate contract newly listed: $UNITREE (Unitree Robotics)
🔹 Trading pair: $UNITREE / $USDT
🔹 Trading time: Now open
🔹 Supports 1–50x leverage
Trade: https://www.gate.com/zh/futures/USDT/UNITREE_USDT
More details: https://www.gate.com/zh/announcements/article/101203

#KOSPITumblesOver6%TriggersTradingHalt
South Korea’s KOSPI suffered another dramatic sell-off today, plunging more than 6% and triggering a sell-side Sidecar mechanism that temporarily halted program selling.
The index opened nearly 5% lower before losses accelerated, with KOSPI falling into the 6,400-point range. At one point, the index was down around 6.6% from the previous session.
🔥 Semiconductor stocks were at the center of the sell-off:
• SK Hynix plunged more than 9%
• Samsung Electronics dropped more than 7%
• Broader technology and memory-chip stocks faced heavy selling
• Japan’s Nikkei also declined sharply
• Asian markets followed the weakness in U.S. technology and semiconductor stocks
🌪️ What Triggered the Panic?
Several pressures hit the market at the same time.
First, investors were already reducing exposure to high-growth technology stocks following weakness in U.S. semiconductor shares.
At the same time, rising U.S. Treasury yields increased pressure on equity valuations, while higher oil prices and renewed geopolitical uncertainty added another layer of risk. Brent crude moved above $91 per barrel, increasing concerns about inflation and global growth.
⚠️ Why the Trading Halt Matters
The Sidecar mechanism is designed to temporarily slow program trading when market moves become exceptionally sharp.
Today’s sell-side trigger came after KOSPI 200 futures fell more than the required threshold and remained there, prompting the Korea Exchange to temporarily suspend program sell orders.
This shows just how quickly selling pressure intensified.
🧠 The Bigger Picture
South Korea has already experienced extraordinary volatility this year.
The KOSPI went through a major correction earlier in the summer as investors reassessed the AI and semiconductor rally. The latest sell-off shows that the market remains extremely sensitive to movements in global technology stocks, interest rates, oil prices and investor positioning.
For crypto and global-market traders, this is an important reminder:
When risk appetite disappears in one major market, the shock can quickly spread across equities, commodities and digital assets.
The key levels to watch now are the KOSPI’s ability to stabilize, semiconductor stocks such as Samsung and SK Hynix, U.S. Treasury yields, oil prices and the broader AI trade.
📉 One thing is clear: volatility is back, and traders need to manage risk carefully.
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#USD1FuturesZeroMakerFee
Gate has introduced a major fee advantage for USD1-margined perpetual futures, giving traders a powerful opportunity to reduce their trading costs.
Starting August 13, 2026 at 06:00 UTC, eligible Gate users from VIP 0 through VIP 16 can trade USD1-margined perpetual futures with:
✅ 0% Maker Fee
✅ Taker Fee reduced to just 25% of the original rate
✅ Promotion available until further notice
For example, at VIP 0–VIP 2, the taker fee is reduced to 0.0375%, while higher VIP levels receive even lower rates.
💰 Why This Matters
Trading fees can make a significant difference for active futures traders, especially those who execute a large number of positions.
With zero maker fees, traders using eligible limit orders can potentially reduce one of the recurring costs associated with futures trading.
And the reduced taker fees make market-order execution more cost-efficient as well.
🌟 Multiple USD1-Margined Markets
Gate has launched a range of USD1-margined perpetual futures markets, including major assets such as BTC/USD1, ETH/USD1 and SOL/USD1, alongside additional markets.
This expands the role of USD1 as a settlement asset within Gate’s derivatives ecosystem and gives traders another way to access perpetual futures.
📊 The Bigger Picture
Fee competition is becoming increasingly important across the crypto industry.
For active traders, even a small reduction in fees can have a meaningful impact over hundreds or thousands of trades.
Gate’s 0% maker fee + reduced taker fee structure therefore makes USD1-margined futures particularly interesting for traders who already use USD1 and want to optimize their trading costs.
⚠️ Of course, lower fees don't remove market risk. Futures and leverage can amplify both profits and losses, so proper position sizing, stop-loss planning and risk management remain essential.
Lower fees can improve trading efficiency—but disciplined risk management is still the real edge. 🚀
#USD1FuturesZeroMakerFee #Gate #USD1

#GateRecordsOver273MIn7-DayNetInflows
Gate Records Over $273M in 7-Day Net Inflows: Confidence Is Flowing In
There is no better signal of market trust than money moving in. And right now, that signal is flashing brightly at Gate. The platform has recorded net inflows exceeding $273 million over a seven-day period, reflecting a powerful wave of user confidence and capital migration at a time when the broader market is weighing both opportunity and uncertainty.
What Net Inflows Actually Tell Us
For anyone new to the concept, net inflows measure the difference between the deposits coming into an exchange and the withdrawals leaving it over a given window. When the number is strongly positive, it means more capital is being committed to the platform than pulled out a direct vote of confidence from users who are choosing to build positions, park assets, and transact rather than redeploy elsewhere.
A figure above $273 million in a single week is not just positive it is a meaningful statement. It signals that traders and investors increasingly view Gate as a destination of choice, not merely an alternative. When users bring real capital onto a platform in scale, they are signaling trust in its security, its liquidity, its product breadth, and its long-term stability.
What Is Driving the Confidence
A string of recent developments helps explain why capital is choosing Gate right now. The platform has been rapidly expanding its product universe, ranging from an ever-deeper spot and futures lineup to groundbreaking forays into traditional finance. The ability to trade stocks and ETFs, participate in tokenized securities, and copy-trade real equities all settled in USDT has turned Gate into a genuine multi-asset hub rather than a pure crypto venue.
Fresh innovation has kept momentum building. New listings, event-driven markets that let users trade everything from sports outcomes to crypto price movements, an upgraded payment card ecosystem, and a points and rewards system that gamifies participation have all contributed to a more engaging and sticky user experience. When a platform consistently delivers new ways for users to deploy capital and capture value, the natural response is more deposits.
Broader market conditions have also played a role. With risk sentiment recovering across digital assets and renewed institutional flows into crypto products, exchanges that offer deep liquidity, robust derivatives, and a wide selection of assets tend to capture an outsized share of the incoming capital. Gate's growing footprint across both crypto and traditional markets positions it well to benefit from that tide.
A Global Footprint, One Integrated Market
The capital flowing into Gate is part of a larger story: the accelerating convergence of crypto and traditional finance. From A-share perpetual contracts and stock copy-trading to tokenized equities and event markets, the platform is steadily building what amounts to a one-stop global marketplace. That integration matters because it lowers friction users no longer need separate brokers, separate wallets, and separate KYC processes to access different asset classes.
The result is a compounding flywheel. More products attract more users; more users bring more liquidity; more liquidity attracts more capital; and more capital funds further expansion. Net inflows are both a consequence of that flywheel and a driver of it.
Putting the Numbers in Context
The $273 million-plus weekly figure should also be viewed within the broader flow landscape. Across the industry, net flows into and out of exchanges are being watched closely as a barometer of sentiment. Weeks of consistent, significant inflows are generally read as constructive — they indicate that participants are accumulating rather than distributing, and that they see current levels as worth committing to.
It is worth noting that exchange inflows alone do not tell the full story. Where capital is deployed matters as much as how much arrives. Capital resting in spot, committed to staking and earn products, or fueling derivatives open interest each tells a different part of the picture. But as a headline indicator, substantial sustained net inflows are hard to argue with.
A Note of Caution
Flows are a trailing indicator as much as a leading one. Strong inflows today can slow or reverse quickly if sentiment shifts, and capital that came in fast can leave even faster in periods of stress. Nor do deposits guarantee positive outcomes the markets the capital is deployed into remain inherently volatile, and leveraged or concentrated positions carry real risk regardless of how much liquidity surrounds them.
As always, this is not financial advice. Understand the instruments you trade, manage your risk carefully, and never invest more than you can afford to lose.
The Bottom Line
Recording over $273 million in seven-day net inflows is a strong statement of user confidence in Gate's security, products, and vision. Combined with a grindingly expanding multi-asset ecosystem and improving industry sentiment, the flow of capital tells a clear story: traders are not just watching they are moving in. For an industry built on trust and momentum, that is precisely the kind of signal that matters.
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