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
Gate MCP
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
The United States has been using this move for 55 years—can’t you figure it out? Once the Middle East gets thrown into chaos, the whole world foots the bill.
Have you noticed? Every time the dollar has trouble, the Middle East ends up fighting wars.
In 1971, the dollar was decoupled from gold; people stopped trusting the dollar and dumped it like crazy. Two years later, the Middle East War broke out, and oil prices jumped from $2.7 to $13—quadrupling in just three months. Then the U.S. told Saudi Arabia: Oil can only be settled in dollars, and the money you earn still has to be used to buy my U.S. debt (U.S. Treasuries). Would Saudi Arabia dare to say no?
In 1979, gold surged again, and everyone started shouting, “The dollar doesn’t work.” Coincidentally, the Iran-Iraq War started: oil prices rose from $13 to $40, and it kept going high for years.
In 2000, the dot-com bubble burst, and the dollar crashed.
In 2001, “911” happened; the U.S. personally stepped in to fight in Afghanistan and Iraq. Oil prices rose from $9.7 to $147.
Got it? The script is exactly the same: dollar hegemony hits an impact → Middle East goes to war → oil prices surge → the whole world rushes to grab dollars → the U.S. scoops up the dip → the crisis is resolved.
So what about now? Gold has risen to $5,600, the Federal Reserve is about to cut interest rates, and funds are preparing to run. Do you think the Middle East will stop anytime soon?
No way. If oil prices can’t stay high long-term, how would the U.S. harvest? If the U.S. military isn’t fighting, who would pay protection money? How do you resolve the trust crisis in U.S. Treasuries (U.S. debt)?
Stop always yelling, “The dollar is collapsing.” The reality is: long-term high oil prices are the outcome the U.S. wants. When gold rises, oil prices rise with it; when gold falls, oil still has to hold up for years.
This isn’t a coincidence. It’s the old script that hasn’t been changed for 55 years. Those who understand are already laying out their moves.