Gate’s latest wave of announcements lands against a backdrop of strong third-party validation. According to CryptoQuant’s report Wall Street, Always On, Gate recorded approximately $15 billion in TradFi equity perpetual futures trading volume in July 2026 — a 308% month-on-month increase and the highest growth rate among all tracked exchanges. The surge was concentrated in AI memory and semiconductor assets: SanDisk (SNDK) and SK Hynix together accounted for roughly 53% of Gate’s equity futures volume, underlining how crypto infrastructure is increasingly absorbing institutional-grade thematic trades. Adding a product dimension to that momentum, Gate this week launched AI Picks, a pre-market stock selection feature that uses AI to scan price and volume signals, industry events, and news catalysts across US, Hong Kong, and Korean equities before each session — a first-of-its-kind integration of AI investment research into a crypto-native platform. Together, these developments point to a platform in active transition: from exchange to multi-asset financial ecosystem.
Gate’s futures stock section added new perpetual contracts in two rounds this week. On August 13, seven USDT-margined contracts went live — including MO (Altria), CIFR (Cipher Digital), NET (Cloudflare), VRTX (Vertex Pharmaceuticals), BIIB (Biogen), CLSK (CleanSpark), and REGN (Regeneron) — all supporting 1–20x leverage. A second batch launched on August 14, covering LGELECTRONICS, NAVER, HANMI, ZHONGJI (Zhongji Innolight, HK), and the KODEX200 Samsung ETF.
On the spot side, Gate’s stock trading ranked second on RootData’s latest exchange rankings with approximately $75.62 million in 24-hour public order book volume, behind Binance ($226M) and ahead of OKX ($70.58M). Gate also launched 9 USD1-margined perpetual futures markets — covering BTC, ETH, SOL, XAU, SPCX, SNDK, MU, SK Hynix, and XAG — alongside a limited-time fee promotion offering zero maker fees and a 75% discount on taker fees across all VIP levels.
gStocks tokenized stock tokens tracked that activity closely: Nebius (NBISG) gained 22.36% and SpaceX (SPCXG) rose 10.49% in one session; the following day, the 2X Long SNDK Daily ETF (SNXXG) surged 26.66%, SanDisk (SNDKG) added 13.35%, and Circle (CRCLG) gained 7.41%. Gate gStocks operates on a 1:1 fully backed native stock reserve mechanism and supports 24/7 trading with fractional positions from 1 USDT.
On the commentary front, Gate Executive Director Edwin Cheung appeared on The Rollup to discuss TradFi-crypto convergence, tokenization strategy, and compliance infrastructure, noting that investor demand — particularly from China and Asia — is increasingly focused on global AI stocks. In a parallel LinkedIn piece, Gate Head of Market Development, Equities Lucas Sum argued that multi-asset investing is shifting from platform-switching toward unified capital allocation environments, with competition among platforms increasingly determined by how well they reduce the operational costs of cross-market investing.
Gate recorded $626.35 million in net inflows over the past month, ranking third among centralized exchanges globally per DefiLlama. The platform’s 24-hour open interest exceeded $16 billion, placing it among the top two CEXs. July’s Transparency Report confirmed a 9.08% share of the derivatives market and an 11.2% share of open interest — ranking Gate among the top two retail-focused exchanges — with total futures trading volume of $276 billion. The report also highlighted the gStocks and ETF buildout: the platform now supports over 12,500 stock and ETF assets, with monthly ETF trading volume reaching approximately $20 billion, and Jersey Mike’s IPO Access attracted more than $50 million in subscriptions while OpenAI Pre-IPOs accumulated over $260 million.
On the compliance and security side, Gate’s latest Proof of Reserves showed a total reserve ratio of 117% as of July 27, covering nearly 500 user assets, with combined reserves for USDT, USDC, USD1, and GUSD reaching 118.97%. Gate Europe completed both MiCA and Payment Institution licensing ahead of the EU’s July 1 transition deadline, while Gate US reached its one-year milestone with 36 state-level MTL licenses covering 47 jurisdictions.
Gate’s holdings of World Liberty Financial USD (USD1) reached $600.4 million. A Soft Staking campaign for USD1 continues at an estimated 8% APR with no lock-up, and the USD1 Futures Pioneer Challenge — running through August 20 — offers a combined 140,000 USD1 rewards pool across first-trade vouchers, seven-day check-in prizes, and a volume leaderboard. Gate is the first platform to offer Soft Staking for futures, covering both spot and futures markets.
GUSD’s cumulative flexible US Treasury subscriptions surpassed $255 million, a new all-time high, offering a 3.80% base APR with daily distributions. The DOS Launchpool staking event is underway, with the GUSD pool offering an estimated 7.31% APR — for a combined yield of approximately 11–12% when added to GUSD’s base rate. Total staked assets across both DOS pools have exceeded $199 million.
Gate’s July Wealth Management Report noted that USDT holdings in Simple Earn Fixed-Term surged 70.4% month-on-month; Dual Investment Sell High strategies reached annualized yields of 113.5%; and the Quant Fund’s Interstellar Hedge strategy maintained a 100% monthly win rate for 25 consecutive months. In stock asset holdings, SK Hynix led with a 59.3% share, followed by SpaceX at 15.2%.
Gate upgraded its Card Rewards Program on August 14, expanding redemption options beyond USDT and GT to include BTC, ETH, GUSD, Tether Gold (XAUT), and tokenized stocks: NVIDIA, Apple, Google, SpaceX, Tesla, Micron, SanDisk, and SK Hynix. The conversion rate remains 100 points = 1 USDT-equivalent with no expiry. The card’s maximum cashback rate also rose to 8% for eligible spending. Separately, Gate Card launched a balance withdrawal feature allowing users to convert card balances to USDT at real-time rates and transfer directly to their spot account. The card covers 200+ countries and approximately 150 million merchants, with support for Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay, and Google Pay.
Gate Institutional continued upgrading its CrossEx trading infrastructure, adding one new exchange, 23 trading pairs, RPI Orders, and new market data and WebSocket APIs, while cutting fees by up to 50% across multiple exchanges. System performance improved by 50% through concurrent order optimizations. SuperLink continued to refine Fireblocks gas management for institutional cross-platform asset coordination.
The Flash Storage Futures Challenge (through August 27) lets users trade SNDK, SK Hynix, and Micron futures for a share of a 100,000 USDT pool. For football, the “Big Five Leagues Kickoff” event coinciding with La Liga’s opening match runs through August 31 with a 200,000 USDT prize pool and up to 100 USDT loss protection on predictions, plus co-branded Inter jerseys for ten lucky users. SOL and XRP Event Contracts launched with 5-minute, 15-minute, 1-hour, and 4-hour windows, joining BTC and ETH in the lineup. Convert Lucky Draw Phase 20 runs through August 16, while a New User Bonus offers up to 100 USDT for first-time Convert users through August 20. Gate will appear at Coinfest Asia 2026 in Bali on August 21 as Summer Bay Sponsor, hosting a branded zone with sessions from Edwin Cheung and Lucas Sum. Finally, Pipedog (PIPEDOG) was listed for spot and Convert trading on August 14.
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