Gate’s multi-asset expansion has moved to the center of industry attention this week, driven by three headline developments. A fresh CryptoRank report placed the exchange second globally in RWA perpetual futures open interest — a segment that has exploded from roughly 1% to over 33% of total crypto perpetual trading volume since January 2026 — with Gate’s open interest approaching $340 million and May trading volume close to $5.1 billion.
On the regulatory front, Gate Founder and CEO Dr. Han gave an interview to CoinDesk ahead of the EU’s MiCA framework entering full force, noting that the platform completed both its MiCA and Payment Institution licensing in 2025, well ahead of enforcement deadlines. “Everybody needs to follow the rule. Then we can compete on better service for users,” he said, emphasizing that consistent enforcement is equally critical for creating a genuine level playing field across European markets. Away from macro narratives, Gate’s integration with Polymarket has made the platform one of the most active venues for World Cup 2026 predictions — a fitting convergence of global sports momentum and on-chain speculation, with the tournament now entering its quarterfinal stage.
With the Round of 16 now complete, all four 2026 World Cup quarterfinal matchups have been confirmed: France vs. Morocco, Spain vs. Belgium, Norway vs. England, and Argentina vs. Switzerland. Argentina defeated Egypt 3–2, while Switzerland eliminated Colombia on penalties to claim the final spot, following Spain’s 1–0 win over Portugal and Belgium’s dominant 4–1 victory over the United States. On Gate Polymarket, prediction activity across all four fixtures continues to accelerate. Gate’s World Cup Prediction Championship runs a 100,000 USDT prize pool, rewarding users based on the return multiple of successful predictions (minimum 10 USDT per trade), with a Smart Money feature letting participants track high-win-rate traders. The concurrent “Gate Polymarket × World Cup Daily Featured Matches” campaign shares a 50,000 USDT pool among participating users — no correct prediction required.
Gate maintained strong industry rankings across its metals and commodities futures suite this week. Gold (XAU) futures recorded $161 million in open interest — placing the platform in the global top two — alongside $157 million in 24-hour trading volume, as gold staged an intraday rebound after touching near one-week lows around $4,090. Silver (XAG) futures posted $55.9 million in open interest, also among industry leaders. On the Tether Gold (XAUT) contract, Gate ranked third globally with approximately $115 million of the market’s total $558 million in open interest. Crude oil futures performed well too: WTI Crude (CLUSDT) recorded $8.29 million in 24-hour volume and $8.23 million in open interest, while Brent Crude (BZUSDT) posted $3.34 million in volume and $2.77 million in open interest — both ranking among the top contracts industry-wide, as WTI and Brent prices rose 4.79% and 4.96% respectively.
Gate’s global stock ecosystem generated notable activity across multiple markets. South Korean semiconductor stocks came under pressure — SK Hynix fell 6.16% intraday and Samsung Electronics dropped 6.60% — yet both saw sharp increases in futures open interest (23.14% and 22.17%) and significant volume growth. Gate recorded $25.84 million in open interest and $21.81 million in trading volume for SKHYNIX futures, and $3.06 million and $5.19 million respectively for SAMSUNG, with both ranking among industry-leading exchanges. In Hong Kong, large-cap internet names proved resilient: Tencent rose over 2.07% and Meituan surged more than 4.20%, while the top three gainers on Gate’s HK stock list were EFORT TECH (+55.04%), FIRE ROCK HOLDINGS (+40.11%), and QUANTGROUP (+36.06%). Gate’s 24/7 infrastructure currently spans over 12,500 US, Hong Kong, and Korean equity assets, with USDT-denominated trading, fractional share support, and cross-broker transfer functionality.
Expanding its tokenized securities offering on July 8, Gate added 11 new assets to its gStocks section, including SKHYNIXG (SK Hynix), SAMSUNGG (Samsung Electronics), AAPLG (Apple), GOOGLG (Google), JPMG (JPMorgan), BRKBG (Berkshire Hathaway Class B), and five others. All gStocks tokens are fully backed 1:1 by underlying assets and available for 24/7 spot trading.
In index perpetual futures, ASX — traded on Gate — saw open interest surge approximately 385.82% over four hours to reach $1.22 million, ranking second across the market. Gate pioneered the use of major global and volatility indices as underlying assets for perpetual futures, with all contracts settled in USDT and available around the clock.
Total GUSD minting on Gate has exceeded $181 million. This week, the platform launched two exclusive campaigns — “GUSD Rewards Upgrade Hub” and “GUSD Convert Boosted Rewards” — running from July 7 to July 21, with a combined prize pool of over 100,000 GUSD. The first campaign awards up to 300 GUSD for net holding growth and up to 500 GUSD for reaching futures trading volume thresholds; the second rewards top net minters, with the leaderboard’s first-place converter taking home an exclusive 2,000 GUSD. Backed by Gate ecosystem revenue, US Treasury RWAs, and stablecoins, GUSD offers a 3.8% minting APR and an estimated 100% APR for new users.
Gate also launched a First Futures Order & Referral Cash Campaign running July 7–15, offering one XAUT gold lucky draw entry per 2,000 USDT in cumulative futures volume (up to two entries per user), with each draw giving a chance to win up to 10g of gold from a 50,000 USDT total pool. New futures users completing a first trade of at least 300 USDT receive a 2 USDT cash reward, and inviters earn up to 10 USDT per successful referral.
On the copy trading front, Gate’s ecosystem recorded steady week-over-week growth: futures copy trading investment rose 4.3%, retail copy trading volume share reached 8.64%, and the average daily active copy trader count climbed 5.8%. CFD copy trading metrics were equally positive, with new lead traders up 8.3% daily, trader interactions up 16.4%, and active CFD copy traders up 10.0%.
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