The 2026 FIFA World Cup ended on July 19 with Spain defeating Argentina 1-0 to claim the championship, while England secured third place by beating France 6-4 a day earlier.
For Gate, the tournament became a landmark in prediction market adoption: Gate Polymarket — the world’s first centralized exchange integrated with Polymarket — recorded 501,190 participants, over $528 million in cumulative trading volume, and 2,630,280 transactions throughout the competition, ranking No. 1 among all Polymarket channels by daily, weekly, and monthly trading volume. A dedicated U.Today feature noted the platform’s cumulative volume surpassing $622 million as of mid-July, highlighting its AI-powered event analysis, Smart Money tracking, and dual trading modes as key adoption drivers.
This sporting milestone coincided with strong platform-wide metrics: Gate recorded over $319 million in 7-day net inflows, topping all global centralized exchanges according to DefiLlama, while CoinGecko’s Q2 2026 Crypto Industry Report confirmed Gate’s position among the world’s top three spot exchanges, identifying it as the fastest-growing among the Top 10 by spot trading volume between May and June. Here is a full roundup of the week’s releases.
Gate’s Q2 2026 Report documents broad platform expansion across trading, product, and regulatory dimensions. The global user base exceeded 58 million, with support for 4,800+ digital assets and 12,500+ stock and ETF assets. Spot trading volume ranked second globally, with derivatives market share in the top three and perpetual futures open interest holding at 11–12% globally. Total reserves reached $8.182 billion at a 115% ratio covering nearly 500 user assets, with all core holdings — BTC, ETH, USDT, USDC, USD1, and GUSD — maintained above industry standards. On the tokenomics side, GT burned 2.57+ million tokens in Q2, bringing cumulative burns close to 190 million GT, representing a roughly 63% reduction from initial supply.
On compliance, Gate US now holds Money Transmitter Licenses in 36 states across 47 jurisdictions. Gate Europe holds both MiCA and Payment Institution licenses; Gate Japan operates under the FSA; Gate Dubai is licensed by VARA; and Gate Australia is registered with AUSTRAC. Gate Europe CEO Dr. Giovanni Cunti expanded on this at a Cointelegraph X Space on July 20, noting: “With harmonisation comes adoption, and a great part of adoption comes from institutional clients.”
With the World Cup hub concluded, Gate Polymarket has launched the Esports Trading Showdown (July 20–August 10, UTC) with a 200,000 USDT prize pool spanning new user rewards, weekly trading missions, and a top-100 leaderboard where first place earns up to 10,000 USDT. Active markets include the 2026 KeSPA Cup League of Legends match between Kiwoom DRX and KT Rolster.
Gate gStocks received a comprehensive upgrade, unlocking five financial capabilities for its tokenized securities service: collateralized borrowing, Gate Earn yield integration, Unified Account compatibility, leveraged trading, and automatic dividend distribution. The platform covers 58+ global tokenized securities under a 1:1 native stock reserve mechanism, with 24/7 trading available from 1 USDT.
Gate’s Futures Stock Section added perpetual futures for eight new assets including TM (Toyota Motor), MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group), SOFI (SoFi Technologies), and CPNG (CouponGroup), all launching July 22 with 1–20x leverage. Gate also introduced Quanto Perpetual Futures — allowing USDT-margined trading of HKD-denominated equities without currency conversion — with four HK stocks at launch: TENCENTHKD, ZHIPUHKD, MINIMAXHKD, and XIAOMIHKD. According to RootData, Gate recorded a 127.74% 24-hour increase in stock perpetual futures trading volume, reaching $753 million and placing second among all exchanges by growth rate.
On market activity, Samsung Electronics gained 6.14% and SK Hynix rose 4.08% intraday, with Gate’s SKHX futures open interest reaching $37.73 million. Sandisk and Micron Technology futures logged $163 million and $37.59 million in 24-hour volume respectively. The Hang Seng Index reclaimed the 25,000 milestone on July 20, with Gate’s top HK gainer SHANGHAI AUNTEA JENNY surging 27.89%. Among tokenized equities, Circle (CRCLG) climbed 10.30% on Gate gStocks. Gate completed dividend distributions for 84 U.S. stocks including Alibaba and Thermo Fisher Scientific, as well as a separate payout for Micron Technology at $0.15 per share — both automatically credited in USDT.
The Ondo Tokenized US Stock Trading Competition launched July 21, running through September 21 with a 100,000 USDT prize pool split between a trading leaderboard (with a 5× weekend volume multiplier) and a holding rewards program for users maintaining 500+ USDT in eligible assets for 15+ consecutive days.
Gate ETF launched eight new 3x leveraged token pairs for IBM, NOK (Nokia), NBIS (Nebius Group), and RKLB (Rocket Lab), expanding the total to 378 leveraged products. An ETF Trading Challenge runs through July 31 with a 50,000 USDT pool.
Gate CFD reached a weekly trading volume peak of over $160 billion across 600+ assets, and introduced passive yield features on idle USDT and USDx in stock and CFD accounts — up to 3% APR with no lock-up required.
Gate Event Contracts debuted as a lightweight product for short-term BTC and ETH price forecasting — no leverage, no liquidation risk, 1.5 USDT minimum entry, and automatic settlement at expiry. A launch carnival distributes $50,000 in tiered rewards including first-order loss coverage and a profit doubling incentive.
Gate’s SOL Staking product surpassed 659,000 SOL with a reference APR of 7.93%. Gate GUSD reached $220 million in total minted supply at 3.8% minting APR; users staking GUSD in the active ANTFUN Launchpool (#367) can access a combined estimated annualized return of up to 8.70%. The Launchpool has drawn over 74 million in total staked assets across three pools (USDT, GUSD, ANTFUN), with the ANTFUN pool offering up to 176.82% APR. ANTFUN spot trading launched July 21. Gate VIP Wealth Hub has also upgraded its USDT Fixed-Term returns on a limited-time basis: 3.8% APR for 7-day and 4.0% for 30-day products. Gate additionally launched pre-market perpetual futures for KIMIUSDT (Moonshot AI), a leading Chinese AGI startup, supporting 1–10x leverage.
Gold (XAUT) traded around $4,042, with Gate ranking in the global top two for XAUT spot volume ($11.06M of $52.26M market-wide); XAU and XAG futures open interest both ranked in the industry’s top two. Gate Ventures’ weekly recap noted BTC and ETH gains of 1.5% and 3.6% respectively amid broader risk-off pressure, with structural growth themes including Japan’s Lawson stablecoin retail pilot, South Korea’s plans to tokenize government bonds, and 294 MiCA-licensed entities now active across Europe.
Red Bull Trading Tour 2026 Round 5 opened registration through July 23 (competition running to August 20), offering up to 60,000 GT and an F1 viewing package for the weekly trading champion. Gate Alpha’s Robinhood Chain Trading Competition, running through July 22, distributes $30,000 USDT in airdrops for users with $1,000+ in qualifying volume. The Futures New User Campaign (July 21–29) draws from a 240,000 USDT pool, offering a 10 USDT position voucher upon sign-up and referral bonuses for inviting new traders.
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