Gate Update: Anniversary, Market Dominance, And Platform-Wide Growth Define Gate’s Latest Week | Metaverse Post

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Alisa Davidson

Published: August 05, 2026 at 9:25 am Updated: August 05, 2026 at 9:25 am

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Gate marked a regulatory and market milestone this week, as its US operation, Gate US, celebrated its one-year anniversary. Since launching on August 1, 2025, Gate US has expanded its state-level Money Transmitter Licenses from 23 to 36, now operating compliantly across 47 US jurisdictions. Over the past year, the platform rolled out a trading app, fiat on/off-ramps, staking, institutional KYB onboarding, and — most recently — Gate Card, enabling stablecoin payments across Visa’s global merchant network. The anniversary arrives against a backdrop of strong platform-wide performance: according to DefiLlama, Gate posted over $124 million in seven-day net inflows, placing it among the top three globally, while recording $10.484 billion in 24-hour total open interest — second only to Binance among centralized exchanges. Together, these figures mark a week in which Gate reinforced its position at the top tier of global crypto infrastructure.

Futures and Derivatives

Gate’s derivatives segment generated several notable developments. The exchange launched pre-market perpetual futures for UNITREE — the robotics company behind large-scale commercial quadruped robots — with the contract opening approximately 90% higher in its first 24 hours. A dedicated UNITREE trading competition runs through August 14, offering up to 240 USDT per eligible participant from a 50,000 USDT prize pool. Separately, Gate’s Futures Stock section expanded its listing to include ten new Chinese technology names as USDT-margined perpetual futures — including Foxconn Industrial Internet, Cambricon Technologies, and Sungrow Power Supply — supporting up to 20x leverage, with the New Token Airdrop Phase 12 campaign running alongside through August 13.

On the options side, Gate reported a 14.55% week-over-week increase in overall options trading volume, with new-user volume up 15.41%. A Simple Options Monthly Challenge is live through August 30, with a 50,000 USDT prize pool. The TradFi CFD Financial Masters campaign, running through September 3, features a prize pool of up to 500,000 USDT across trading volume and ROI leaderboards, plus hourly draws offering SK Hynix shares. VIP 5+ members are eligible for exclusive twice-daily draws. A Futures Referral Leaderboard also launched on August 5, running through August 19, distributing up to 90,000 USDT across three rankings for both new and existing referral activity.

Copy Trading and Equities

Gate’s copy trading ecosystem continued its strong growth, with futures copy trading posting a 191% month-over-month surge in average daily new copy traders, while CFD lead traders grew 58.7%. Lucas Sum, Gate’s Head of Market Development for Equities, commented on a broader shift in investor behavior — from fragmented multi-platform operations toward integrated single-gateway access — as Gate Stocks continues to expand its coverage of more than 12,500 global equity and ETF assets across US, Hong Kong, and Korean markets.

Activity on gStocks was driven by both tech and clean energy themes. The SanDisk 2x Leveraged ETF token (SNXXG) surged 30.15%, the Marvell Technology 2x Leveraged ETF token (MVLLG) gained 27.40%, and the MSCI Korea Index 3x Leveraged ETF token (KORUG) climbed 20.68% in 24 hours. In clean energy, Fluence Energy (FLNCG) rose 5.78% and Bloom Energy (BEG) gained 3.90%. The tech rally extended into equity derivatives: Gate’s MSFT futures 24-hour volume jumped 211.64% and AMZN futures volume surged 163.68%, both ranking among the top CEXs in equity-backed derivatives activity.

Precious Metals and Macro

Gate maintained strong positioning in precious metals futures this week. According to CoinGlass data, Gate’s XAU open interest stood at $157 million, ranking top three globally, while XAUT futures open interest reached $134 million, also placing Gate in the top three. Silver extended its gains, with XAG up 3.52% to $60.93 intraday; Gate’s XAG futures open interest of $85.45 million ranked second in the industry. Gate Ventures’ latest weekly report noted recovering market sentiment supported by strong tech earnings, with BTC up 1.5% and ETH gaining 3.6% for the week. On the institutional side, BNY migrated approximately $8.6 trillion in transfer agency records to blockchain, while a group of European financial institutions launched the RL1 network for tokenized assets and on-chain settlement — both highlighted as signs of continued infrastructure maturation in the sector.

Yield Products and Staking

Gate’s yield ecosystem saw sustained momentum. GUSD now offers a 3.8% base APR with flexible terms and zero redemption fees; stacked with Launchpool pools, including SPCX and ANTFUN, combined yields reach up to 8.93%. Total staking volume in the SPCX dual pool (GUSD and USDT) exceeded $146 million, with the GUSD combined APY reaching 7.30%. USD1 holdings on the platform have reached nearly $250 million; users holding a minimum of 1 USD1 can earn up to 8% estimated APR through the ongoing soft staking campaign, with an additional staking option at 7.37% APR.

Prediction Markets and Esports

Gate’s Esports Trading Season, running through August 10 with a 200,000 USDT prize pool, continued to attract strong engagement across League of Legends matchups in both the LCK and LJL leagues. T1 Academy vs. KT Rolster Challengers drew particular attention, with T1 Academy holding a 69% predicted win probability on Gate Polymarket. Additional LJL and LCK fixtures — FENNEL vs. New Meta and Dplus KIA vs. Nongshim Esports Academy — also generated significant prediction volume as match times approached.

Gate Alpha and Platform Campaigns

Gate Alpha’s BSC-focused Hot Token Trading Competition Phase 57 is live through August 7 with a $40,000 prize pool, featuring 100% win-rate mystery boxes and real-time reward distribution. A Returning User Exclusive Comeback campaign runs through August 16, with task coupons available to the first 2,000 registrants. Gate Alpha also opened its community event mode, now allowing any user to independently launch trading competitions or volume-tier campaigns for Alpha Featured tokens, with a minimum event budget of 1,000 USDT and a 24-hour review process.

Rounding out the week’s campaigns: Convert Lucky Draw Phase 19 runs through August 9 with cash rewards up to 200 USDT; Convert and Auto-Invest Benefits Phase 6, active through August 17, offers up to 500 USDT in Dual Investment Trial Funds and 100% cashback on Auto-Invest spot trading fees. VIP users can participate in Exclusive Airdrop Carnival Phase 17, with premium Rimowa travel accessories available for top-tier traders based on cumulative trading volume.

Alisa, a dedicated journalist at the MPost, specializes in crypto, AI, investments, and the expansive realm of Web3. With a keen eye for emerging trends and technologies, she delivers comprehensive coverage to inform and engage readers in the ever-evolving landscape of digital finance.

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