Gate Update: Top 2 In Global CEX Inflows, New Chinese Stock Futures, And A 100,000 USDT Event Contracts Carnival
Gate entered the current week from a position of notable strength. According to DefiLlama data, the platform recorded $273.72 million in 7-day net inflows, ranking in the global top 3 among centralized exchanges, and followed that with over $25.95 million in 24-hour net inflows — placing it alongside Binance as one of the top two CEXs by that metric. Meanwhile, CryptoRank’s July 2026 Crypto Exchange Recap revealed that Gate holds a 49.6% market share in RWA perpetual futures open interest across all centralized exchanges, with $378.8 million out of a total $763 million in OI.
These figures arrive against a backdrop of a broader strategic pivot: in a recent Cointelegraph interview, Gate Head of Market Development, Equities Lucas Sum argued that crypto and traditional stocks are no longer competing narratives but converging ones, with the crypto-Nasdaq correlation coefficient at points exceeding 0.8 and the RWA market expanding from roughly $12 billion a year ago to over $30 billion today. Below is a full overview of the platform’s latest product launches, campaigns, and market developments.
Equities Expansion Continues Across Multiple Fronts
Gate’s push into stock trading infrastructure remained one of the dominant themes of the week. The platform’s Futures Stock Section launched perpetual futures (USDT-M, 1–20x leverage) for ten Chinese A-share listed companies, including Kweichow Moutai, Midea Group, Hygon Information Technology, and BeiGene, among others. The section has since added an Innovation Section featuring 40 popular stocks — Unitree Robotics (688836.SH) led 24-hour gains with a 6.97% surge — and now covers U.S., Hong Kong, South Korean, and Chinese equity futures. Following Unitree Robotics’ IPO on August 19, Gate migrated the UNITREE pre-market perpetual futures to official perpetual futures supporting up to 50x leverage, accompanied by a trading competition with a 50,000 USDT prize pool. Separately, Gate launched SK Hynix stock perpetual futures alongside Korean stock trading for the company (000660.KS) shortly before SK Hynix announced a buyback of 24.07 million shares worth approximately $28.57 billion — a development that further highlighted the relevance of Gate’s Korean equities coverage.
On the tokenized equities side, Gate gStocks posted strong performance, with Cerebras (CBRSG/USDT) up 10.47% and Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X ETF (SOXSG/USDT) up 12.10% in separate 24-hour windows. Gate ETF also expanded its product range, launching leveraged token pairs for Unitree Robotics, SanDisk, SpaceX, SK Hynix, and Micron (in both 3x and 5x long/short configurations), bringing the total number of supported ETF products to 408.
Gate Futures Copy Trading reported continued growth alongside these launches, with daily futures copy trading volume up 18.5% week-on-week and the average daily number of new lead traders rising 20.5%. The platform described itself as the first cryptocurrency exchange to support copy trading for stocks, with users now able to follow professional traders across U.S., Hong Kong, and Korean equities via Gate App V8.29.0 or above.
Yield Products and Staking Activity
Gate Launchpool’s PIPEDOG campaign continued to attract liquidity, with 19,290 ETH (APR: 4.74%) and 800 BTC (APR: 2.29%) staked in the respective pools, alongside over 27.8 million PIPEDOG tokens at an APR of 1,315.44%. The campaign runs until August 31.
Gate’s yield-bearing stable asset GUSD reached $255–257 million in total subscription volume across the reporting period. The DOS Launchpool GUSD pool, with approximately 108 million GUSD in liquid staking and an APR of 6.56%, offers a combined estimated reference APR of up to 10.36% when factoring in the base GUSD yield. Earlier in the week, a new user promotion placed the combined estimated APR at 105.76%, reflecting promotional GUSD reward rates.
Gate ETF launched a new Trading Challenge running until August 27 with a 60,000 USDT prize pool tied to WDC and AXTI leveraged token pairs. Users completing a first trade of at least 500 USDT receive a 10 USDT fee rebate voucher, with daily check-ins unlocking additional rewards.
New Listings and Trading Campaigns
Gate launched perpetual futures trading for 牛来 (USDT-M, 1–20x leverage) and simultaneously featured the token in Gate Alpha’s Hot Tokens Competition Phase 61, running until August 23, with a $50,000 airdrop pool split across BSC ecosystem token trades. The dual reward mechanism offers mystery box draws with GT token prizes, with no-referral and referral-code users eligible for different prize tiers.
Gate Event Contracts launched a Trading Carnival through August 26, with a 100,000 USDT total prize pool covering BTC, ETH, SOL, and XRP price direction contracts. The campaign includes first-order loss protection for new users, a refer-a-friend scheme, daily check-in rewards, tiered volume bonuses (up to 70 USDT for sustained Tier B daily volume), and a peak trading competition offering guaranteed rewards from 500 USDT at 150,000 USDT in cumulative volume.
LaLiga-related Event Markets continued to gain traction, with the Big Five Leagues Kickoff prediction campaign (200,000 USDT total prize pool, running until August 31) offering prediction vouchers, loss protection of up to 100 USDT on top-tier team opening matches, co-branded Inter Milan jerseys for ten lucky users, and a 50,000 USDT pool for the top 100 traders by cumulative volume.
Institutional Perspective and Platform Infrastructure
Gate Ventures’ latest weekly report noted that BTC declined 3.1% and ETH fell 1.8% over the week, with total crypto market cap down 2.3% and the Fear and Greed Index at 31. Institutional developments included Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s plans to bring Japanese government bond repo transactions on-chain via the Canton Network, and digital asset custodian Copper securing SEC-registered broker-dealer status. Total disclosed funding across the sector reached $19.8 million, with infrastructure attracting the largest share.
On the regulatory and compliance front, Gate Europe CEO Dr. Giovanni Cunti outlined his view that digital identity is evolving from a KYC formality into core financial infrastructure. He noted that Gate Europe has completed a dual MiCA and PI licensing framework under Malta Financial Services Authority supervision, and emphasized that the next generation of identity systems should unify security, privacy, compliance, and user experience within a single framework. Separately, ETH open interest data from CoinGlass showed Gate ranking second globally with approximately $2.727 billion in ETH futures open interest.
Gate Social launched a Dual-Theme Creator Challenge running through August 31, rewarding original match prediction posts and livestream content tied to Gate Event Contracts, with cash prizes and position vouchers distributed to top performers. Gate Card also introduced a Referral Program offering 5 USDT to referrers upon invitee card activation and qualifying spend, with ongoing 0.1% cashback rebates on future invitee transactions and a points system redeemable at 100 points per 1 USDT.
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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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