Gate Update: From gStocks to MiCA Awareness, Gate Advances Across Cryptography, TradFi, and Global Compliance.

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Alyssa Davidson

Posted: July 3, 2026 9:23 AM Updated: July 3, 2026 9:23 AM

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Gate’s most headline-grabbing development this week was the official launch of gStocks, a tokenized securities service backed 1:1 by actual underlying stocks. The product was discovered by the cryptocurrency community when KOL @yuyue_chris identified the on-chain gStocks page ahead of Gate’s official announcement, prompting Gate to confirm and tease future details. A full release soon followed. Includes 15 trading pairs including Micron, AMD, SanDisk, and SpaceX, 24/7 order book trading, integrated account management, API access, margin lending, and collateral eligibility for Simple Earn. Minimum entry starts from 1 USDT and partial transactions are supported. This launch comes at the center of a broader week in which Gate made simultaneous advances on compliance, market infrastructure and product depth.

Tokenized Securities and TradFi Push

The launch of gStocks is the most concrete expression of Gate’s TradFi ambitions and was announced in conjunction with Bloomberg Businessweek, exclusively hosted by Gate founder and CEO Dr. Han. He said the platform’s U.S. market strategy is driven by long-term global development rather than IPO preparation, and that compliance investments create ongoing competitive barriers. He identified RWA, prediction markets and cryptocurrency payments as the strongest long-term growth narratives in the industry. Compliance aspects have been externally verified. BeInCrypto named Gate the “Best MiCA Licensed Crypto Platform of 2026,” recognizing its dual MiCA and payment institution licenses and broad digital asset coverage. Dr. Han’s remarks on MiCA, which aims to end regulatory arbitrage and shift competition to product quality, security and user experience, were captured by Cointelegraph. On the organizational front, Gate announced the promotion of Edwin Cheung to managing director, transitioning him from global fiat strategy and institutional partnerships to group-level strategic planning. Cheung holds an MBA in Fintech from HKUST and has nearly 10 years of experience at HSBC and Standard Chartered.

Stocks: new products, records, platform upgrades

Gate’s stock ecosystem hit several milestones this week. Total equity holdings exceed $200 million, reflecting continued demand for integrated cryptocurrency-equity access. Gate Stocks has introduced a limit order feature for the US, Hong Kong and Korea markets, available in Gate App version 8.26.5 and above, allowing users to pre-set execution prices and reduce unintended fills due to short-term volatility. On the derivatives side, the futures equities section has added nine new USDT margin perpetual contracts with up to 20x leverage, including Nike (NKE), Marriott (MAR), Carnival (CCL), Anheuser-Busch InBev (BUD), Fox Corporation (FOXA), Comcast (CMCSA), Direxion Daily MU Bull 2X (MUU), and Utilities Select Sector SPDR (XLU). Fund), ABNB (Airbnb), etc. Gate has also launched pre-market trading on SK Hynix ADR (SKHY) perpetual futures, supporting 1-10x leverage, with 1 ADR representing 0.1 of a common stock.

Market Movement: AI Stocks, Semifinals, and Cryptocurrencies

Market volatility across AI-related stocks drove intense futures activity. CEO Meta Zuckerberg’s comments about potentially leasing surplus AI computing power triggered a sharp sell-off in South Korean semiconductors. SKHYNIX fell nearly 10%, with Gate’s SKHYNIX futures recording more than $34.41 million in 24-hour trading volume and $26.29 million in open interest. SanDisk (SNDK) fell more than 14% to $1,743.00, with Gate leading the world in SNDK futures with daily trading volume of $82.13 million and open interest of $22.38 million. NVIDIA (NVDAX) and Micron (MU) also pulled out, with Gate’s MU futures daily trading volume reaching $29.56 million and open interest reaching $18.49 million. In Hong Kong stocks, the sharp small-cap divergence was notable this session. Fengcheng Holdings (02295) led the market, surging 130.52% to HK$4.38. On the macro side, cooling US labor data and signs from Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh that inflation risks have eased broadly supported risk assets, with BTC and ETH strengthening and institutional demand for cross-market allocation tools continuing to grow.

In cryptocurrency derivatives, ETH has seen a significant surge. Market-wide 24-hour futures volume increased 28.86% to $40.28 billion, with Gate contributing $5.299 billion in futures volume and $1.877 billion in open interest. During the same period, Gate’s ETH spot trading volume reached $258 million.

Precious metals and gold-backed assets

Gold and silver recorded strong gains. XAU rose 3.08% to $4,182.22, with Gate’s open interest in XAU futures reaching $189 million. XAG rose 4.10% to $62.26, while Gate’s XAG futures open interest stood at $65.2 million, both ranking in the top two globally according to CoinGlass data. Gold-backed digital assets also rose. XAUT rose 2.2% to $4,061.57, with Gate ranking second globally in XAUT spot trading volume with approximately $12.47 million. PAXG rose 2.18% to $4,064.11, with Gate ranking third in PAXG spot trading volume.

World Cup and Prediction Markets

The 2026 FIFA World Cup continued to increase activity at Gate Polymarket. In the round of 32, the United States defeated Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0, ending a 24-year knockout winless streak. England beat Congo DR 2-1, Belgium beat Senegal 3-2, Spain beat Austria 3-0, Portugal barely beat Croatia 2-1 and Switzerland beat Algeria 2-0. Prediction markets for the next set of matches, including Australia vs. Egypt, Argentina vs. Cape Verde, and Colombia vs. Ghana, are now available live. Gate’s World Cup Prediction King contest runs until July 21st, with a prize pool of 100,000 USDT split across two independent leaderboards (Match Prediction and World Cup Fun Prediction). Each leaderboard awards 50,000 USDT, with the highest-ranking participant receiving up to 10,000 USDT. The Daily Predictions campaign offers an additional 50,000 USDT across 35 prediction challenges throughout the tournament.

Staking, Payment, Campaign

Gate’s SOL staking product achieved a new record of 626,100 SOL staked at an APR of 8.02% with instant redemption supported. Other available staking APRs include USD1 9.26%, ETH 4.33%, BTC 2.67%, and USDT 3.99%.

Gate Card has launched a points system built around a T0-T5 cashback tier that offers up to 8% cashback per transaction, with a limit of 150 USDT per transaction and 400 USDT per month. Points never expire and can be exchanged for USDT or GT. The card operates at approximately 150 million Visa merchants in more than 200 countries and supports Apple Pay and Google Pay. Gate will also launch a new user conversion gift campaign (until July 9) and the fourth phase of conversion and automatic investment benefits (July 3-17), offering a combined reward of up to 1,300 USDT per eligible user.

On-chain activity and community

Gate Alpha launched Phase 47 of its Hot Token Trading Competition on July 2 with a $40,000 airdrop pool and dual reward structure. This means a 100% win rate is guaranteed with the standard Mystery Box draw for non-referred users (per volume 200 USDT) and the premium draw for referred users (per 500 USDT). Gate DEX BountyDrop activates airdrops for BOSON (180,261 tokens), IceZigZag (2,000,000 ICEZ), and NESA (20,000 USDT), each open to 3,000 randomly selected task completers. Gate Talk Season 2 kicked off its second episode with cryptocurrency veteran 0xVeryBigOrange (@0xVeryBigOrange) looking back on his 13 years in the market and covering the convergence of digital assets and traditional finance, including commentary on long-term holding, risk management, AI agent trends, and Gate’s stock trading integration.

As a dedicated journalist at MPost, Alisa specializes in the broad areas of cryptocurrency, AI, investing, and Web3. With a keen eye for new trends and technologies, she provides comprehensive coverage to inform and engage readers about the ever-evolving digital financial landscape.

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