Gate, a global digital asset trading platform, has released its Q3 2026 Report, detailing growth across multi-asset trading, wealth management, institutional services, and infrastructure. The report highlights the platform's efforts to bridge crypto and traditional finance (TradFi) through an integrated financial services ecosystem.
Trading Volume and Market Share
According to CoinDesk data cited in the report, Gate recorded $396 billion in derivatives trading volume in September, a 38.2% month-over-month (MoM) increase. This placed the platform among the top three global centralized derivatives exchanges, with a market share of 10.1%. Spot trading volume reached $48.8 billion during the same period, up 21.9% MoM. The platform's RWA perpetuals market share hit 9.1%, ranking third globally.
Additional quarterly metrics showed ETF trading volume approaching 60 billion USDT, overall options trading volume growing 23.8% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ), and new trading users increasing by 52.1%.
TradFi Business Expansion
Gate expanded its global stock and ETF offerings to more than 12,800 instruments across four major markets: the U.S., Hong Kong, South Korea, and Japan. Tokenized equity trading also grew, with gStocks August trading volume exceeding 2.5 billion USDT. During Q3, the platform upgraded its CFD multi-asset trading, Pre-IPOs, and IPO Access services, and launched U.S. Stock Options, Stock Copy Trading, and Stock Event Contracts.
Wealth Management Growth
Gate Simple Earn total assets under management (AUM) surpassed $1.85 billion, up over 24% QoQ, while Gate Staking peak AUM exceeded $1.27 billion, representing growth of more than 57% from the end of Q2. The newly launched Idle Earn, which offers automated yield generation for USDT, USDC, and USD1, has accumulated over $300 million in total holdings to date.
Ecosystem incentive products also expanded. Gate Launchpool hosted 17 projects in Q3, with the FOLD project achieving an annual percentage rate (APR) of over 580% at close. CandyDrop rolled out 13 airdrop campaigns, distributing approximately $2 million in total rewards.
Institutional Services and Infrastructure
Gate CrossEx recorded quarterly trading volume growth of 63% QoQ, total retained assets surging 902%, and active trading users growing approximately 315%. The platform also advanced upgrades across Perp DEX, Gate Layer, Gate Card, and Gate.AI, extending its capabilities into on-chain derivatives, digital payments, and AI-driven investment research.
Security and Compliance
According to October data, Gate's total reserve assets stood at $8.688 billion, with an overall reserve ratio of 118.49%. Cumulative GT burns reached approximately 192 million GT, accounting for a 63.98% reduction from the initial total supply. Globally, Gate strengthened regulatory compliance under frameworks such as Europe's MiCA and Dubai's VARA, expanding legal and compliant operations across 81 regulated jurisdictions worldwide.
Brand and Ecosystem Building
During Coinfest Asia 2026, Gate hosted a side event focused on AI, multi-asset investing, and industry trends. The Gate Voyage Bali Gala convened nearly 200 global industry leaders, ecosystem partners, and top creators to deepen international strategic partnerships. The platform also strengthened its content ecosystem, including Gate Research, Gate Learn, and Gate Blog, expanding research and educational output around macroeconomics, RWA, AI, and global stocks.
Overall, Q3 marked progress for Gate across trading scale, TradFi, wealth management, and institutional services. As the integration between crypto and traditional finance accelerates, the platform is reinforcing synergies across trading, yield, payments, and AI research.
