Gate, a global digital asset trading platform founded in 2013, announced in its September 2026 transparency report that its registered user base has surpassed 62 million. The platform reported concurrent expansion across cryptocurrency, traditional finance, and Web3 products.
As of September, Gate supported over 5,300 digital assets alongside 12,800 stocks and ETFs. The platform ranked among the top two globally in spot trading and top three in derivatives trading.
Equities and Tokenized Assets
Gate launched US stock options in September, initially offering nine underlying assets with USDT settlement, zero platform fees, and zero options commissions. The platform's gStocks product enables 24/7 trading of more than 70 tokenized securities, each backed by a 1:1 reserve of underlying stocks.
ETF trading volume approached 20 billion USDT with 424 trading pairs available. Futures trading volume associated with CandyDrop exceeded $11.8 billion during the month.
Trading Volume Growth
Gate Trenches, which enables trading across 15 blockchain networks using USDT, recorded a 47.18% month-over-month increase in trading volume and a 105.09% increase in new users. The product integrated with the Arc blockchain on its launch day in September.
Gate Web3 activity increased, with Meme Go trading volume rising 77.55% month over month and Gate Swap trading volume growing 30.75%. CrossEx, the platform's institutional trading service, recorded a 200% month-over-month increase in trading volume and a 37.3% increase in retained funds, both reaching record highs.
Wealth Management Services
Gate Simple Earn recorded cumulative subscriptions of $2.31 billion, up 42.05% month over month, with total value locked peaking at $1.855 billion. Gate Staking ended September with a TVL of $1.557 billion, up 15.85% month over month.
Market Position
According to RootData Research's 2026 Crypto TradFi Landscape Report, Gate offered 1,022 traditional finance assets, ranking first among platforms covered. CoinMarketCap's RWA report showed Gate's real-world asset perpetual futures trading volume reached $64.8 billion, ranking third among centralized exchanges globally.
