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Gate vs Lighter

Fees, coins, new listings, perp prices and safety of Gate and Lighter, side by side.

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Gate

Centralized exchange · since 2013

Global centralized exchange operating since 2013 (formerly Gate.io), offering spot, derivatives, options and a large altcoin selection.

New users: Welcome rewards up to 135 USDT for new users

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Lighter

Perp DEX · since 2022

Order-book perpetual and spot exchange built as an app-specific ZK rollup on Ethereum, with verifiable matching and liquidations and zero fees on standard accounts.

New users: Weekly points drops and a free Premium trial week via referral

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GateLighter
Trading fees (base tier)
Spot maker—0%
Spot taker0.1%0%
Futures maker0.02%0%
Futures taker0.05%0%
Markets (live)
Coins listed2,556212
Coins with perpetuals1,028212
Coins with spot pairs2,0530
24h volume$15.33B$2.36B
Coins only here192 coins trade on both2,36420
New listings (detected live)
Last 30 days41
Last 90 days41
Safety and access
Proof of reservesYes · periodic reports (several per year) · Hacken (audit dated 2024-01-03, as shown on the PoR page)Yes · real-time
Licenses5Malta: Crypto-asset service provider (MiCA) and financial institution licences, MFSA (Gate Technology Ltd), Dubai: Virtual Asset Service Provider licence, VARA (Gate Technology FZE), Bahamas: Digital asset business registration, SCB (Gate Global Limited)None listed
Restricted regions18 regionsUnited States, Mainland China, Canada, United Kingdom, Japan…15 regionsUnited States, Canada, United Kingdom, China, North Korea…
HeadquartersNo single official HQ disclosed; group entities licensed or registered in Malta, Dubai, the Bahamas, Australia, the US and other jurisdictionsLighter, Inc. (Delaware corporation, United States)
Exchange tokenGTLIT
Incidents on record21
Highlighted = better on that line. Fees are base-tier rates before VIP and token discounts. Markets and listings are counted live from exchange APIs.

Top coins only on Gate

Top coins only on Lighter

Gate or Lighter?

Gate and Lighter are compared here on what matters when you choose where to trade: base trading fees, how many coins each lists, how quickly they add new ones, perpetual prices and funding on the coins both list, and safety signals such as proof of reserves and restricted regions. Live numbers update from the exchanges' public market data; fees and policies were checked against each exchange's own pages.

Gate lists 2,556 coins and Lighter 212. 192 coins trade on both, 2,364 only on Gate and 20 only on Lighter. In the last 30 days Gate added 4 new coins and Lighter 1.

Fees above are base-tier rates before VIP levels and token discounts; Gate offers 2 discount options and Lighter offers 4 discount options. Availability depends on where you live, so check the restricted regions before signing up.

Which has lower fees, Gate or Lighter?

At the base tier, spot taker fees are 0.1% on Gate and 0% on Lighter; futures taker fees are 0.05% and 0%. VIP tiers and token discounts lower both.

Which lists more coins, Gate or Lighter?

Gate lists 2,556 coins and Lighter 212. 192 coins trade on both exchanges.

Which adds new coins faster?

In the last 30 days ArbiLayer detected 4 new coins on Gate and 1 on Lighter.

Do Gate and Lighter publish proof of reserves?

Gate: yes. Lighter: yes.

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