OKX vs Gate

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

OKX

Centralized exchange · since 2017

Global centralized exchange and Web3 wallet provider, launched internationally in 2017 as OKEx and rebranded OKX in 2022.

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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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More coins: Gate (2,556 vs 669)
More new listings in 30 days: Gate (4 vs 0)
Cheaper perps more often: Gate (231 of 462 shared coins)

OKXGate

Trading fees (base tier)

Spot maker0.08%—

Spot taker0.1%0.1%

Futures maker0.02%0.02%

Futures taker0.05%0.05%

Markets (live)

Coins listed6692,556

Coins with perpetuals4851,028

Coins with spot pairs4042,053

24h volume$23.48B$15.33B

Coins only here544 coins trade on both1252,012

New listings (detected live)

Last 30 days04

Last 90 days04

Perpetuals listed on both

Cheaper on more coinsof 462 shared perps, by mid price207 coins231 coins

Average funding (24h)positive = longs pay shorts+0.011%+0.009%

Typical price gapmedian between the two venues0.054%0.054%

Safety and access

Proof of reservesYes · monthlyYes · periodic reports (several per year) · Hacken (audit dated 2024-01-03, as shown on the PoR page)

Licenses3EU: MiCA CASP authorisation for OKX Europe Limited from Malta's MFSA (27 January 2025), US: OKX INC., NMLS #1767779, Dubai: provisional virtual asset licence (July 2022)5Malta: 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)

Restricted regions15 regionsCanada, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia…18 regionsUnited States, Mainland China, Canada, United Kingdom, Japan…

HeadquartersGlobal platform operated by Aux Cayes FinTech Co. Ltd. (Seychelles); regional entities incl. Malta (EEA), UAE, Singapore and the US (San Jose, California)No single official HQ disclosed; group entities licensed or registered in Malta, Dubai, the Bahamas, Australia, the US and other jurisdictions

Exchange tokenOKBGT

Incidents on record32

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 OKX

EURC ZEN AMC AUDF BRL1 USO AUDM QUANT FWDI POET SIMO RIOT AEHR LYTE

Top coins only on Gate

XMR RAIN USDE BTW M USDY MNT USDD U HTX GT JST KAS NEXO

Biggest perp price gaps right now

Liquid perpetuals listed on both exchanges, by mid price. Open a coin to see every route after fees.

BB+96068.94%OKX higher OPENAI-89.80%Gate higher QNT-82.28%Gate higher ONE-1.41%Gate higher TRIA-0.46%Gate higher UP+0.40%OKX higher ZIL-0.33%Gate higher NG-0.27%Gate higher

OKX or Gate?

OKX and Gate 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.

OKX lists 669 coins and Gate 2,556. 544 coins trade on both, 125 only on OKX and 2,012 only on Gate. In the last 30 days OKX added 0 new coins and Gate 4.

On the 462 perpetual contracts listed on both exchanges, OKX was cheaper on 207 and Gate on 231, with a typical gap of 0.054%. Gaps like these are what the arbitrage scanner tracks; average 24h funding on the shared coins was +0.011% on OKX and +0.009% on Gate.

Fees above are base-tier rates before VIP levels and token discounts; OKX offers 1 discount option and Gate offers 2 discount options. Availability depends on where you live, so check the restricted regions before signing up.

Which has lower fees, OKX or Gate?

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

Which lists more coins, OKX or Gate?

OKX lists 669 coins and Gate 2,556. 544 coins trade on both exchanges.

Which adds new coins faster?

In the last 30 days ArbiLayer detected 0 new coins on OKX and 4 on Gate.

Do OKX and Gate publish proof of reserves?

OKX: yes. Gate: yes.