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Gate

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

Open Gate ↗Arbitrage

Volume (24h)$4.87BUSDT markets tracked live

Coins2556with USDT pairs

Spot / Perp markets2203 / 1027tracked by ArbiLayer

Base fees0.02% / 0.05%maker / taker, futures

About Gate

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

Trading fees

Official fee schedule ↗

Spot

Maker—

Taker0.1%

Base tier

USDT-M futures

Maker0.02%

Taker0.05%

Base tier

Enable GT fee deduction for additional trading-fee discounts
VIP levels VIP0-VIP16 lower maker/taker rates; VIP11+ pay 0% maker on USDT-M perpetuals

Withdrawals: network-dependent, flat per asset

New users

Welcome rewards up to 135 USDT for new users

Sign up: 15 USDT voucher
Identity verification: 30 USDT voucher
First deposit of at least 50 USDT: 30 USDT voucher
First spot or futures trade of at least 30 USDT: 10 USDT voucher
Advanced trading tasks advertise additional rewards for net deposits and trading volume

Claim on Gate ↗Terms and regional eligibility vary; rewards are typically vouchers with conditions.. Check the offer page before signing up.

Gate VIP

VIP program ↗

Tier is based on 30-day trading volume (spot + futures x 40% + options x 5%, since Sept 2025) or total asset holdings; VIP0-VIP16. Futures rates below are from Gate's May 2024 USDT-M fee announcement; spot rates for global VIP tiers could not be verified..

TierSpot takerFutures makerFutures taker

VIP 00.1%0.02%0.05%

VIP 1—0.02%0.048%

VIP 2—0.02%0.046%

VIP 3—0.018%—

VIP 4—0.018%—

VIP 5—0.018%0.04%

VIP 6—0.015%0.038%

VIP 7—0.015%0.036%

VIP 8—0.015%0.034%

VIP 9—0.015%0.032%

VIP 10—0.01%0.03%

VIP 16—0%0.015%

Proof of reserves

✓ Reserves verifiedReport ↗

Proof of reserves

Published

Total reserves

$8.21B

Snapshot

Aug 19, 2026

Method

Merkle tree + zk-SNARKs; open-source verification tooling on GitHub

Frequency

Periodic reports (several per year)

Auditor

Hacken (audit dated 2024-01-03, as shown on the PoR page)

Overall reserve ratio 127% (snapshot 2026-08-19)
BTC excess reserve ratio 22.79%; ETH 22.05%
Stablecoins (USDT/USDC/USD1/GUSD) aggregate reserve ratio 111.63%
GT 131.15%; XRP 116.09%

Company

Founded

2013

Headquarters

No single official HQ disclosed; group entities licensed or registered in Malta, Dubai, the Bahamas, Australia, the US and other jurisdictions

Token

GTTrading-fee deduction with additional discounts on Gate; gas and staking token of Gate's own chain (GateChain / GateLayer ecosystem)

Founders

DHDr. Han (Lin Han)Founder

Leadership

DHDr. Han (Lin Han)Founder and CEO

Products

SpotMarginUSDT-M perpetualsDelivery futuresOptionsTokenized / real stock tradingEarnProof of Reserves

Licences & registrations

Malta: 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)Australia: Digital currency exchange registration, AUSTRACUnited States: state money transmitter licences held by Gate US, Inc. (NMLS 2272810)

Not available in

United StatesMainland ChinaCanadaUnited KingdomJapanSingaporeHong KongSouth KoreaIndiaFranceGermanyNetherlandsSpainCubaIranNorth KoreaSudanCrimea / Donetsk / Luhansk

Incidents & regulatory history

2018Compromised StatCounter analytics script was used to inject BTC-stealing code targeting Gate.io users; Gate removed StatCounter.
2015Predecessor exchange Bter reported roughly $1.75M in BTC stolen from its cold wallet.