Over the past decade in the ever-changing and fast-paced cryptocurrency industry, Gate has chosen a challenging path — always adhering to a route driven by technology, with users at the core, and guided by a long-term vision. Since its founding in 2013, Gate has witnessed Bitcoin's journey from a niche experiment to a global asset, accompanying users through multiple bull and bear cycles. In the summer of 2025, Gate presented a significant report card — surpassing 30 million registered platform users.

Currently, Gate has become the world's fastest-growing derivatives trading platform, with a market share rising to 4.13%, ranking among the global top three. In addition to its futures business, Gate has also been accelerating across multiple product lines, from Launchpool and the Alpha platform to the Web3 wallet and the xStocks stock token zone, gradually building a complete crypto ecosystem covering trading, asset management, and strategy execution.

Behind this milestone is not only the surge in user numbers but also a symbol of navigating cycles and earning long-term user trust. At this juncture, BlockBeats interviewed Gate's founder and CEO, Dr. Han, discussing in-depth topics such as the significance of going from 0 to 30 million, Gate's product strategy and differentiation strategy, compliance layout, and reserve mechanism, attempting to unravel the intrinsic logic of this "slow company" rising against the odds in fierce competition, as well as its readiness and judgment for the next cycle.

What Does Going from 0 to 30 Million Mean?

BlockBeats: Hello, Dr. Han. Congratulations on Gate's platform surpassing 30 million registered users. What does this milestone mean to you personally and to Gate?

Dr. Han: 30 million users is a very significant milestone. Seeing so many users worldwide choose us, the increasing globalization and diversification of the Gate community indicate that everyone trusts Gate. We value this trust immensely and it reminds us of the responsibility we carry — to innovate constantly, maintain transparency, and always prioritize users.

BlockBeats: As an early Bitcoin evangelist, how do you evaluate Gate's industry position today? What has been the biggest challenge and the most successful milestone in your journey?

Dr. Han: As a trading platform that has been established for over twelve years, Gate has proven one thing: the long-term vision is still effective in this industry. In an industry that changes rapidly with many trends, long-term thinking is fundamental to navigating cycles and winning over users and the market.

The main challenge is mainly brought by rapid growth, such as how to maintain a smooth user experience, how to ensure security in large-scale operations, and how to continuously optimize our internal processes. Our approach mainly relies on three points—significant investment in technology, building a professional team, and always keeping up with community feedback.

One of Gate's greatest successes has always been a commitment to currency diversification and strict project listing review over the years. We currently support over 3600 digital assets, ranking first in the number of currencies among CEX globally, covering mainstream and emerging currencies, comprehensively meeting users' diverse investment needs.

BlockBeats: What are the changes in the competitive landscape of exchanges compared to the early days of the industry?

Dr. Han: Compared to the early days of the industry, the competition among exchanges is now more intense. In the early days, the focus was more on competing for basic market traffic and currency support. Now, with the industry maturing, technological strength, user experience, compliance capability, and product innovation have become key factors determining competitive success. Gate has always adhered to the principles of being technology-driven and user-centric, continuously optimizing trading performance and security, enriching the product matrix, especially leading in compliance and transparency. We believe that only through continuous innovation and robust compliance can we maintain a leading position in a competitive market environment.

How is the expansion of derivative business being intensified?

BlockBeats: According to a CoinDesk report in May, Gate's derivative trading volume surged by nearly 70% month-on-month, and its market share also rose to 4.13% globally. How did Gate achieve such a breakthrough in the fiercely competitive futures market?

Dr. Han: Firstly, it is the liquidity advantage. Gate ensures industry-leading stability in aspects such as large-scale transactions, slippage control, and matching efficiency through technological system construction, such as high-frequency market maker access, order book depth optimization, and cross-currency asset pools. With this technological foundation, professional users can trade with confidence, and retail users can still trade smoothly and experience stability even in extreme market conditions.

Secondly, it is the breadth of currency coverage. Among the contract currencies currently listed on Gate, the vast majority were initially launched on the market. The reason for being able to establish such a long-tail advantage lies in our deep understanding of the early-stage asset trading characteristics: high volatility, concentrated demand, and extremely strong timeliness requirements. Based on this judgment, we have established an efficient set of review and listing mechanisms, allowing emerging assets to receive derivative support at the earliest opportunity, occupying the strategic high ground of being the "first stop for new coin contracts."

BlockBeats: Currently, the Gate derivatives platform ranks third globally. In terms of product design or user experience, what are the differentiated advantages of the Gate derivatives platform?

Dr. Han: Gate did not choose to compete directly with mainstream coin markets and giants, but instead focused on the perpetual contract "long-tail market," precisely covering the hedging and speculative needs of small and medium coin traders. This differentiation strategy has allowed us to successfully break out of homogenized competition, forming a unique market perception. Additionally, the platform's fund retention capability continues to strengthen, indicating that users are willing to deploy more strategy funds on Gate, demonstrating full trust in our trading environment.

In terms of trading functionality experience, we have carried out comprehensive innovation. In terms of take-profit and stop-loss, Gate provides the most comprehensive set of combinations in the industry, including full/partial position settings, trailing take-profit (dynamically raising the take-profit line to capture more profits), and MMR auto liquidation based on the maintenance margin ratio, significantly enhancing trading flexibility and risk control capabilities.

Additionally, in terms of order types, we offer time-based orders, segmented orders, intelligent market orders, and other diversified tools to meet the various needs of retail to professional strategy users. Various large order splitting functions not only ensure transaction efficiency but also reduce slippage, hide trading intentions, avoid market impact, fully demonstrating our adaptability to professional trading scenarios.

BlockBeats: How will Gate continue to strengthen its contract business in the future?

Dr. Han: In the future, Gate will continue to strengthen its contract business from these several directions to enhance our competitiveness on the track.

First is the continuous upgrade of technology and experience. This year, we have completed a comprehensive redesign of the app interface and interaction design, with a cleaner visual style, more intuitive interactions, and significantly improved system response speed, order execution efficiency, and stability. This not only enhances users' daily trading experience but also improves the platform's capacity to withstand extreme market conditions. In the future, we will continue to optimize the underlying architecture to ensure the stability and security of professional users and retail traders in contract trading.

Second is the diversified expansion of the product matrix. Gate is transforming from "a user-friendly professional trading platform" to "a user-centered multi-dimensional trading ecosystem." Currently, we have launched on-chain derivatives, strategy tools, Web3 asset access, AI trading assistants, and other modules, and will continue to enrich tools and functions around users' full lifecycle trading needs. This will help users develop more flexible and personalized trading strategies.

Lastly, there is a deepening of the ecosystem and community building. What we now encourage is not isolated short-term transactions, but a transactional ecosystem built and participated in collectively by users, developers, and project teams. This will not only allow users to have a more diverse selection of assets and strategic tools but also drive the industry towards a healthier and more sustainable development.

Gate's Platform Reserve Transparency and Risk Control System

BlockBeats: Gate was ranked by CoinDesk as one of the top four platforms globally in terms of total reserves. As of June, the reserve has exceeded 10.4 billion US dollars, with an overall reserve ratio of up to 123%. How did Gate achieve such a robust reserve protection system?

Dr. Han: Gate's ability to achieve today's robust reserve protection system is primarily due to our commitment to "user fund security" from the very beginning. We were one of the earliest platforms in the industry to publicly commit to a 100% reserve fund. At the technical level, Gate utilizes zero-knowledge proofs and Merkle Tree structure, enabling users to verify asset inclusion in reserves without revealing details. Coupled with cold and hot wallet proof and balance snapshots, a complete data loop has been formed, constructing a comprehensive and efficient user verification mechanism.

BlockBeats: As user demand for platform transparency continues to grow, what mechanisms and arrangements does Gate have in terms of asset disclosure and user fund security?

Dr. Han: We have made significant technical investments in asset disclosure and fund security. Firstly, there is cold and hot wallet proof; we transfer the platform's wallet to an address designated by an auditing firm to demonstrate wallet ownership through actual operations. Secondly, we use Merkle Tree plus zk-SNARK zero-knowledge proofs to allow users to verify that we indeed hold a 100% reserve without revealing personal information.

In addition, we have also open-sourced the code and released the relevant proof logic on GitHub, and have engaged Hacken for third-party code audits to further enhance transparency and credibility.

In simple terms, through cutting-edge encryption technology, we have achieved "visible security" and "verifiable transparency."

Multi-Product Line Synergy Development, What Is the Future Direction of the Gate Ecosystem?

BlockBeats: Besides derivatives, Gate's multi-product line is also accelerating. Can you introduce which product line has seen the most significant growth recently?

Dr. Han: The most significant recent growth has been in Gate Launchpool. This is our staking airdrop platform, which supports users staking various tokens such as GT, BTC, ETH, USDT, etc., to receive hourly airdropped rewards in new coins. The platform has a low entry barrier, high annualized yield, and can help users seize market opportunities.

In June, Gate Launchpool launched a total of 16 new projects, with a cumulative airdrop reward value exceeding $2.8 million and a peak annualized yield of 1513%; during the same period, Gate HODLer Airdrop also launched 13 projects, with a total airdrop value of over $350,000. These two platforms continue to provide users with opportunities to participate in the early development of projects, and are highly popular among users.

BlockBeats: In terms of Web3 wallets, Launchpads, Alpha, etc., will Gate roll out a more systematic ecosystem integration plan in the future?

Dr. Han: We are continuously upgrading Gate Wallet to transform it into a unified asset management center, integrating portfolio management, strategy execution, and NFTs into a seamless interface.

In the Web3 field, Gate Alpha will soon support more cross-chain interactions, real-time data analysis, and AI-driven automated trading strategies. At the same time, our payment system, Gate Pay, is also expanding its capabilities, bridging the gap between fiat and cryptocurrency, and providing solutions for merchants.

BlockBeats: How do you view the trend of AI integration with blockchain? Has Gate made any deployments in this regard?

Dr. Han: AI has already begun to transform the way users interact with the financial system. We believe that the value of AI in the crypto field is not only reflected in on-chain automation or security enhancement, but more importantly, it can help users make smarter decisions.

Currently, we have deeply integrated AI at various levels of the platform. For example, smart support and resistance lines provide early warnings through technical indicators to help users assess market trends and avoid liquidation risks; AI coin selection mechanism uses the fear and greed index to analyze market sentiment, allowing users to quickly understand the overall market condition and make more rational and data-driven decisions; and our Ultra AI trading bot can automatically generate neutral, objective market assessments, create investment strategies, and users can choose from three strategy types—High-Yield, Conservative, or Coin Accumulation—based on their needs.

At Gate, AI is more like a trading advisor, helping users manage trading risks, lower the entry barrier, and personalize their strategies.

BlockBeats: Do you agree with the assessment that the "CEX dividend period is over"? How is Gate responding to this structural change in the industry in the face of the widespread wealth effect decline on trading platforms?

Dr. Han: In the past decade, the demand for crypto trading has surged, driving a significant increase in the number of CEX and DEX platforms. While CEX still dominates the market, DEX's market share has been increasing year by year. DEX demonstrates clear advantages in long-tail assets and cross-chain transactions, while CEX enhances user experience through Web3 deployment and service integration.

I believe that any trading platform aiming to lead in the industry in the long term must possess five core capabilities: serving billions of users, supporting millions of tokens, executing billions of transactions, custodying trillions of funds, and comprehensively complying with global regulatory requirements. It is around these five core capabilities that Gate continuously improves and refines itself, enabling it to navigate the market's fluctuations, grow steadily, and thrive.

BlockBeats: How do you view the recent trend of "coin-stock integration" becoming a global focus in the cryptocurrency industry, and what preparations will Gate make in this regard?

Dr. Han: This is actually an inevitable trend of deep integration between asset digitization and traditional finance, with the goal of enabling more people to easily participate in investments. As a pioneer in the industry, we have been actively laying out this market. In July of this year, Gate officially launched the xStocks trading section, supporting both spot and futures markets, making it the world's first platform to support a cryptocurrency futures market for stock tokens.

The initial batch of listings covers 8 popular symbols including COINX, NVDAX, CRCLX, AAPLX, METAX, HOODX, TSLAX, GOOGLX, where users can directly trade these tokenized stocks with cryptocurrencies such as USDT. At the same time, Gate Alpha also simultaneously opened the trading function for xStocks, with the initial supported contracts including MSTRx, CRCLx, SPYx, NVDAx, TSLAx, AAPLx, greatly enriching users' choices in on-chain asset trading and strategy exploration.

Our goal is not just to offer another trading category, but to fundamentally reshape the relationship between users and assets. By building a truly global, borderless investment platform bridged by cryptocurrency assets, Gate hopes to enable everyone to equally access global financial opportunities.

BlockBeats: Standing at this new starting point of 30 million users, what is Gate's next key goal?

Dr. Han: Standing at the new starting point of 30 million users, we will not only continue to focus on product and technological innovation but also actively promote compliance globally. Following the successful acquisition of a VASP license in Dubai and the acquisition of a licensed exchange in Japan, we will continue to drive the compliance process to ensure that more users can access and use crypto assets in a secure and lawful manner, building a truly trustworthy, sustainable trading ecosystem for users.

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