Gate Q2 2025 Report: Accelerating Globalization Strategy, Achieving Steady rise Against the Trend

Overview

In the second quarter of 2025, the global cryptocurrency market entered a new phase of stock competition, compliance upgrades, and user structure reshaping. Against this backdrop, the Gate platform demonstrated exceptional resilience and strong growth momentum. In this quarter, trading momentum on the Gate platform continued to strengthen, with contract trading volume reaching new highs, becoming the core engine of the platform's growth. Despite an overall decline in spot trading volume across the market, Gate achieved growth against the trend, with a month-on-month increase of over 14% in April's spot trading volume, elevating its market share to the second position among global centralized exchanges and becoming the only mainstream platform to achieve double-digit growth that month. The user base surpassed 30 million, with a strong influx of new users, and the pace of new coin listings significantly accelerated, further enriching trading options. Regarding asset security, Gate employs zero-knowledge technology, with total reserves reaching $10.453 billion and an excess reserve rate of 23.09%, ensuring 100% verifiability of user assets and the platform's stability.

This report will deeply analyze Gate's operational results in the second quarter of 2025 from multiple dimensions including platform business performance, user growth, ecological construction, security compliance, brand influence, and social responsibility. It aims to provide transparent and comprehensive data insights for users, industry partners, and regulatory agencies, demonstrating how Gate continues to consolidate its global leading position through technological innovation, product optimization, and refined operations in the ever-evolving crypto market, empowering the healthy development of the Web3 ecosystem.

Platform Highlights

Gate platform trading momentum continues to strengthen, user scale surpasses 30 million people

In the second quarter of 2025, the overall trading performance of the Gate platform remained strong, with the contract market being particularly prominent. Trading volumes repeatedly hit new highs, becoming the core engine of the platform's growth. The contract trading volume saw a significant year-on-year increase and continued to rise month-on-month, notably boosting overall market activity and further consolidating Gate's leading position in the leveraged trading sector.

In terms of spot trading, under the backdrop of declining market volatility and weakened speculative sentiment, trading volumes across most exchanges have generally fallen, but Gate has grown against the trend. According to the industry report released by CoinGecko for 2025, nine of the top ten centralized exchanges experienced a decline in spot trading volume, with eight of them showing a double-digit decrease; in contrast, Gate recorded over $110 billion in spot trading volume in April, with a month-on-month growth of over 14%, jumping to the second position among global CEXs with nearly 10% market share, becoming the only mainstream platform to achieve double-digit growth.

In terms of user growth, as of the end of the second quarter, Gate's total user base has surpassed 30 million, with a significant year-on-year increase in the number of new users added this quarter, demonstrating strong growth momentum. The continuous influx of new users not only reflects the expanding brand influence and market penetration but also injects more vitality into the platform's ecosystem. Meanwhile, the pace of new coin listings on the platform continues to accelerate, with the number of coins listed in Q2 increasing by over 65% compared to the previous quarter, further expanding the total number of supported currencies, enriching the trading matrix, and continuously enhancing users' asset selection space and trading opportunities.

In terms of ensuring asset security, Gate adopts zero-knowledge technology to achieve 100% verifiability of user assets. According to the latest reserve report, the platform's total reserves reach 10.453 billion USD, with an excess reserve ratio of 23.09%, and excess reserves exceeding 1.9 billion USD, continuously maintaining industry leadership in asset security and platform stability.

Overall, Gate is firmly positioned among the leading global mainstream trading platforms thanks to its continuously enhanced trading performance, a steadily growing user base, and advanced risk control mechanisms. The platform's core competitiveness and global influence are rising in tandem. Relying on an advanced matching system and a solid market foundation, Gate has not only achieved steady growth in spot trading, with active transactions of popular cryptocurrencies, but also continually optimized market liquidity and depth, providing users with an efficient and smooth trading experience, demonstrating the platform's strong resilience in volatile markets and its ongoing growth potential.

Ecological Construction and Security Compliance

Synergistic multi-product efforts to build a dual-driven ecosystem for user growth and revenue

The four major new products continue to evolve, helping to accelerate user growth and ecosystem activity.

In the second quarter of 2025, Gate's spot business performed excellently, with multiple product lines continuously driving user activity and revenue growth.

The Launchpad makes a powerful return, with the first project Puffverse (PFVS) receiving enthusiastic feedback, attracting over 35,000 participants, and a total subscription amount reaching 656 million USD, with an oversubscription rate exceeding 938 times, showcasing Gate's strong appeal and user stickiness in the initial distribution of quality assets.

The Launchpool project continues to operate with high-quality offerings, introducing multiple high-yield new tokens, with some tokens experiencing increases of over a hundred times. The number of participants has exceeded one million within the quarter, with the highest single pool approaching fifty thousand participants. The newly added VIP staking bonus mechanism provides users with better asset allocation and yield experience, with some project end-period annualized returns skyrocketing by dozens of times, further highlighting the platform's competitive advantages.

HODLer Airdrop continues to optimize, with dozens of airdrop projects launched, worth over one million dollars, bringing stable and high-frequency asset returns. Airdrop projects such as SKATE, NXPC, and SOPH have seen annualized returns exceed four times, reinforcing the "early participation, early benefit" strategy. The snapshot mechanism has been upgraded to multiple random snapshots per hour, incorporating GT average holdings calculation, effectively enhancing fairness and suppressing arbitrage. The estimated returns feature helps users better plan their assets.

CandyDrop continues to be popular, launching over 30 airdrop projects in the second quarter, significantly improving user participation and capital activity on the platform. To enhance the experience, CandyDrop plans to upgrade the task system in the third quarter, adding more types of tasks and introducing intelligent risk control, deepening cooperation with quality projects, optimizing airdrop rules, and continuously enhancing user profits and platform stickiness.

Overall, Gate's spot trading business continues to strengthen its leading advantage in the distribution of crypto assets and user engagement through the introduction of high-quality projects, innovative revenue mechanisms, and an enhanced user experience.

Gate Alpha: Product upgrade initial success, nearly a thousand items listed rapidly, trading users surpassing hundreds of thousands

In the second quarter of 2025, the original MemeBox officially upgraded to Gate Alpha, positioning itself as "the fastest token listing, the most comprehensive assets, and the closest CEX experience to DEX," fully laying out the on-chain asset trading. During the quarter, nearly a thousand new projects were launched, covering mainstream ecosystems such as ETH, Solana, and Base, with cumulative trading users exceeding hundreds of thousands, demonstrating strong growth momentum.

The platform has simultaneously launched incentive activities such as the Alpha Points Festival, which greatly enhance user engagement and platform stickiness through daily check-ins, token listing tasks, and airdrop points. There are over 20 airdrop projects, with popular projects such as USELESS, LABUBU, and AURA recording significant increases, further strengthening Gate Alpha's leading advantage in the early asset trading field. Looking ahead to the third quarter, Gate Alpha will continue to expand support for new public chain assets, enrich on-chain trading activities, and continuously build a core area for on-chain asset launches and high-frequency trading.

Gate P2P: Global coverage capability continues to strengthen, with significant growth in multiple core indicators

In the second quarter of 2025, Gate P2P business maintained a strong growth momentum, with significant improvements in global coverage capability and user experience, and the platform's market influence and business scale continued to expand. The global coverage capability continued to strengthen, with the platform supporting over 50 fiat currencies, covering 80 countries and regions, and integrating over 450 payment methods. By continuously expanding the global payment network, it has provided users with more convenient and diverse trading channels. Meanwhile, trading efficiency steadily improved, with the overall trading conversion rate increasing by over 5.7% month-on-month, setting a new historical high. This data reflects the platform's significant achievements in optimizing user trading experience, with user satisfaction with the service continuously rising, establishing Gate P2P's competitive advantage in the industry.

In addition, several core indicators of Gate P2P achieved significant growth this quarter, and multiple functional upgrades made important breakthroughs. Furthermore, the system and functions were comprehensively upgraded, and the platform completed over 20 optimizations and system upgrades this quarter, focusing on: strengthening the risk control system, optimizing user order placement and order list experience, improving merchant advertising publishing and trading logic, as well as launching the complaint backend and marketing management functionalities. These upgrade measures not only enhanced the security and efficiency of transactions but also created a more stable and high-quality trading environment for users and merchants, driving the continuous and steady growth of Gate P2P business.

Gate Institutional Business: Spot and Contract Institutional Trading Volume Both Increased, Institutional User Count Rose 27% Quarter-on-Quarter

In the second quarter of 2025, Gate's institutional business continued to show strong growth, with core data performing impressively, highlighting the platform's leading position in the institutional business sector. The contract trading volume increased by 33.59% compared to the first quarter, while the proportions of institutional spot trading volume and contract trading volume in the overall market increased by 23.69% and 31.17% respectively, reflecting the continued preference of institutional users for the platform. The number of institutional users grew by 27.42% compared to the previous quarter, further consolidating Gate's market competitiveness in the field of institutional services.

In addition, the scale of institutional lending has significantly expanded, currently supporting over 800 borrowable cryptocurrencies and over 250 collateralizable cryptocurrencies, with more than 300 borrowable cryptocurrencies available for fixed terms, providing institutional users with flexible and efficient funding solutions. In terms of isolated margin trading, Gate has also made significant progress. An additional 55 trading pairs have been added, bringing the total number of cryptocurrencies to 248, offering users a richer trading choice. The historical cumulative lending volume has exceeded 10 billion USD, demonstrating Gate's market appeal in the leveraged trading sector.

Gate Earn: Yu Bi Bao hits a new high, strong growth in on-chain earning and dual currency investment.

In the second quarter of 2025, Gate Finance continued to launch high-yield, flexible and convenient, and distinctly differentiated financial products, and combined with exclusive VIP rights and innovative functions, significantly enhancing user fund retention rates and platform stickiness, demonstrating strong growth momentum and continuous product innovation advantages, further consolidating its leading position in the industry. In this quarter, Yubi Treasure added 56 new cryptocurrencies for flexible subscription, launched fixed-income financial products with the highest annualized return of 150%, and VIP fixed-income products (with USDT annualized returns reaching 4.5%). At the same time, it also introduced the industry's unique fixed-term instant redemption feature, allowing for real-time fund arrival.

The on-chain earning coins have added 9 new types, further enriching users' investment options; at the same time, exclusive benefits such as fee reductions for on-chain earning services are provided to VIP users, better meeting the asset appreciation needs of high-net-worth individuals.

The dual-currency investment has added VIP exclusive financial products, supporting higher limits and products that mature within the day, enhancing the attractiveness and flexibility of the products.

Gate Financial Management Products: Mechanism Renewal, Comprehensive Optimization of User Profit Structure

In the second quarter of 2025, Gate completed mechanism upgrades across multiple product lines, including ETF leveraged tokens, investment tools, and copy trading products, continuously enhancing the platform's product capabilities and user experience. In terms of ETF leveraged tokens, a comprehensive product overhaul has been completed, with current supported currencies exceeding hundreds, covering the widest range among similar products. The steady growth of new users each quarter reflects the core positioning of this product in risk hedging and high leverage demand.

In terms of asset allocation tools, the platform officially launched "DingTou Pro", integrating traditional dollar-cost averaging and excess coin management functions, supporting hourly interest calculation and income reinvestment, thereby enhancing the efficiency of fund utilization. The short-term annualized return performance of some assets is impressive, gaining the favor of long-term users.

The copy trading product focuses on dual guarantees of strategy selection and trading security, introducing a "strictly selected copy trader" mechanism, along with rare trading protection rules in the industry, optimizing the risk-reward structure for users participating in strategy-based trading. The contract copy trading volume has steadily increased over the quarter, with significant performance from high-quality strategy copy traders, effectively enhancing the activity and retention rate of the platform's professional strategy ecosystem. In addition, the platform has also launched the "similar K line" analysis tool to help users identify historical trend similarity intervals, serving as a reference for auxiliary judgment of strategy timing, covering both the spot and contract markets.

Gate Wallet: Security upgrades, multi-chain ecosystem, and smart investment are in full swing.

In the second quarter of 2025, Gate Wallet continues to optimize security and experience, comprehensively enhancing competitiveness: launching the NFC-supported hardware wallet Gate Wallet Touch, balancing cold wallet private key security with hot wallet convenience, and supporting remote locking and resetting; multi-chain ecosystem expansion and process optimization make asset management easier; in terms of market trends and trading, launching AI potential coin rankings, Solana second-level K-line, flash trading, and smart money tracking tools to help users efficiently discover opportunities and execute quickly; in terms of on-chain yield management, launching BountyDrop aggregate airdrop tasks, adding multi-protocol support, and making the yield structure more transparent; meanwhile, launching the IDO Prime module to help users seize on-chain Alpha project investment opportunities in advance.

Overall, the Gate wallet creates an intelligent, secure, and convenient one-stop digital asset management experience through diverse functions such as secure hardware, smart recommendations, on-chain earning, and early project investments, further enhancing user stickiness and market competitiveness.

Gate Ventures: Focused on compliance and emerging ecosystems, continuously empowering blockchain innovation.

In the second quarter of 2025, Gate Ventures continues to serve as a catalyst for blockchain innovation, focusing on investments in cross-border compliance solutions, leveraged yield protocols on Solana, and the monetization of idle assets. At the same time, it is deeply laying out emerging and mainstream public chains such as Monad, Berachain, Avalanche, and NEAR, enhancing project incubation and resource matching through roadshows, AMAs, and dialogues with over 50 top institutions. Additionally, it explores the innovative trends of BTC Layer2 in depth in response to the BTCFi boom. Gate Ventures promotes the implementation of technological innovation and consolidates its leading position in the crypto venture capital field through an integrated strategy of "investment + research + ecological collaboration."

Secure, Transparent, and Comprehensive Advancement, Building a Trustworthy Trading Ecosystem

Risk Control and Anti-Money Laundering: Steadily Advancing, Leading Industry Standards

Gate is committed to creating a secure and reliable digital asset trading environment for users through cutting-edge technology and a professional team. In the second quarter of 2025, Gate will continue to enhance platform security and user rights protection. The platform relies on advanced data analysis technology and extensive industry experience to efficiently respond to market changes, regularly conducting specialized inspections and research to continuously strengthen the robustness and reliability of trading processes. At the same time, dynamic adjustments to risk control strategies will help the platform's risk management reach industry-leading levels.

In terms of anti-money laundering and compliance system construction, the platform adheres to a top-down compliance philosophy, continuously improving institutional processes, promoting system upgrades, and enhancing review efficiency and customer experience. It establishes long-term cooperation with international authoritative institutions to strengthen on-chain risk identification and transaction tracking, building a solid compliance control framework. The platform closely monitors global regulatory dynamics, conducts multiple research studies, and timely adjusts compliance strategies to ensure continuous compliance and competitiveness in a rapidly changing market environment. Meanwhile, Gate continues to strengthen its risk control and compliance team, enhancing risk identification and compliance execution capabilities, and is committed to providing users with a compliant and trustworthy trading experience.

In addition, Gate continues to iterate its risk control model, improving the accuracy of risk identification and response efficiency, balancing quality service and professional management, providing users with a stable and excellent trading experience, and leading the continuous enhancement of industry standards and trust.

Reserve Fund: Total value reaches 10.453 billion USD, total reserve ratio reaches 123.09%

In the second quarter, Gate announced the new reserve report. The data shows that as of June 2025, the total value of Gate's reserves reached $10.453 billion, with a total reserve ratio of 123.09%; Gate's reserves cover user assets exceeding 350 types, with an excess reserve amount of $1.96 billion.

Among them, the total number of BTC users is 17,022.60 coins, with Gate reserves of 23,611.00 coins, and an excess reserve ratio of 38.70%. The total number of ETH users is 386,645.00 coins, with Gate reserves of 437,127.00 coins, and an excess reserve ratio of 13.06%. The total number of USDT users is 1,156,715,656.24 coins, with Gate reserves of 1,306,535,437.00 coins, and an excess reserve ratio of 12.95%. In addition, the reserve ratios for GT, DOGE, and XRP are all above the 100% reserve benchmark, reaching 156.61%, 108.78%, and 115.30%, respectively.

From the initial commitment of 100% reserves to the introduction of zero-knowledge proofs, Gate continues to drive dual innovations in technology and security. In the future, Gate will continue to explore the technological frontier, strengthen transparent operations, and build a safe and trustworthy digital asset trading ecosystem with global users.

Global License: Obtained VASP License under the Regulation and Supervision of VARA in Dubai

Gate's subsidiary Gate Technology FZE has obtained a VASP license under the regulation and supervision of VARA in Dubai, allowing it to provide cryptocurrency trading services to institutional investors, qualified investors, and retail users. This important milestone marks another deepening and expansion of Gate Group's global compliance strategy.

Gate Group is at the forefront of compliance construction and investment in the industry, having achieved compliance coverage in multiple regions including the Americas, the Middle East, Europe, and Asia. Its global entities have obtained or completed relevant regulatory registrations, license applications, authorizations, or approvals in jurisdictions such as Lithuania, Argentina, Malta, Italy, the Bahamas, Gibraltar, and Hong Kong. Last year, Gate Group also completed the acquisition of a licensed exchange in Japan, further expanding its global compliance network.

Community Building and Brand Activities

Gate Community Building: Accelerating Global Connections, Co-creating a Diverse Web3 Ecosystem

In the second quarter of 2025, Gate continuously enhances user engagement and community belonging through multi-dimensional actions such as brand activities, community events, cultural marketing, and global collaborations, expanding the depth and breadth of community building at [Web3]/web3(. At the same time, it brings together users, partners, and industry leaders in the same ecosystem, promoting connection upgrades, laying a solid foundation for the next stage of the crypto journey, and presenting a Web3 platform that integrates innovative spirit and cultural warmth to global users.

SPORT3 DUBAI 2025: A Cross-Industry Feast of Web3 and Sports Culture

On April 29, 2025, Gate will hold the SPORT3 DUBAI 2025 Sports Carnival in Dubai. As an international Web3 sports event IP initiated and continuously operated by Gate, this event includes three friendly matches: football, badminton, and paddle tennis. It aims to create an industry social event that combines the spirit of sports with Web3 culture, providing guests with more diverse ways to connect, promoting cross-border cooperation and in-depth communication among industry practitioners, and advancing the integration and development of the Web3 spirit in more fields.

Gate 12th Anniversary Global Celebration: A New Strategic Vision Towards the "Next Generation Super Unicorn Exchange"

On May 1, 2025, Gate successfully concluded its twelve-year global celebration series held in Dubai. The two-day agenda not only brought together investors, blockchain entrepreneurs, and industry leaders from around the world but also injected new communication momentum and sparks of ideas into the entire Web3 industry. Gate's founder and CEO Dr. Han delivered a keynote speech, reflecting on the platform's twelve-year development journey and key achievements, and proposed a strategic vision for a "next-generation super unicorn exchange," outlining a comprehensive upgrade of the exchange's technological capabilities and ecological role in the future.

WCTC S7: Global Events Upgrade, Popularity Reaches New Heights

On May 7, 2025, the 7th World Cryptocurrency Trading Competition (WCTC S7) hosted by Gate officially kicked off, lasting for over a month, featuring multiple segments including team competitions, individual competitions, and surprise cash rain events. The dynamic prize pool reached up to 5 million USD, with the team competition champion winning valuable prizes such as a Ford Mustang GT. This year’s event performed exceptionally well, with participation scale reaching a new high compared to the previous edition: WCTC S7 attracted a total of 112,888 participants, an increase of nearly 20,000 from the last edition, with total contract trading volume exceeding 50 billion USD and total spot trading volume exceeding 1 billion USD; the team competition was fiercely contested, with 75,059 participants forming over 52,000 teams, among which the top team’s trading volume surpassed 5 billion USD; in the individual competition, the number of participants was 37,829, with the top trading amount reaching 190 million USD; additionally, nearly 120,000 users participated in the surprise cash rain event, attracting global users to engage actively.

Gate "Red Bull Racing Tour": Bringing the Passion of F1 Racing to the Crypto World

In June 2025, Gate launched the "Red Bull Racing Circuit" event, introducing the passion of F1 racing into the cryptocurrency world with a "trading speed + task challenge" model. The first phase of the event successfully concluded in the second quarter, attracting nearly 41,000 users and surpassing a total trading volume of 13.3 billion USDT. The champion of the trading leaderboard stood out with high-frequency trading and steady profits, winning a seat to watch F1 live.

Gate Bitcoin Pizza Day Special Event: Honoring Crypto History with Custom Pizzas

On May 22, 2025, Gate launched a special customized pizza event to commemorate "Bitcoin Pizza Day," honoring users and partners for this iconic history in the cryptocurrency industry. This event centers around the core idea of "customized pizza," targeting selected users and ecological partners worldwide for direct gifting, aiming to convey the "community spirit" and "decentralization" values in crypto culture through this unique commemorative approach.

) Gate Brand Influence: Diverse Cross-Industry Collaboration, Continuously Deepening Global Impact

In the second quarter of 2025, Gate will continue to deepen its global brand strategy by building a more three-dimensional and warmer brand image through partnerships with top sporting events, digital collectibles issuance, creative short film marketing, and high-end guest interactions. Whether launching digital collectibles in collaboration with the F1 Red Bull Racing team or shaping the "Guardian of Safety" role together with world-class goalkeeper Sommer, Gate constantly expands users' cognitive boundaries through multidimensional storytelling. At the same time, by leveraging high-end scenarios such as the Monaco Grand Prix and viewing events with Inter Milan, Gate continuously reaches a broader mainstream user group, steadily solidifying its influence as a leading global Web3 brand. In the future, Gate will continue to drive forward with a "technology + brand" dual approach, accelerating connections within the global ecosystem and co-creating the Web3 imagination space.

Gate x F1 Red Bull Racing Co-branded NFT Launches, Million Mint Witnesses Cross-Industry Craze

In May 2025, Gate officially launched the IN THE MOMENT digital collectible series jointly created with the F1 Red Bull Racing Team, which is available for free to users worldwide. The exclusive NFTs pay tribute to the highlight moments from 24 race weekends in history. According to official statistics, the first limited release featured 6 collectibles, with the total minted quantity exceeding 1 million, attracting over 200,000 users to participate, showcasing the immense appeal of cross-industry collaboration between Web3 digital collectibles and top-tier sports events. As the first in-depth collaboration between the two parties in the Web3 field, this project not only highlights the forefront exploration of cross-industry innovation but also marks a new chapter in on-chain sports culture content.

Gate CBO invited to attend the F1 Monaco Grand Prix, witnessing the brand power behind speed

At the end of May 2025, Gate was invited to appear at the F1 Monaco Grand Prix, embarking on an international brand journey full of speed and style in collaboration with the F1 Red Bull Racing Team. During the event, Gate's Chief Business Officer Kevin Lee was present on-site, capturing and sharing the exciting moments where the Gate platform intertwined with the passionate atmosphere of the F1 racetrack. As one of the most prestigious F1 tracks in the world, Monaco not only represents a pinnacle event experience but also serves as an important stage for world-class brand convergence. Against the backdrop of the fast racetrack and the Mediterranean scenery, Gate continues to expand its brand influence among international users through deep participation in top-tier events. In the future, Gate will continue to explore more possibilities in brand crossover, technological innovation, and user experience, deepening brand experiences in diverse scenarios and reaching more users.

Inter Milan goalkeeper Sommer becomes a Gate Friend, co-writing a new chapter of safe guarding

In May 2025, Gate announced that Swiss goalkeeper and Serie A champion Yann Sommer would become a Gate Friend. The two parties jointly launched a creative brand short film that deeply integrates the guardian spirit of football goalkeepers with the platform's security philosophy. Yann Sommer's save success rate ranks among the top in Serie A, and his reaction speed and anticipation ability are the cornerstone of the team's defense. The short film showcases the world-class goalkeeper's quick reaction ability, symbolizing Gate's high security in the digital asset field and its efficient response to market changes. This collaboration not only resonates with the champion spirit of both parties but also elevates the values of 'guardianship' and 'security' to a new height.

Gate CGEO Laura and KOL gather in the VIP box of Inter Milan to watch the match

On May 18, 2025, Gate CGEO Laura K. Inamedinova watched the Serie A home finale match between Inter Milan and Lazio alongside globally renowned KOLs, with the final score being 2:2. The invited guests enjoyed panoramic views from exclusive VIP seats, experiencing the football fever up close. Before the match, Laura had dinner with the KOLs, engaging in in-depth conversations about community ecosystem development. Whether it was the visual impact on the field or the exclusive services before and after the match, it showcased Gate's brand philosophy of "walking with champions," allowing guests to fully experience Gate's dedication to brand building. Previously, Gate's Chief Business Officer Kevin Lee also personally visited Milan as a brand spokesperson to watch an Inter Milan match.

Gate Square and Hot Chat: Content Ecology Continues to Evolve, Platform Activity Reaches New Heights

In the second quarter of 2025, Gate Square and the Hot Chat community continue to maintain strong growth momentum, becoming an important platform for users to obtain industry information and exchange market views. User creativity remains high, and the content ecosystem is increasingly rich.

To further optimize the user experience, Gate Square has undergone a comprehensive upgrade: the interface is simpler and more aesthetically pleasing, the sections are clearer, and the operations are smoother; the points center has been upgraded to a community center, and honor points have been converted to community growth values, allowing users to easily participate in daily tasks, significantly enhancing community activity and interaction; the homepage information flow has been optimized, with an increased recommendation weight for quality creators, helping users efficiently access quality cryptocurrency content.

In addition, the Hot Chat section has completed a refreshing upgrade of its display page, with updates to the red envelope feature in chat groups and the transaction card sharing feature, enhancing user activity in the community. Overall chat optimization, group management functions, and message push mechanism upgrades in the Hot Chat section ensure that information accurately reaches users. Gate Square and Hot Chat are creating a diverse ecosystem that integrates in-depth content, real-time communication, and creator growth, continuously providing users with high-quality information access channels and social experiences.

Charity and Social Responsibility

Gate Charity x Forum Animal Promote Animal Welfare Initiatives Together in Brazil

In the second quarter of 2025, Gate Charity, in collaboration with the animal protection organization Forum Animal, held a charity event in Brazil, calling for an end to the use of animal testing in research and education. Gate Charity demonstrated its ethical principles through action, providing approximately 100 activists and participants with nutritious vegan meals. Additionally, Gate Charity funded the production of relevant promotional materials, effectively expanding the event's impact and enhancing public awareness of animal protection.

Education, Research, and Media Influence

Gate Learn: The flagship course has received high praise, creating the best knowledge learning platform

In the second quarter of 2025, Gate Learn's content ecosystem made significant progress, achieving remarkable improvements in content innovation, fully reflecting the platform's insights and actions in knowledge dissemination and hot topic analysis. The platform continues to launch high-quality original articles in both Chinese and English, providing users with a continuous stream of professional content support. At the same time, by expanding the number of courses, Gate Learn further optimized the learning environment for investors. Among them, popular courses such as "Dual-Currency Investment - Product Guide," "Yubi Bao Investment Guide," and "Gate Contract Trading Guide - Must-See for Beginners" have become flagship courses of Gate Learn.

In the future, Gate Learn will continue to focus on user needs, continuously optimizing the breadth and quality of content, innovating the presentation format of courses and videos, and promptly analyzing industry hotspots to help users understand the latest trends. Based on technological innovation and ecological collaboration, Gate Learn will strive to build a more robust blockchain knowledge learning platform, providing global users with more accurate and efficient knowledge services.

Gate Research: Establish a Complete Industry Research System, Deeply Analyze Hot Industries

In the second quarter of 2025, Gate Research made breakthroughs in content production and field coverage. By continuously optimizing highly regarded fixed sections such as "Quantitative Biweekly Report," "Monthly On-chain Data Report," "Monthly Financing Report," and "Monthly Cryptocurrency Market Review," it strengthened multi-dimensional summaries and reviews of quantitative strategies, on-chain data, primary market, and secondary market, allowing investors to gain a deeper understanding of the cryptocurrency market. In addition, Gate Research continued to produce in-depth reports covering multiple hot topics such as public chains, DeFi, GameFi, Memecoin, and macro policies, not only achieving a remarkable increase in readership but also reflecting the research institute's professionalism and continuity in these key areas.

Currently, Gate Research has developed a multi-level content system covering instant news, regular reports, and thematic reports. While maintaining professionalism, it continuously explores market hotspots through innovative formats, providing comprehensive services to meet user needs.

CoinGecko released April report: Gate's spot trading market share surged, ranking second globally

According to the latest "April 2025 Centralized Exchange Market Share Report" released by CoinGecko, Gate ranks second globally in market share with a monthly spot trading volume of $113.7 billion, accounting for 9% of the market share, just behind Binance's 38%. This achievement makes Gate the only mainstream platform to achieve double-digit month-on-month growth in April, with a trading volume that increased by 14.4% compared to March's $99.4 billion.

Gate's strong growth in derivatives has made it to CoinDesk's May report highlights list, with a month-on-month increase of nearly 70%, ranking first in the world

In May, the authoritative media CoinDesk released the latest monthly report on cryptocurrency exchanges, highlighting Gate for its outstanding performance, being rated as the fastest-growing derivatives exchange in May.

According to a report by CoinDesk, Gate's derivatives trading volume increased by 69.9% month-on-month in May, reaching 264 billion USD, making it the fastest-growing exchange among all major platforms. At the same time, Gate's derivatives market share increased by 1.20%, raising its total share to 4.13%, surpassing several leading platforms. This milestone achievement further consolidates Gate's rising leadership position in the derivatives space, backed by a continuously optimized technical architecture, deep liquidity advantages, and a strong commitment to providing an efficient and seamless trading experience for retail and institutional users.

In addition, Gate is one of the few trading platforms that has seen a significant rise in rankings recently, joining Binance and Kraken in the upward trend. In the latest derivatives exchange benchmark evaluation, Gate scored 82.6, placing it among the top three globally. Gate's continuous growth reflects the effectiveness of its strategies in innovation-driven development, product diversification, and global expansion. As one of the few exchanges that have achieved simultaneous growth in trading volume and market share, Gate is continuously demonstrating its ability to stand out in a fiercely competitive and ever-evolving market environment.

Conclusion

In the second quarter of 2025, Gate has delivered an impressive performance in the complex and ever-changing global cryptocurrency market, thanks to its outstanding operational capabilities, forward-looking strategic layout, and continuous focus on user value. From record-breaking contract trading volumes to counter-cyclical growth in spot trading, Gate has demonstrated strong market adaptability and growth potential, solidifying its leading position among global centralized exchanges. The user base has surpassed 30 million, and diverse product lines such as Launchpad, Alpha, P2P lending, institutional services, and Gate Earn have worked in synergy to build a robust and vibrant ecosystem, effectively enhancing user stickiness and capital utilization efficiency. Gate is actively laying out its presence in emerging public chain ecosystems, deepening community and brand building, and promoting dual upgrades in industry innovation and user experience. Looking ahead, Gate will continue to uphold the development philosophy of innovation-driven and user-centered growth, strengthen ecological synergy and compliance security, and continuously expand its global market influence, striving to become the next-generation super unicorn exchange leading the digital asset industry into a new phase.