Gate Releases 2026 Q3 Report: Derivatives Trading Volume Ranks Among Global Top Three, Integrated Financial Services Ecosystem Continues to Deepen

Digital asset trading platform Gate has released its Q3 2026 Report. The report shows that in Q3 2026, Gate expanded its business footprint around multi-asset trading, wealth management, institutional services, and infrastructure development, accelerating the integration of crypto assets with traditional financial trading scenarios. During the quarter, the platform achieved growth across multiple trading and asset management metrics, with its comprehensive financial services layout continuing to deepen.

In terms of trading volume, Gate's derivatives and spot businesses maintained growth. According to CoinDesk data, Gate's September derivatives trading volume reached $396 billion, up 38.2% quarter-over-quarter, ranking among the top three global centralized derivatives exchanges with market share rising to 10.1%. During the same period, spot trading volume reached $48.8 billion, up 21.9% quarter-over-quarter, while RWA perpetual contract market share reached 9.1%, ranking third globally. In addition, Gate ETF quarterly trading volume approached 60 billion USDT, overall options trading volume grew 23.8% quarter-over-quarter, and new trading users increased by 52.1%, with the trading product matrix continuing to expand.

In terms of TradFi business, Gate expanded its global stock and ETF coverage to over 12,800, covering four major markets: US stocks, Hong Kong stocks, Korean stocks, and Japanese stocks. Tokenized stock business also grew, with gStocks monthly trading volume exceeding 2.5 billion USDT in August. During the quarter, the platform continuously improved CFD multi-asset trading, Pre-IPOs, and direct IPO services, and launched US stock options, stock copy trading, and stock event contracts, further expanding digital trading scenarios for traditional financial assets.

In terms of wealth management, Gate Simple Earn total scale exceeded $1.85 billion, up over 24% quarter-over-quarter; on-chain yield products reached a quarterly peak scale of over $1.27 billion, up over 57% from the end of Q2. The newly launched Idle Funds product supports automatic yield generation for USDT, USDC, and USD1, with total holdings exceeding $300 million to date. Ecosystem incentive programs also continued to expand: Launchpool listed 17 projects during the quarter, with the FOLD project achieving an annualized yield of over 580% at its conclusion; CandyDrop launched 13 airdrop projects, distributing rewards worth approximately $2 million in total.

In terms of institutional services and technical infrastructure, Gate CrossEx quarterly trading volume grew 63% quarter-over-quarter, asset scale grew 902%, and trading users increased by approximately 315%. Meanwhile, Gate advanced upgrades to businesses including Perp DEX, Gate Layer, Gate Card, and Gate.AI, extending its service capabilities to on-chain derivatives, payments, and AI-powered intelligent investment research.

In terms of security and compliance, according to the latest October data, Gate's total reserve fund scale reached $8.688 billion, with an overall reserve ratio of 118.49%. A cumulative total of approximately 192 million GT tokens have been burned, representing a 63.98% reduction from the initial total supply. In terms of global expansion, Gate continued to improve its compliant operating framework under regulatory regimes such as Europe's MiCA and Dubai's VARA, with the report disclosing that its compliance coverage spans 81 regulated jurisdictions worldwide.

In terms of brand and global ecosystem building, Gate hosted a themed networking event during Coinfest Asia 2026, featuring in-depth discussions on AI, multi-asset investment, and industry trends; the Gate Voyage Bali Gala brought together nearly 200 global industry leaders, ecosystem partners, and content creators, deepening global partnerships through keynote speeches, professional seminars, and creator exchanges. Meanwhile, the platform strengthened its research institute, academy, and blog content systems, expanding professional research and user education content around macroeconomics, RWA, AI, and global stocks, enhancing global industry exchange and knowledge dissemination capabilities.

Overall, Gate achieved multiple advances across trading scale, TradFi, wealth management, and institutional business in Q3. As the integration of crypto assets and traditional finance continues to deepen, the platform is further strengthening business synergies across trading, wealth management, payments, and intelligent investment research, driving the development of a multi-asset comprehensive financial services system.

Read the full report: https://www.gate.com/announcements/article/102375

About Gate

Founded in 2013 by founder and CEO Dr. Han, Gate is one of the world's leading cryptocurrency and comprehensive financial services platforms, with business covering asset management, trading, payments, and other financial and lifestyle scenarios. The platform has over 62 million users, supports trading of 5,400+ crypto assets and 12,800+ stock assets, and also offers TradFi assets including metals, indices, forex, and commodities, meeting users' end-to-end needs from asset holding and trading to everyday use. As an industry benchmark, Gate was among the first to achieve 100% proof of reserves and continues to build diversified products and ecosystems including Gate Money, Gate Wallet, Gate Ventures, and Gate for AI Agent.

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