Gate Update: OpenAI Pre-IPOs Cross $260M, World Cup Finals Hit Polymarket, And A Week Of Platform Milestones

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Gate’s World Cup prediction market is drawing last-minute consideration because the event enters its remaining days, with customers flocking to forecast the France vs. England third-place playoff on July 18 and the high-stakes Spain vs. Argentina remaining on July 19 — each reside on Gate Polymarket, with a 50,000 USDT prize pool up for grabs. 

In the meantime, the platform’s Pre-IPOs ambitions are hitting new milestones: its Part 2 OpenAI subscription closed at over $260 million with a subscription charge exceeding 1,300%, following the sooner SpaceX spherical that raised practically $395 million. These two storylines — mass-market pleasure round sports activities prediction and surging urge for food for pre-IPO entry to elite tech names — seize the breadth of Gate’s present enlargement push throughout each retail and institutional segments.

Right here’s a full roundup of what else Gate introduced this week.

Institutional & Infrastructure

Gate Institutional’s weekly report (July 6–12) confirmed complete TradFi buying and selling quantity holding regular close to $85 billion, with CFDs accounting for roughly 95% of that determine. South Korean equities emerged as a fast-growing phase inside Gate Shares, whereas BTC open curiosity remained range-bound and declining choices quantity pointed to a market shifting towards a low-volatility restoration section.

On the infrastructure facet, Gate US introduced a partnership with SoFi, a nationally chartered financial institution, to underpin its U.S. monetary operations. The collaboration leverages SoFi’s Massive Enterprise Banking account as a part of Gate US’s compliance-first buildout, with upcoming ACH and Wire switch capabilities on the way in which. Gate US at present holds 36 state cash transmission licenses throughout 47 U.S. jurisdictions.

Equities Ecosystem

French crypto media Cryptoast ranked Gate Europe third amongst crypto platforms in Europe, citing its MiCA license from the Malta Monetary Companies Authority, EU-wide passporting, low buying and selling charges ranging from 0.1% (dropping to 0% at larger tiers), and free SEPA euro deposits. Gate Europe at present helps over 270 cryptocurrencies alongside a tiered VIP charge construction and Proof of Reserves.

The broader equities story was captured in an in-depth report by Odaily this week, which highlighted Gate’s rising all-in-one international equities ecosystem. Spanning Pre-IPOs, IPO Entry, international inventory buying and selling, tokenized securities (gStocks), inventory CFDs, and inventory perpetual futures, the platform permits customers to entry international funding alternatives with USDT by way of a single unified account. Odaily framed Gate’s trajectory as emblematic of an accelerating convergence between conventional finance and digital belongings — as RWAs, tokenized securities, and on-chain monetary infrastructure proceed to mature.

Semiconductor and tech shares confronted headwinds this week, creating lively circumstances throughout Gate’s inventory derivatives markets. SK Hynix fell 11.52% and Samsung dropped 8.76%, but Gate’s SKHYNIX futures posted $56.49 million in 24-hour quantity and SAMSUNG futures added $5.4 million. SanDisk (SNDK) futures noticed even sharper exercise at $208 million in 24-hour quantity, whereas INTC futures recorded $7.35 million. 

Micron (MU) and SpaceX (SPCX) futures likewise remained within the business’s high tier by open curiosity. In Hong Kong, Gate Shares highlighted three counter-trend movers: ZG Group-W surged 52%, Tengrui Auto Int jumped 26.82%, and China 33 Group rose 20.38% amid a broader market pullback. On the futures open curiosity leaderboard tracked by CoinGlass, ASX grew open curiosity by 88.18% and AMKR by 62.08% over a latest four-hour window, each rating among the many high international gainers.

Merchandise & Buying and selling

Gate GUSD crossed 230 million in complete staked belongings this week. Backed by U.S. Treasury RWAs and yield-generating stablecoins, GUSD gives a 3.8% minting APR. Gate launched a Quick, Charge-Free Redemption function on July 17, permitting customers who minted GUSD with USDT, USDC, or USD1 to redeem 1:1 immediately inside their eligible quota with zero charges.

Gate ETF added six new leveraged token pairs — TSM3L/3S, EWY3L/3S, and DRAM3L/3S — on July 17, bringing its complete to 370 leveraged merchandise. A buying and selling problem runs till July 26 with a 50,000 USDT prize pool for individuals buying and selling the brand new pairs.

The Convert function additionally bought its personal promotional push: a New Customers Marketing campaign (July 16–23) providing as much as 502 XRP per consumer, operating alongside Convert Scratch & Win Part 7, which supplies merchants scratch card possibilities primarily based on buying and selling quantity with prizes as much as 888 USDT in money.

Web3 & Multi-Chain

Gate DEX built-in Robinhood Chain this week, turning into one of many first main change gateways to help the brand new community. The mixing spans asset discovery, pockets administration, onchain buying and selling, cross-chain swaps through Throughout and LayerZero, and DApp interactions. Gate Alpha concurrently launched a devoted Robinhood Chain buying and selling competitors with a $30,000 airdrop pool, open to customers producing a minimum of $1,000 in buying and selling quantity throughout Robinhood Chain tokens. Gate Alpha now helps 15 public blockchains in complete.

Alisa, a devoted journalist on the MPost, makes a speciality of crypto, AI, investments, and the expansive realm of Web3. With a eager eye for rising traits and applied sciences, she delivers complete protection to tell and have interaction readers within the ever-evolving panorama of digital finance.

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