Gate.com quietly built a TradFi hub: daily trading volume soared to $1.5 billion
While the market was tracking spot crypto volumes, Gate.com quietly built one of the smartest TradFi hubs in the industry. In just one year, the platform's daily trading volume in traditional assets surged from near-zero levels to a peak of $1.5 billion, recorded on March 23, 2026.
This is not a random spike. On that day, Gate processed a larger volume of TradFi instruments than Bybit, Bitget, and WOO combined. And it's not about luck — the flow structure indicates that experienced macro traders, not random retail players, are at the controls.
Capital Is Not Leaving — It Is Flowing
The data shows a clear rotation pattern. When equity volumes fell, capital did not leave the platform but shifted into safe-haven assets. Turnover in tokenized metals soared by 719%. Cumulative volume in gold (XAU) reached $16.8 billion, and in silver, $16.3 billion.
Peak activity in equities precisely coincided with Wall Street earnings seasons. This is direct evidence: Gate traders are guided by real market catalysts, not noise.
Among the equity lineup, tokenized shares of Tesla (TSLAX) led with a turnover of $1.68 billion, followed by Nvidia (NVDAX) at $1.06 billion and Circle (CRCLX) at $1.04 billion. These instruments proved to be the most traded on the platform.
A Unified Environment for Different Asset Classes
Gate's key advantage is seamless integration. A trader can open a long position on Nvidia during earnings season and, when uncertainty rises, switch to tokenized gold without leaving the platform or turning to a traditional broker.
All settlements are conducted in the USDT stablecoin. This unites trading in equities, metals, and oil within a single ecosystem, where capital flows freely between instruments depending on market conditions.
My expert opinion: While competitors chase volumes, Gate has bet on infrastructure for sophisticated traders. This is not just a niche product — it is a potential template for the future, where crypto exchanges become universal hubs for capital management. If the trend continues, we will see other platforms begin to copy this model, but the first-mover advantage already belongs to Gate.