In 2025, Gate completed a pivotal strategic upgrade: evolving from a feature-focused trading platform into a full-stack Web3 operating system.
One of the key drivers behind this transformation was the deep integration of traditional financial assets. Among these, tokenized stocks have emerged as an increasingly vital bridge between the crypto world and traditional capital markets.
01 Platform Transformation: Expanding Beyond Exchange to Web3 Operating System Assets
In 2025, Gate underwent a major brand and strategic upgrade, transitioning from a cryptocurrency exchange to a "full-stack Web3 operating system." This shift was more than just a name change—it marked a significant expansion of service boundaries and capabilities.
Within this new operating system architecture, tokenized assets have become a core component. This means that users on Gate will soon interact not only with cryptocurrencies, but also with tokenized stocks representing ownership in public companies like Apple and Tesla.
By bringing traditional financial assets onto the blockchain, Gate aims to break down asset class barriers and offer users worldwide a unified, efficient, and transparent environment for asset trading and management.
Comprehensive platform data underscores the success of this transformation. By the end of 2025, Gate’s global user base surpassed 46 million, with monthly spot trading volume reaching $160 billion.
Gate also received top marks in CoinDesk’s exchange benchmark review—an A rating for spot trading and an AA rating for derivatives—placing it among the world’s leading platforms.
02 Ecosystem Development: The Role of Tokenized Stocks in Gate’s New Web3 Ecosystem
Within Gate’s expansive Web3 ecosystem, tokenized stocks are not isolated. Instead, they operate in synergy with a suite of innovative products and services, forming a complete digital asset lifecycle.
Core infrastructure is powered by Gate Layer, an Ethereum Layer 2 network (L2) built on OP Stack. In just two weeks, it attracted over 100 million active wallets, making it one of the fastest-growing centralized exchange-affiliated L2s and providing a high-speed, low-cost on-chain environment for asset issuance and trading.
Asset issuance and launch are supported by a diverse toolset, including Launchpad for early-stage projects, Launchpool for users to stake and earn new tokens, and CandyDrop for airdrop rewards through task completion.
In 2025, Gate Launchpad achieved breakthrough success. For example, the Kodiak (KDK) project attracted over 100,000 participants, with tickets selling out in minutes and average post-listing returns reaching three to five times the initial investment.
Trading and liquidity now feature both centralized and decentralized options. Users can leverage Gate’s robust centralized exchange or experience Gate Perp DEX—a decentralized perpetual contract exchange built on Gate Layer, combining self-custody security with the seamless experience of a centralized platform.
03 Strategic Partnerships: Alliances with Traditional Financial Giants and Market Impact
In 2025, Gate took a landmark step in real-world asset tokenization by establishing a strategic partnership with global asset management giant Franklin Templeton.
Franklin Templeton is renowned for its leadership in tokenized money market instruments, managing assets totaling $1.6 trillion.
This partnership aims to combine Franklin Templeton’s expertise in compliant tokenization with Gate’s extensive trading infrastructure and user base. A potential focus is the BENJI tokenized money market fund.
Although the fund is primarily issued on the Stellar blockchain, the collaboration signals possible future expansion onto Gate’s blockchain. This move would create a direct channel for mainstream financial assets to enter the crypto ecosystem, significantly enhancing Gate’s credibility and appeal in compliant financial innovation.
The announcement had an immediate and positive impact on market sentiment. Following the news, Gate’s native token GT surged, hitting an all-time high of $902.55 and posting a nearly 29% gain for the year.
This reflects strong market confidence in Gate’s strategic direction and optimism about the future potential of innovative asset classes like tokenized stocks.
04 Recent Developments: Year-End Market Activity and Trending Assets
As 2025 draws to a close, Gate’s ecosystem remains vibrant, with a series of market activities and trending asset performances setting the stage for the coming year.
On the platform activity front, Gate launched several incentive programs. For instance, Gate Perp DEX kicked off the "Year-End Trading Journey" event, featuring a $20,000 USDT prize pool leaderboard.
In spot trading, competitions centered on newly listed assets like Kodiak (KDK), with prize pools worth tens of thousands of dollars in tokens.
In terms of trending assets, Gate’s 2025 year-end data insights show user activity concentrated on both blue-chip assets and emerging topics. BTC and ETH continue to anchor market liquidity, while high-performance public chain tokens like SOL also draw significant attention.
Among emerging assets, tokens such as Pump Fun (PUMP) and Kodiak (KDK), launched via Launchpad, have attracted substantial speculative and community interest. This balance of established assets and high-growth potential tokens highlights the healthy diversity of Gate’s ecosystem.
Recently, Gate completed the listing of Tronbank (TBK) and launched a corresponding CandyDrop event, allowing users to share in a 500,000 TBK prize pool by checking in and completing trading tasks.
05 Compliance and Security: The Foundation of Global Operations and Asset Protection
For platforms entering sensitive financial innovation areas like tokenized stocks, compliance and security are non-negotiable foundations. In 2025, Gate achieved major milestones in global compliance.
In Europe, Gate secured the crucial MiCA license, enabling compliant services for 450 million European users. In Australia, it became one of the first overseas exchanges registered with AUSTRAC. In Dubai, Gate obtained the DMCC license and expanded VARA certification.
Additionally, Gate US now operates in 42 US jurisdictions. These initiatives have cleared regulatory hurdles for the compliant global rollout of innovative products, including tokenized stocks.
On the asset security front, trust is central to Gate’s strategy. The platform publishes regular transparency reports year-round and has implemented proof of reserves and real-time asset verification mechanisms.
For institutional and high-net-worth users, Gate introduced Gate Vault—an institutional-grade self-custody wallet solution based on multi-party computation technology, offering security controls and policy management on par with prime brokerage standards.
Looking Ahead
When Franklin Templeton’s head of digital assets talks about "moving tokenization from concept to practice," he’s describing exactly what Gate is building: a world where BTC, ETH, tokenized Tesla stock, and BlackRock funds trade seamlessly on a single interface.
The more than 100 million active wallets on Gate Layer’s Layer 2 network are not just numbers—they represent the prelude to traditional capital inflows. The future is here; it’s just not evenly distributed yet.
