Gate
KrakenIn short: the difference
How Gate differs from Kraken
First in the pair, Gate, is the place where new coins show up first. On the market since 2013, jurisdiction: Panama, its own GT token.
Second in the pair, Kraken, is an exchange with bank rails attached. On the market since 2011, jurisdiction: San Francisco, USA.
What Gate gives you
Against a regulated venue, Gate wins on other things: One of the oldest venues, running since 2013, and first in our coverage for withdrawal networks: no other venue on the list has as many for USDT. Two thousand spot pairs and a thousand perpetuals. There is P2P, savings and staking, Startup launches, copy trading, bots and its own GT token with fee discounts.
Where Gate is strong
more USDT withdrawal networks than any other venue we cover, 2000 spot pairs, running since 2013.
What Kraken gives you
Early listings are not the only argument; Kraken answers with its own: The oldest venue we cover, running since 2011 under US regulation. Its distinction is real money: hundreds of dollar pairs and more euro pairs than anyone else here. There is spot, perpetual futures with hourly funding, staking and institutional services. Kraken is how we compute the live dollar rate in our stablecoin section.
Where Kraken is strong
hundreds of pairs against dollars and euro directly, age and regulation, hourly funding.
What decides it
Fees, withdrawals and limits: where the gap shows
- Jurisdiction. Gate sits in Panama, Kraken in San Francisco, USA. It shapes both the checks you pass and what the venue has to disclose.
- Native token. GT on Gate cuts fees and opens launches; Kraken has no such lever.
- Strengths side by side. Gate: more USDT withdrawal networks than any other venue we cover, 2000 spot pairs, running since 2013; Kraken: hundreds of pairs against dollars and euro directly, age and regulation, hourly funding.
- Which job. Gate is for anyone who values freedom of choice when moving coins between chains, while Kraken is for settling in real dollars and euro rather than stablecoins.
- Worth remembering. Gate: the interface is dense with sections: finding the right one takes a while. Kraken: entry-level fees run higher than neighbours — it pays off at larger volumes.
Which one fits you
Who Gate suits
Gate — for anyone who values freedom of choice when moving coins between chains.
Who Kraken suits
Kraken — for settling in real dollars and euro rather than stablecoins.
What people ask most
Questions about Gate
Gate: What does the GT token give me? A fee discount and access to exchange programmes, including early sales.
Gate: What is the maximum leverage on Gate? There is no single figure: it is set per contract by the leverage_max field in the directory at api.gateio.ws/api/v4/futures/usdt/contracts. As the position grows the available leverage falls under the risk limits.
Gate: What is proof of reserves? A Merkle-tree procedure letting you verify your balance is counted in the exchange's liabilities and those liabilities are covered by assets. It does not reveal off-balance-sheet obligations.
Questions about Kraken
Kraken: What does trading on Kraken actually cost? At the entry tier, 0.80% taker and 0.40% maker, from its own fee schedule. The rate falls with thirty-day volume: reaching 0.20% taker takes a quarter of a million dollars traded in a month.
Kraken: Can a withdrawal be cancelled? While it is "Initiated", yes; while "Pending", sometimes. Once the transaction is broadcast to the blockchain it cannot be cancelled. That is true everywhere, but Kraken states the states explicitly.
Kraken: Do these fees apply in the app? No. These are the professional terminal rates. An instant buy in the ordinary interface runs on different terms and a spread, and such purchases do not count toward the volume that sets your tier.
Both at once
When it makes sense to keep accounts on both Gate and Kraken
Most people end up keeping both: one for daily trades, the other for what the first one lacks. Fiat comes in through the regulated venue, while a small sum sits on the early-listing one for new coins: the money arrives clean and the tickers do not pass you by.
Live numbers
Live Gate and Kraken prices side by side
Everything in the table above is recomputed together with the rest of the site — pairs, contracts, P2P, networks and the withdrawal fee. Gate and Kraken can be compared on facts rather than promises.
Where these numbers come from
Prices are read straight from the venues and refresh automatically. There is no averaged rate here: each exchange has its own, which is why both are shown side by side.
How often they refresh
Spot and futures every few seconds; fee tiers and withdrawal networks once a day.
What the numbers say
Where Gate and Kraken diverge the most
Gate gives 45.6× the choice on spot: 2,006 USDT pairs against 44. The futures list runs longer on Gate: 1,085, against 209. Our scanner reads P2P on Gate only — 72 currencies. Gate is the one of the two with a published USDT withdrawal: 0.0500 on ARBITRUM.
The source of these values
Pair counts, withdrawal networks, fee rates and the P2P currency list come from the exchanges own public interfaces. Where a venue withholds a field, the table shows a dash and an explanation.
When they were last updated
Snapshot from 13 November 2026; on the page the figures refresh on every visit.
