Networks, fees and status
Collected straight from the exchange. The fee is quoted in the coin itself and does not depend on the amount — splitting a withdrawal into parts only costs more.
What Gate is
Gate has been running since 2013 — one of the oldest exchanges still operating, four or five years older than most venues we cover. In that time it has grown everything an exchange can have.
But its defining feature is elsewhere — the choice of withdrawal networks. If a coin has to move over a rare network, this is most likely the place it can be done.
What you get here besides plain trading
Thirteen years in, almost everything an exchange can offer is here.
Buying one coin for another or for USDT: plain trading, no leverage and no expiry.
2,004 pairsLeveraged contracts with no expiry date. Funding is charged every few hours — you either pay it or receive it.
1,081 contractsBuying crypto for ordinary money straight from people; the venue holds the coins in escrow until payment is confirmed.
72 currenciesYield on coins that just sit there: flexible, withdrawable at any moment, or locked for a term at a higher rate.
Taking part in a token sale before the coin reaches open trading.
Mirroring a chosen trader's deals: their statistics are public and the position size scales to your capital.
Grid trading and averaging configured right in the interface, with no code and no third-party service.
More USDT withdrawal networks than anyone
The more networks there are, the better the odds of finding the one that is cheapest today, and the easier it is to move a coin to a venue that only accepts some rare chain.
Counted from our own live snapshots: on the left, how many networks the venue serves for USDT; in green, how many of them have withdrawals open right now.
Proof of reserves: what it actually shows
Gate publishes Merkle-tree proof of reserves regularly — by industry standards that is a good sign.
It shows
- Your balance is counted in the exchange's liabilities
- Those liabilities are covered by assets
- You can verify it yourself, for your own account
It does not show
- Off-balance-sheet obligations
- It is not a substitute for a full audit
A wide list — check the volume
One of the widest listings on the market, comparable to MEXC. But breadth calls for caution: on smaller coins the book can be close to empty.
A liquid pair
A large order fills close to the price you see.
A thin pair
The first few hundred dollars eat the book — after that the price runs away.
Fees: what you actually pay
The habit of posting limit orders instead of market ones saves more over time than any fee tier.
on each side of a trade
The venue's token earns a fee discount and access to its programmes, early sales included.
The rate falls as volume grows — tiers move up automatically.
Deposits and withdrawals
The simplest way in is P2P: pick an offer, send the bank transfer, the seller releases the crypto from escrow. And the choice of withdrawal networks here is wide enough that a cheap one is almost always available — the transfer price depends on the network, not on the amount.
Fund through P2P the usual way in
Withdraw over a network the price depends on the network
This is where most money is lost to carelessness: the transfer price depends on the network, not on the amount.
Sixteen tiers and a separate grid for Europe
The base rate is 0.10% for maker and taker alike. The ladder that follows is unusually long: sixteen tiers, where the first nine shave off hundredths of a percent and the real saving begins at the tenth.
| Tier | Maker | Taker | Makerin the Gate EU version | Takerin the Gate EU version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIP 0 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| VIP 1 | 0.099% | 0.099% | 0.099% | 0.099% |
| VIP 5 | 0.09% | 0.095% | 0.09% | 0.095% |
| VIP 9 | 0.07% | 0.075% | 0.07% | 0.075% |
| VIP 10 | 0.04% | 0.058% | 0% | 0.058% |
| VIP 11 | 0.03% | 0.045% | 0% | 0.045% |
| VIP 12 | 0.02% | 0.037% | 0% | 0.037% |
| VIP 13 | 0.01% | 0.03% | 0% | 0.03% |
| VIP 14 | 0.008% | 0.023% | 0% | 0.025% |
| VIP 15 | 0% | 0.02% | 0% | 0.022% |
Rates as published by the exchange on the check date; the tier is recalculated automatically. The tier rises with 30-day volume, asset value or the GT balance. Tiers two to eight are left out of the table — there the rate moves by hundredths of a percent.
Compare for yourself: at the ninth tier the maker fee is 0.070%, at the tenth already 0.040%, and at the fifteenth it reaches zero. In the European version of the venue the zero maker fee arrives at the tenth tier — five steps earlier.
On ordinary crypto contracts the base rate is 0.020% maker and 0.050% taker, charged separately on open and on close: a 10,000 USDT position costs 2 USDT as maker and 5 as taker per side. Funding sits outside that sum.
on each side of a trade
The venue's token earns a fee discount and access to its programmes, early sales included.
The rate falls as volume grows — tiers move up automatically.
Order minimums and contract parameters
There is no single minimum. The pair directory at api.gateio.ws/api/v4/spot/currency_pairs returns, for every pair, the minimum base quantity, the minimum notional in the quote currency, quantity and price precision and the trading status. The documentation's ETH_USDT example gives 0.001 ETH and 1 USDT — one pair's parameters, not a rule for all.
Contracts have their own directory at /api/v4/futures/usdt/contracts, with a matching one for BTC margin. Besides the minimum and maximum contract counts and the multiplier, it carries the maximum leverage for that instrument. That matters: the venue has no universal ceiling, so "up to 100x" or "up to 125x" cannot be applied to every contract — read leverage_max.
Derivatives: crypto, shares and metals in one terminal
Besides perpetuals margined in USDT and BTC and dated futures with an expiry, there are options, event contracts and a separate TradFi line — perpetual contracts on shares, metals, indices, currencies and commodities.
Since 1 September 2026 TradFi has its own seventeen-tier schedule: from 0.020% and 0.050% at tier zero to a zero maker fee and 0.012% taker at the sixteenth. A separate market-maker programme published alongside takes the maker rate negative, to −0.005% — a rebate for adding liquidity. The TradFi table cannot be applied to ordinary BTC/USDT and ETH/USDT: those are different schedules.
Leverage is bounded by risk limits: as the position grows the required margin rises and the leverage available falls. The risk_limit_base and risk_limit_step fields in the same directory describe that ladder.
Margin trading
Both modes work — cross and isolated. You can borrow an asset, open a short or scale a position. Interest depends on the asset, the amount, demand and the user's status, and is not part of maker-taker: it is a separate cost line, easy to forget when counting a return.
VIP: volume, assets and the GT token
Three things raise the tier: 30-day volume, the value of assets and the GT balance. On the regional table, tier one needs $60,000 of volume or $2,000 of assets, tier five a million or $40,000, tier ten a hundred million or two million. The level is reviewed regularly, an upgrade holds for a set period, and failing the conditions brings it down again.
Earn gathers flexible and fixed products, auto-invest buys on a schedule, and there are copy trading and bots. Earn has no universal rate — it depends on the asset, the term and the offer itself.
We use the exchange's own formula: amount × rate ÷ 365 × term. Put in the rate you see in your account — it changes.
Working with the API
The v4 interface covers spot, margin, perpetuals, dated futures, options and the wallet. Two directories are critical for automation, as above: pairs for minimum quantities and precision, contracts for the minimum size, the multiplier and the maximum leverage. They are worth re-reading before every bot run: the parameters change along with the listing.
Who it suits
Nobody else in our review offers this many networks.
New listings show up here among the first.
Thirteen years of continuous operation is rare in this market.
A classic pair with Binance: Gate catches new listings first, Binance fills size without slippage. Compare →
Frequently asked
What does trading on Gate cost?+
Tier zero is 0.10% for maker and taker. A sixteen-step ladder takes it to a zero maker fee and 0.020% taker at the top. Ordinary crypto contracts start at 0.020% and 0.050%.
How does the European version of Gate differ?+
In its fee grid. The European table reaches a zero maker fee at the tenth tier, while the global one only does so at the fifteenth. The other steps match.
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.
What is the minimum order on Gate?+
Each pair has its own: the directory at api.gateio.ws/api/v4/spot/currency_pairs returns the minimum base quantity and the minimum notional in the quote currency. The ETH_USDT example gives 0.001 ETH and 1 USDT.
What are TradFi contracts on Gate?+
Perpetual contracts on shares, metals, indices, currencies and commodities. Since 1 September 2026 they have their own seventeen-tier fee table, and the ordinary crypto contract rates do not apply to them.
How trustworthy is Gate?+
The exchange has been running since 2013 and publishes proof of reserves regularly — by industry standards those are good signs. Such a publication is not a full audit.
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.
What does the GT token give me?+
A fee discount and access to exchange programmes, including early sales.
Are there many coins?+
One of the widest listings on the market, comparable to MEXC. As there, breadth calls for caution: check a pair's volume before trading.
Methodology and principles of analytical processing
Forming and structuring the data
The analytical system brings disparate market information together into a single structure, accounting for the specifics of trading directions and the individual characteristics of each platform. That keeps the presentation consistent and the key parameters comparable.
Criteria for forming the results
Forming the analytical selection takes into account the completeness, availability and reliability of the source information. Parameters that meet the established processing and confirmation criteria are included in the calculations. Insufficiently substantiated values are not used in the final results.
Currency of the analytical information
The information presented is kept current through regular refreshing and reconciliation of the analytical parameters. How often that happens is determined by the nature of each category of data and the way it is processed.
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