Gate.io

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Key details

Parent: Lin Han
Launch: 2013

Overview

Gate.io (Gate) is one of the oldest continuously operating global cryptocurrency exchanges, known for an exceptionally broad altcoin listing roster, spot and derivatives trading, and a large product suite spanning earn, copy trading and an on-chain wallet [1, 2, global-cro]. It has operated continuously since 2013, originally under the bter.com brand.

History

2013 — founded as bter.com by Lin Han, one of the early Chinese-market crypto exchanges. 2017 — rebrands to Gate.io and globalizes operations after exiting the mainland China market. 2019 — publishes Merkle-tree proof-of-reserves audits, among the earliest exchanges to do so. 2022–2024 — expands Gate Group brand, derivatives, Gate Wallet (Web3) and regional licensing. 2024–2025 — pursues VASP registrations across multiple jurisdictions while remaining offshore-incorporated.

Ownership & operator

Operating entity: Gate Technology Inc / Gate Group (offshore-incorporated). Major shareholders: founder Lin Han and the Gate founding team (privately held; limited public ownership disclosure). Regulators: various VASP registrations including Lithuania and Hong Kong, among others; offshore base of incorporation.

Technical integration

Mobile and web apps plus full REST/WebSocket trading APIs. Supports thousands of tokens across Bitcoin, Ethereum and many chains via crypto deposit addresses, with spot, margin, perpetual futures, earn products and the non-custodial Gate Wallet.

Implementations & partners

Major competitors: [[binance]] (global exchange) + [[okx-exchange]] (global exchange) + [[kucoin]] (global exchange) + [[mexc]] (global altcoin exchange).

Status

Active, one of the longest-running global crypto exchanges with a broad altcoin roster [1, 2].

Sources

1 Gate.io — official
2 Gate.io — Wikipedia
global-cro In-corpus: reports/countries/US-united-states.md

Source

Biography extracted from gate-io.md. See matrix.md for standards-support matrix if present.