What Is Gate xStocks and How to Invest in Crypto-Stock Assets?
In July 2025, the world’s leading cryptocurrency trading platform Gate officially launched the xStocks trading area, introducing perpetual contract trading of tokenized stocks for the first time globally, breaking the time and space boundaries of traditional financial markets.
This innovative initiative not only marks a new stage in the deep integration of crypto finance with traditional capital markets but also provides global investors with unprecedented flexible investment tools.
The world’s first tokenized stock contract market
The xStocks stock area launched by Gate adopts a compliant physical asset tokenization model, where all listed tokens are backed by publicly traded stocks in a 1:1 fully collateralized manner, supporting free transfer and on-chain trading.
Among the first 8 popular stock targets launched, investors can use USDT to directly trade tokenized stocks of tech giants including COINX (Coinbase), NVDAX (NVIDIA), AAPLX (Apple), TSLAX (Tesla), etc.
The most notable aspect is that Gate has launched the world’s first perpetual contract market for tokenized stocks, allowing users to participate in stock volatility with 1-10x leverage and bidirectional operations, achieving more flexible trading strategies under the USDT valuation system.
Core Advantages of a Borderless Investment Experience
Compared to traditional brokers, the Gate xStocks section brings a revolutionary upgrade to the investment experience:
- 24⁄724/7 Trading: Break through the traditional stock market opening time limitations and respond to market changes at any time.
- Fractional share investment support: No need to purchase whole shares, small amounts of funds can also participate in high-priced stock investments.
- Global borderless access: No local account opening required, participate globally using USDT.
- On-chain free circulation: Tokenized stocks can be freely transferred between wallets, compatible with DeFi ecological applications.
- One-click long and short operation: supports efficient long and short mechanism, flexibly responding to market fluctuations.
“Our goal is not just to provide one more trading category, but to fundamentally reconstruct the relationship between users and assets,” emphasized Dr. Han, founder and CEO of Gate. “By building a truly global, borderless investment platform, we hope to enable everyone to equally access global financial opportunities.”
Innovative Product Forms and Smooth Experience
In response to the characteristics of tokenized stock assets, Gate has comprehensively optimized its core mechanisms, including trading mechanisms, matching engines, and risk management, to create a highly responsive and stable trading system tailored for users.
Users can easily participate through the Gate web version or App:
- Go to 【Assets】 - 【Spot】 to search for the token (e.g., “AAPLX”) and deposit
- On the 【Trading】 page, select 【Spot】 or 【Contract】 and switch to the xStocks market
- Use various order methods such as market price, limit price, and take profit or stop loss.
The platform has also specially established the Alpha Zone, providing professional traders with exclusive trading pairs including MSTRx (MicroStrategy) and SPYx (S&P 500 ETF), enjoying better liquidity and slippage control.
The Future of the Integration of Traditional and Cryptocurrency Finance
The launch of the xStocks section is a key step in Gate’s long-term strategy of “linking traditional and future finance.” As the wave of asset tokenization sweeps across the globe, this innovative product not only opens the doors of traditional capital markets for crypto users but also provides a bridge for stock investors to enter the blockchain world.
With the support of SOL public chain technology, all xStocks assets have the advantages of fast transfers and low Gas costs, laying the foundation for future integration with more DeFi protocols and staking rewards.
Currently, Gate is conducting promotional activities such as the “xStocks Special Zone Trading Competition”. Users can receive up to 100 USDT by meeting daily trading volume requirements, and new users can also obtain contract experience vouchers and GT token rewards.
As the digital transformation of the global financial landscape accelerates, Gate’s xStocks zone provides a replicable practice paradigm for the entire industry, and also submits a forward-looking answer to the proposition of integrating decentralized financial infrastructure with traditional capital markets. In the future, as the boundaries between traditional finance and the crypto ecosystem gradually dissolve, the era of truly borderless investing has already arrived.
