Gate tokenized stock trading receives a major upgrade: ushering in a new era of 24/7 around-the-clock global stock market investment

In July 2025, the world’s leading digital asset platform Gate officially launched the xStocks trading zone, becoming the first platform globally to support dual-market trading of tokenized stocks in spot and perpetual contracts.

This innovative move allows users to directly trade tokens representing real listed company stocks using USDT.

A report from the Gate Research Institute revealed a booming market: by the end of 2025, the total market capitalization of tokenized stocks had surpassed $500 million, growing over 50 times within the year. This marks the rapid transition of asset tokenization from concept to large-scale application.

01 Market Wave: Explosive Growth of Tokenized Stocks

The boundaries between traditional finance and the crypto world are rapidly dissolving on platforms like Gate. The Gate Research Institute pointed out in its published report that tokenized stocks have become the most critical emerging sector in the real-world asset tokenization space after stablecoins and government bonds.

Despite rapid growth, their penetration in the total global stock market capitalization is only about 0.0004%, and approximately 0.003% in the ETF market. Behind this tiny percentage lies a potentially huge blue ocean market.

Market expansion and platform development are resonating in tandem. According to Gate’s November 2025 transparency report, its global spot market share has risen to 6.04%, reaching a new high for the year.

A large user base provides fertile ground for the promotion of innovative financial products. The report shows that Gate currently serves over 46 million registered users worldwide, with more than 4,100 assets listed.

02 Core Product: How xStocks Reshapes Stock Investment

The core of the xStocks zone lies in its compliant physical asset tokenization model. Each listed token corresponds to a stock of a publicly traded company and is fully collateralized by the underlying assets.

This means that the NVDAX tokens you purchase are backed by real NVIDIA company stocks. This model ensures the authenticity and value support of the assets.

Gate’s first batch of listed targets includes some of the most influential tech companies globally, providing investors with direct access to top enterprises. Major trading pairs include industry giants:

• COINX: representing Coinbase stock
• NVDAX: representing NVIDIA stock
• AAPLX: representing Apple stock
• TSLAX: representing Tesla stock
• GOOGLX: representing Google stock

The biggest difference from traditional stock trading is its “24/7” trading capability. xStocks supports trading every day of the week, 24 hours a day, breaking the time restrictions of traditional stock exchanges.

03 Trading Revolution: Dual Options of Spot and Contracts

In Gate’s xStocks zone, investors have flexible and diverse trading tools, allowing both basic spot trading and the use of derivatives for complex strategies.

For investors seeking direct exposure, spot trading allows them to buy or sell these tokenized stocks instantly at current market prices. The process is as simple and direct as trading any other cryptocurrency, but the underlying assets are core assets from the traditional world.

More innovatively, Gate has also launched perpetual contract trading for these tokenized stocks. This feature is difficult to realize in traditional stock markets.

Perpetual contracts enable investors to leverage up to 10 times to amplify their positions. Whether the market rises or falls, investors can express their market views through long or short positions, which is hard to achieve in a traditional bullish-only stock market.

04 Participation Path: How to Start Trading Tokenized Stocks

For users eager to try this new investment approach, the participation path is clear and straightforward. First, you need a Gate account that has completed identity verification.

Although the platform does not explicitly list the specific KYC requirements for trading xStocks in available search materials, completing basic account verification is the first step to participating in most financial services.

The second step is asset preparation. All transactions in the xStocks zone are settled in USDT. Therefore, you need to ensure your account has enough USDT for trading and potential fees. According to platform information, the fee rate for spot order placement and taker orders is 0.20%.

After logging into the Gate platform, you can find the “xStocks” zone in the trading interface. Here, you can browse all tradable tokenized stocks, view real-time price charts, and make investment decisions based on your analysis.

05 Future Outlook: Multi-Pattern Asset On-Chain and Trends

The tokenized stock sector is not a single model. The Gate Research Institute’s report analyzes various solutions, including xStocks and Ondo Global Markets, revealing a “homogeneous assets, heterogeneous implementations” competitive landscape.

Currently, the main challenges in this field are liquidity fragmentation, demand mismatch, and regulatory fragmentation. Liquidity cannot be interconnected across different tokenization schemes, and regulatory requirements vary by region, which to some extent limits the overall market efficiency.

Looking ahead, three clear development trends are emerging. First, expanding asset types from single stocks to ETFs, Pre-IPO projects, and even more diverse perpetual contract products.

Second, advancing regional implementation, with solutions better adapted to different regulatory frameworks and market needs.

Third, deep participation of traditional financial giants. As the market matures, large traditional financial institutions are likely to enter with their resources and customer networks, further accelerating the development of the entire ecosystem.

Future Outlook

On the Gate platform, the market value of tokenized stocks representing US stocks has expanded 50 times within a year, yet this only accounts for 0.0004% of the total global stock market capitalization. That unilluminated darkness is precisely the direction of future capital surges.

Dr. Han Lin predicts that by 2025, the crypto market will complete a key transformation of “institutionalization and structural maturity.” Products like xStocks are the bridges spanning between two worlds, with their foundation deeply rooted in the rising tide of the sea.