Gate Research: Crypto Exchanges Diverge on TradFi Asset Trading, Gate Builds a Full Category Orderbook Perps Stack

In the TradFi strategies of major crypto exchanges, the key differences between platforms are no longer defined by how many traditional assets they list, but by the trading structures through which those assets are introduced to the market. Different product structures determine how trades are matched, how prices are formed, how risk is managed, and whether trading and strategy frameworks can be reused within a crypto-derivatives system. Against this backdrop, Gate Research Institute publishes Crypto Exchanges Diverge on TradFi Asset Trading, an analysis of the diverging routes exchanges have taken in traditional-asset trading. While most platforms still rely on standalone TradFi CFD modules to support traditional-asset trading, Gate has taken the lead by unifying stocks, metals, indices, FX, and commodities under an orderbook-based perpetual contract framework, creating clear differentiation from competitors at the level of trading mechanics.

• Full-category coverage of TradFi Orderbook Perpetuals: Gate is currently the only platform that covers all five major categories of traditional assets, including stocks, metals, indices, foreign exchange, and commodities. It is also the only exchange that truly integrates indices and commodities into an orderbook-based matching system.
• Operating under a crypto-native perpetual paradigm: These assets trade on Gate as standardized perpetual contracts. Executions are matched through the orderbook, with visible market depth, support for limit orders and market making, and core crypto-perpetual mechanisms such as mark price and funding rates. As a result, the trading experience is much closer to that of native crypto derivatives.
• A neutral matching role for the platform: Under the orderbook architecture, the platform primarily performs matching and risk-control functions without directly intervening in price formation or assuming directional risk. This allows sustained investment in liquidity depth, matching efficiency, and market-structure optimization, making it more suitable for long-term multi-asset evolution.
• Laying the groundwork for standardized RWA trading: A mature RWA market requires transparent price discovery, open liquidity structures, and reusable trading interfaces. By hosting TradFi perpetuals on a unified orderbook architecture, Gate has proactively established a scalable trading framework for more complex real-world asset trading scenarios in the future.

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Gate Team
February 13, 2026

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