Gate Vault: The Core Solution for Asset Security and Isolation of Institutional Accounts

The crypto market continues to attract the attention of professional investors. Taking Bitcoin as an example, as of January 15, 2026, its price is reported at $96,520, with a market capitalization of $1.92T, accounting for 56.36% of the market share. In this highly specialized market, institutional accounts have far greater demands for asset security, risk isolation, and operational compliance than ordinary users.

Institutional-level Demands, Challenges in Asset Management Complexity

Participants in the world of crypto assets are undergoing structural changes. Gate’s 2025 annual report shows that its institutional contract trading volume increased by 34.29% year-over-year, and the number of institutional users grew by an impressive 69.29%. These professional funds flooding into the market bring more complex asset management needs. For family offices, investment funds, or corporate finance departments, simple single-account models are no longer sufficient.

They need to strictly isolate long-term reserve assets, active trading funds, DeFi participation principal, and team incentive tokens, ensuring that funds for different purposes are independently accounted for and risks do not propagate. This refined management demand has led to the emergence of professional tools. Gate Vault has become a core solution for institutional accounts to achieve asset security and isolation under such circumstances.

Technological Foundation, Multi-layer Security Architecture

The design logic of Gate Vault fundamentally addresses the core concerns of institutional accounts—asset security and autonomous control. Its technical architecture is based on Multi-Party Computation (MPC), an advanced cryptographic scheme.

Unlike traditional private key management, MPC technology splits the complete private key into three “key shares” and distributes them across the user’s device, Gate servers, and third-party service providers. The ingenious aspect of this design is the 2-of-3 mechanism—any single participant cannot control assets alone; at least two shares must collaborate to sign transactions. This means that even if the Gate platform or third-party service providers face security threats, attackers cannot obtain the full private key, fundamentally eliminating single point of failure risks.

For institutional users, this distributed control mode provides true asset autonomy. Institutions can ensure that the platform cannot unilaterally transfer assets within their vaults, and transactions are only executed with the institution’s own authorization.

Precise Isolation, Building Multi-dimensional Fund Firewalls

The core value of Gate Vault lies in achieving physical-level asset isolation. Institutions can establish multiple independently named sub-vaults under the same main account, each with its own funds password and risk control settings. This architecture offers unprecedented flexibility in fund management. A hedge fund, for example, can allocate assets into different vaults such as “Long-term Holding Pool,” “Arbitrage Strategy Pool,” “Futures Margin,” and “Team Incentives.”

Funds within each vault are completely independent. After assets are transferred from the main account or other vaults, they must be verified with the vault’s own password before withdrawal. This adds a crucial “second lock” to the institution’s core assets. Notably, there is a 48-hour delayed arrival mechanism. When assets are transferred out of a vault, this security buffer period allows institutions to freeze the transfer if suspicious activity is detected, providing ample time to respond to asset security threats.

Ecosystem, Integrating into the Institutional Service System

Gate Vault is not an isolated feature but an integral part of Gate’s comprehensive service system built for professional investors. The platform is strengthening its integrated service system for professional funds and long-term users through the synergy of high-end customer service capabilities and institutional-grade infrastructure.

For institutional users, the vault’s functions are organically integrated with Gate’s other professional services. For example, institutions can seamlessly transfer assets from the vault into Gate’s VIP exclusive wealth management products or use them for private wealth management projects. This integration is also reflected in cross-platform asset management. Gate’s CrossEx platform supports margin sharing and unified clearing across multiple mainstream exchanges, while Vault provides a secure, isolated fund transfer station for such cross-platform operations.

It is worth noting that Gate plans to launch groundbreaking trading features in 2026 that will be limited to verified institutional accounts. It is foreseeable that Vault, as the core custodian of institutional assets, will form deeper synergy with these advanced trading tools.

Practical Guide, Efficient Deployment and Management Solutions

For institutions considering using Gate Vault, the onboarding process is simple and efficient. Currently, this feature is temporarily free for VIP3 and above users.

The main account administrator can find the Vault activation entry on the “Assets” overview page of the Gate App, and establish multiple named vault units according to the institution’s internal fund management framework.

Regarding asset transfer, Gate Vault supports two methods: withdrawal via Gate account or direct transfer from the blockchain. Transfer-in operations incur no fees. When transferring assets out, the institution needs to note that a service fee of 0.1% per transaction is charged, with a maximum of $100 equivalent per transaction. This fee supports Gate Vault’s security risk control mechanisms, delayed arrival protection, and related technical services.

For disaster recovery, Gate Vault offers three recovery mechanisms. Most critically, even in extreme cases where Gate services are unavailable, institutions can recover assets through device shares and third-party service provider collaboration, ensuring maximum business continuity.

Institutional traders watch the core asset holdings within Gate Vault remain unmoved on the screen, while trading accounts flexibly adjust with market fluctuations. This physical isolation not only enhances asset security but also stabilizes investment mindset. As Gate continues to expand its services for institutions and high-net-worth clients, Vault has evolved from a simple storage function into a key hub connecting VIP wealth management, private wealth services, and institutional-level trading tools.