PANews reported on January 14th that the digital asset trading platform Gate.io launched a "Precious Metals Zone," initially offering XAU (gold) and XAG (silver) USDT-margined perpetual contracts. These contracts support leverage up to 50x and provide 24/7 trading. The contracts opened at 17:00 (UTC+8) on January 14th, and users can access the zone through the Gate.io website or app to participate in trading.

In terms of product mechanism, the Gate Precious Metals Perpetual Contract Index is formed by referencing prices from multiple comprehensive precious metals trading markets, which improves pricing transparency and stability, provides a reliable price basis for contract trading, and takes into account both the pricing logic of traditional financial assets and the risk control needs of crypto market derivatives.

In a market environment characterized by strong precious metal prices and the coexistence of safe-haven attributes and volatility, Gate has introduced gold and silver into its crypto trading system through standardized perpetual contracts. This expands the asset boundaries of crypto contracts and provides new tools for cross-market capital allocation and trading strategies. Gate stated that it will continue to explore more cryptographic paths for traditional assets and, within a framework of compliance and risk control, gradually enrich trading scenarios for diversified derivatives such as indices and commodities.