Gate launches the precious metals zone, with XAU and XAG USDT perpetual contracts officially open for 24-hour trading

Precious Metals Assets Enter a New Stage of Crypto Contracting

Global digital asset trading platform Gate recently launched the “Precious Metals Zone,” opening the first wave of perpetual contracts for gold (XAU) and silver (XAG) USDT. The related products went live on January 14 at 17:00 (UTC+8), supporting up to 50x leverage, and offering a 24/7 trading mode. Users can access the Precious Metals Zone for trading via the Gate website or App contract page.

Through crypto contract architecture, precious metals assets, traditionally only tradable during specific trading hours, can now be engaged in round-the-clock price battles and risk management in the digital asset market, providing market participants with more flexible operational space.

Go to Gate Precious Metals Zone to participate in trading: https://www.gate.com/price/category-metals

Strong Price Performance, Safe-Haven Assets Become Market Focus

Entering 2026, the overall trend of precious metals prices has been upward. Market data shows that spot gold has increased nearly 7% year-to-date, breaking through $4,600; silver has performed even better, with a roughly 23% increase, significantly outperforming mainstream crypto assets like Bitcoin.

Gate’s launched XAU and XAG USDT perpetual contracts allow these traditional safe-haven assets to participate in the market through crypto derivatives, providing investors with real-time reflection of market changes and enhancing liquidity and price discovery efficiency for precious metals in the digital market.

Contract Pricing Mechanism, Balancing Stability and Transparency

In product design, the price index for Gate’s precious metals perpetual contracts references multiple integrated precious metals trading markets, enhancing pricing stability and verifiability. This design, while following traditional financial asset valuation logic, also meets the high-frequency trading and risk control needs of crypto derivatives markets, providing a more reliable foundation for contract trading. Through index-based pricing, the platform can maintain a reasonable linkage between contract prices and spot markets under different market volatility environments.

Diverse Trading Applications Connecting TradFi and Crypto Users

In practical scenarios, precious metals perpetual contracts can be applied to macro hedging, swing trading, cross-market arbitrage, and portfolio hedging strategies. For traditional financial market participants, these products enable familiar gold and silver assets to be traded within the crypto environment; for native crypto traders, they allow the inclusion of precious metals in asset allocation, further diversifying risk sources. Introducing traditional assets via standardized contracts also makes strategic coordination and capital allocation between different markets more flexible.

Continuing to Expand the TradFi Footprint and Improve Multi-Asset Trading Structures

As a long-term player in the derivatives market, Gate has accumulated mature experience in liquidity building and risk management systems. The launch of the Precious Metals Zone not only enriches the platform’s TradFi product lineup but also demonstrates its ongoing development of integrating traditional financial assets into the crypto trading ecosystem.

Gate states: In the future, under compliance and risk control frameworks, it will continue to evaluate the potential for crypto-izing more traditional assets, gradually expanding into indices, commodities, and other derivatives, pushing the trading platform toward a more complete global financial infrastructure evolution.

Summary

As the boundaries between the crypto market and traditional financial markets gradually blur, the launch of precious metals perpetual contracts offers investors a new option that combines safe-haven assets with digital trading efficiency. Through the Precious Metals Zone, Gate introduces gold and silver into 24/7 continuous contract trading scenarios, expanding the scope of crypto derivatives assets and providing more flexible tools for multi-market strategic deployment.

Original link: https://www.gate.com/learn/articles/gate-launches-precious-metals-zone-with-xau-and-xag-usdt-perpetual-contracts