Original link: https://cn.cointelegraph.com/news/gateio-crypto-exchange
Original source: Cointelegraph Chinese
In the fast-changing business world, unicorn companies are not only a symbol of valuation, but also a comprehensive reflection of technology, model and vision. In the past 12 years, the cryptocurrency exchange Gate.io has quietly completed the strategic upgrade from "tool platform" to "infrastructure", growing from a small matching platform to the world's leading crypto financial ecosystem.
When unicorns further break through the ceiling and have global influence, larger user base and business layout, they enter the ranks of super unicorns. Super unicorn companies not only have valuations of tens of billions of dollars, but also have the ability to change the industry landscape and lead the evolution of next-generation technology or infrastructure.
Dimensions | Common unicorn | Super Unicorn |
Valuation | >$1 billion | >$10 billion (or even tens of billions) |
market share | High-growth period, still expanding | Established a dominant position and a stable revenue model |
Regional influence | Usually concentrated in one or two markets | Most of them have global business capabilities |
Business Model | Innovative, but still in the validation phase | The business model has been proven and is being replicated on a large scale |
Capital support | Venture Capital Dominance | Usually supported by institutional investors and strategic capital |
Representative Company | Stripe, ByteDance (early stage), SpaceX (mid-term) | OpenAI, NVIDIA (early days), Ant Group (pre-IPO) |
Gate.io founder Dr. Han said at the brand's 12th anniversary event: "We are moving towards the 'next generation super unicorn exchange' - this is not only a leap in valuation, but also a comprehensive evolution of capabilities and mission."
Beyond Transactions, Building the Foundation of the Web3 World
In Gate.io ’s view, future exchanges are not only intermediaries for asset transfer, but also super hubs that connect global digital assets and users. They need to have five core capabilities:
● Serving billions of users: Whether it is a novice user or a professional organization, everyone can find a customized experience;
● Support millions of assets: covering mainstream currencies, innovative projects, DeFi, NFT and even RWA (real asset tokenization);
●Execute billions of trades: High-frequency trading engine ensures extreme stability and matching within seconds;
●Trillions of funds under custody: security is not a slogan, but a collective presentation of code, risk control and culture;
● Comprehensive compliance and adaptation to global supervision: proactively connect with policies to enable healthy and compliant development of the industry.
Betting on cutting-edge tracks: RWA, DeFi and blockchain game layout
Regarding future technological trends, Dr. Han also mentioned in an exclusive interview with Cointelegraoh Chinese that decentralized finance (DeFi), blockchain games (GameFi) and real-world asset tokenization (RWA) will be important growth points in the crypto industry.
Gate.io has already made early arrangements in these areas: in terms of DeFi, the platform not only continues to build its own ecosystem, but also supports cross-chain assets, decentralized transactions and contract security through infrastructure such as GateChain, and actively incubates high-quality DeFi projects through channels such as Innovation Zone, LaunchPool, Gate Ventures, etc.; in the field of blockchain games, Gate.io participates in investment incubation, project selection, and supporting Launchpad, LaunchPool and NFT markets to help excellent game projects quickly reach global players; in the field of RWA, the company is accelerating product and service innovation, focusing on the application exploration of projects such as compliant stablecoins, tokenized bonds, and tokenized commodities. In the future, it will support the circulation and popularization of real assets through more flexible listing and trading mechanisms.
Deeply cultivate the "marginal market" and expand global compliance tentacles
Today, the market structure tends to be stable, with giants such as Binance and OKX occupying the majority of trading volume, and the trend of the strong getting stronger seems to be a foregone conclusion. However, in this seemingly solidified pattern, Gate.io has taken a different path to break through - entering the marginal market, deepening global development with compliance, and building an ecosystem with innovation.
Dr. Han said in an interview with Cointelegraph Chinese: “In a rapidly evolving industry, the top players are not static. I believe that only by truly understanding user needs, maintaining technological innovation, and adhering to compliance and transparency can we cross the cycle and continue to win a broader space in the global market. This is why we always adhere to long-termism.”
A super unicorn may not be born under the spotlight, but it will eventually step into the center of the stage at the right time.
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