Gate 2026 Q1 Key data on spot currency: Continuous export of effective opportunities in weak markets, 35.7 per cent

In the first quarter of 2026, against the backdrop of overall pressure on the encrypted market and a cautious preference for financial risk, quality early assets were one of the most attractive structural opportunities in the market. Out of a total of 37 new assets on the Q1 line, covering 77.1 per cent of new projects in the head exchange during the season, 27 were start-up projects, accounting for 73 per cent of the new assets on the Q1 line, and 14 sole-source projects, representing 37.8 per cent. In an environment of increased market volatility, Gate continued to maintain a stable upfront currency tempo, a strong capacity to deliver high-quality projects, and the ability to continuously export positive returns。

Overall overview: high coverage, high start-up and higher exclusiveness, together forming the base

In terms of total sample size, in the first quarter of 2026, 7 head platforms, including Gate, were used as a sample, bringing the head exchange together 48 new projects, 37 of which were on line during the quarter, with corresponding coverage of 77.1 per cent, i.e., with more than three quarters of the new quality supplies competing for the Q1 head platform。

For ordinary users, the importance of coverage is self-evident. It directly affects the ability of users to see sufficiently complete additions to the market core on the same platform. If a platform is under-covered, even if a few projects perform well, it is easy for users to give the impression that critical projects are under-covered. The coverage rate of 77.1 per cent, on the other hand, indicates that at least at this stage of Q1, Gate is still closely following the mainstream new project supply system and that users have access to most of the new assets of concern within the platform。

But what really determines Gate's competitiveness is not just coverage, but coverage structures。

Out of the total 37 new online assets of Gate Q1, 27, or 73 per cent, were initiated; 14, or 37.8 per cent, were sole-source projects. If the overall sample caliber of the head exchange is further calculated, Gate has an initial coverage of 56.3 per cent. In other words, more than half of the 48 new projects on the Q1 front exchange combined were initiated by Gate。

The high percentage of start-up shows that Gate is more attractive at the key nodes of the project from the first narrative to the second market. Projecters are willing to select Gate from the first open trading places, which in essence represents recognition of the Gate user base, liquidity capacity, efficiency of initial price discovery and market dissemination capacity. The continued availability of a platform to start projects often means that it is relatively proactive in competing for project resources。

The proportion of sole-source projects is not low, but is an expression of the ability of another layer to have gold content. The launch project reflects the Platform ' s capacity to participate in mainstream quality supply, while the sole project reflects the Platform ' s ability to independently judge and differential access. Especially in a weak market environment, the screening of exclusive projects is more difficult. Since exclusive ownership means that there are not enough external platforms to verify simultaneously, the platform needs to take on its own responsibility for judgement. If project selection is wrong, post-market data will quickly reflect the problem; if the sole-source project is on the line and performed well, it will not only indicate that the platform has the resources, but also has a stronger project pre-judgement capability。

As can be seen from the overall overview, the base disk of Gate Q1 can be summarized as three features。

(1) Coverage is broad enough to demonstrate the continued involvement of the Platform in the new supply of the head

(2) A high percentage of start-up shows that the platform has a strong carrying capacity at the starting point of entry for high-quality projects

(3) The proportion of sole-source projects is not low, and the platform is not merely following the market, but is attempting to proactively identify and pre-set different sets。

Together, these three points form the starting point of Gate in the Q1 spot currency. Because only when the three dimensions of coverage, initialization and exclusiveness are in place will the platform ' s upper currency system be complete。

II. Post-market performance: from short-term to 7-day windows to reflect more stable positive income coverage

One platform did not do well, not only to get the project, but also to see if the performance was stable after the project went online. An important feature of Gate in Q1 is the relatively consistent time-series features of the performance of new online projects over multiple holding cycles, with overall positive income coverage remaining relatively stable。

Figure 1: The increase in the magnitude of the new currency in 5 minutes to 7 days That's right

In terms of the percentage increase, 58.3 per cent of Q1 ' s new go-live projects have increased within 5 minutes, 54.1 per cent within 1 hour, 56.8 per cent after 24 hours, 54.1 per cent after 3 days, and 50.0 per cent after 7 days. As can be seen from the data, the positive-return coverage of the Gate online project has remained relatively stable over multiple holding periods。

Many of the new projects are driven at the start-up stage by a proliferation of funds, short-line emotions and flows. However, if the project itself is not sufficiently supported or the funding capacity within the platform is inadequate, such increases tend to fall quickly, resulting in a marked weakening of performance after 24 hours. And the whole of Gate Q1 is not. Whether it is 5 minutes, 1 hour, 24 hours or 3 days, the percentage increase has remained almost 50% or more, suggesting that the items on the platform have not generally gone up and down in the core price discovery window since they were listed。

In particular, the 24-hour and 3-day time points are of higher practical reference value. Because the users who are actually involved in trading in new currency are not all very short-term traders, many are closer to day, night or short-cycle possession. For this segment of the users, the 24-hour increase in the number of projects is 56.8 per cent, while the increase in the number of days is 54.1 per cent, representing closer data to real participation experiences. It shows that the positive-return opportunities for the new-on-line project in Gate do not exist only at the opening moment, but rather have some continuity in the core holding window after listing。

Looking further at the average increase in projects, there is a clearer understanding of the elasticity of returns. Q1 shows an average increase of 238.0 per cent, 275.7 per cent, 326.3 per cent, 311.6 per cent and 270.1 per cent in 5 minutes, 1 hour, 24 hours, 3 and 7 days respectively. This suggests that once the quality new currency of Gate has developed positive feedback at an early stage, its price release space remains considerable. Especially in the 24-hour and 3-day windows, the average increase has remained around 300 per cent, which means that the wealth effects of quality projects have not disappeared in weaker markets, but have been more concentrated on selected parts of the high quality target。

Figure 2: Average increase in the dimensions of the Gate project over time (5 m-7d)

Of course, looking at average increases is not a complete picture. Because averages are vulnerable to extremely high projects, they mask the typical performance of most projects. The significance of the median is therefore particularly important here。

Q1 The median increase for new entries is 5 minutes + 3.2 per cent, 1 hour + 2.4 per cent, 24 hours + 9.3 per cent, 3 days + 10.0 per cent, 7 days + 0.01 per cent. Even if the impact of ultra-higher projects were to be sidelined, in terms of the typical project performance in the sample, the new currency showed a clearer positive return in the 24-hour and 3-day periods, i.e., the overall performance in the quarter of the current currency in the case of the new currency was not based on a small number of cases that raised the average, but that most projects had a certain positive revenue base in the core observation window after the listing。

Figure 3: Medium increase in the temporal dimensions of the new online project (5m-7d)

For ordinary users, what really determines the participatory experience is not whether there are one or two very exaggerated "gods", but whether the platform's new currency as a whole is sufficiently good-quality and has some replicability. In terms of median data, Gate Q1 provides a clearer answer in the period between 24 hours and 3 days: the platform has a higher degree of consistency and a certain positive expectation of cash on the platform。

At the same time, the fact that the median number of days was close to even is another fact. The advantages of the new currency are concentrated mainly in the early price discovery phase after the listing, rather than on indefinite renewal. After seven days, the market had entered a fuller phase of differentiation and phase-out, and the differences between projects would widen rapidly. Thus, not all new currencies should be held on a long-term basis for users, but within a window of 24 hours to 3 days after they are listed, there is a clearer and more stable concentration of opportunity。

Launch and non-launch: dual-line structure

When it comes to monetary capacity on the trading platform, many will be conscious of focusing all their attention on start-up projects. While initialization is important, if a platform truly has a mature currency system, its advantages are reflected not only in the initiation of projects, but also in the clear logic of the benefits that can be derived from different types of projects. This is particularly evident in Q1 data。

3.1 Start-up projects: a dominant number of projects and greater flexibility in returns

In Q1, Gate launched 27 projects, representing 73 per cent of all new ones. The start-up project constituted the main body of the Gate Q1 upper currency system, i.e. in most cases was directly involved in the initial stages of the project ' s entry into the secondary market。

In terms of performance, the most prominent feature of the start-up project was its high level of flexibility. The data show that nearly 46 per cent of the start-up projects remained on line seven days later; the average increase in the first day, 3 and 7 days was 502.8 per cent, 447.7 per cent and 364.3 per cent, respectively. This means that the core advantage of Gate ' s start-up project is not just to go online, but to build market synergies from Gate, which often generate greater price elasticity。

Figure 4: Average gain on an increase project in different holding periods (1d, 3d, 7d)

This elasticity is further validated in terms of extreme distribution of benefits. Q1 started with 7.4% of the projects with a breakthrough of 500% or 1,000% within 24 hours. This means that the start-up block is in Gate's upper-currency system, assuming the role of a high-cost entry point. It does not always go up in every project, but the price feedback tends to be more pronounced once the launch project selected by the Platform resonates with market heat, narrative intensity and flow proliferation。

The logic behind this is not complicated. The start-up project is at its earliest public trading stage, prices have not been found to be fully completed, market perceptions of the project continue to develop rapidly and funds are more easily pooled in a short period of time. For the platform, those who have access to high-quality projects at this stage have a better chance of providing users with high-cost, high-profile early entry points. For users, the launch project offers the possibility of earlier intervention and greater elasticity, but it also implies higher volatility and faster fragmentation。

3.2 Non-starter projects: small but steady

Compared to initial projects, there are 10 non-starter projects in Q1, with a significantly smaller number. In terms of performance, however, this part of the project reflects a more robust median return。

Figure 5: Increase in the proportion of non-starter projects to median dimensions over time (5m-7d)

The data show that non-first-run projects increased by 80 per cent, 90 per cent, 90 per cent, 80 per cent and 60 per cent in 5 minutes, 30 minutes, 24 hours, 3 and 7 days respectively; the corresponding median increases were +26.7 per cent, +33.3 per cent, +72.9 per cent, +46.6 per cent and +3.2 per cent, respectively. In addition, 40 per cent of non-starter projects increased by more than 100 per cent within 24 hours。

Data suggest that while the non-launching project in Gate is less direct than the initial project in terms of the earliest pricing rights, it reflects a higher rate of success under the platform selection mechanism. This is due to the fact that non-prescriptive projects have generally been initially validated on the market and that the platform, when introduced, can be re-screened with a combination of fuller price performance, community heat, narrative proliferation and market acceptance, making it easier to take precedence over start-up projects at a defined level。

In general, Gate ' s upper currency structure does not rely solely on the initial launch as an expression of advantage, but rather creates two complementary paths: the initial launch project provides greater flexibility and wealth, and the non-launch project provides a more robust median return. The former tends to be “offensive” and the latter to be “stable” and, together, to constitute the platform's adaptability in different user preferences. From the platform ' s perspective, this dual-line structure is more mature than mere reliance on initiation. It suggests that instead of mechanical pursuit of the first and the best, it can also provide an effective and continuous opportunity for users by introducing and re-screening the selection of non-starter projects。

IV. Unique projects: blocks that best reflect the ability of Gate to make proactive judgements

The launch project reflects the Platform ' s capacity to participate in mainstream quality supply, while the sole-source project reflects the Platform ' s more proactive screening, resource acquisition and pre-judgement capacity. The sole-source project directly reflects the aesthetic, wind control and efficiency of implementation of a platform。

In Q1, Gate had access to 14 projects alone, accounting for 37.8 per cent of all new ones. This ratio in itself has shown that Gate did not just participate passively in the mainstream of the market at a currency tempo during the quarter, but rather had a considerable degree of ownership of its own differentiated project pool. More critically, the results of these exclusive projects are not weak after they are listed, but rather reflect strong competitiveness in multiple key windows。

Figure 6: Increase in the proportion of Gate ' s exclusive project to the median within time dimensions (24h-7d)

In terms of the success rate, the success rate of exclusive projects in 24 hours, 72 hours and 7 days was 64.3%, 71.4% and 57.1%, respectively. Of these, 72 hours window performed most prominently. In other words, during the period between 2nd and 3rd days after listing, the Gate Monopoly Project did not quickly weaken as the opening heat subsided, but rather created a clearer market-based financing and upward effect。

In terms of median returns, exclusive projects reached +42.4 per cent, +37.8 per cent and +12.1 per cent at 24 hours, 72 hours and 7 days, respectively, indicating not only a higher percentage increase but also a significantly higher median yield than the overall sample. This means that the good performance of sole-source projects is not the result of a few extreme cases, but that most projects provide better quality returns in core windows。

The uniqueness of the project would have been clearer if the distribution of the extreme benefits had been revisited. From 30 minutes to 30 days, there has always been an increase of more than 20 per cent in exclusive projects; in the 3rd to 7th days, the increase has been as high as 35.7 per cent, significantly above the level of 15.4 per cent of all initial projects; and even if it has been increased to 30 days, 12.5 per cent of exclusive projects have increased to 500 per cent or 1,000 per cent。

These data together illustrate the fact that Gate ' s exclusive project is not only getting a little heat at the start of the drive because it is scarce, but rather has sustained price discovery and buyout support in the multi-time window after listing, with a greater probability of moving out of the more visible yield curve。

V. Review of cases

From the Q1 case, Gate 's project selection is broadly structured around three paths: One is a web-based high-profile project, where Gate completes its launch or priority delivery at an early stage and is subsequently followed up by other platforms; another, where Gate is on line and continues to perform better, reflecting the Platform ' s independent screening capacity; and another, where narratives with strong community communication and proliferation capacity reflect the Platform ' s sensitivity to emotional tracks。

5.1 Solana Mobile (SKR): first in line on high-profile projects

Solana Mobile belongs to the DePin track, and after TGE the ATH rose by 2,459% and 30 by 715% a day. As a combination of Solana's official hardware mobile phones and Web3 applications, Solana Mobile itself has a natural brand endorsement, community base and dissemination advantage. At the same time as two other CEXs, Gate was launched and gained market share online one day ahead of B*** Alpha, indicating that Gate maintained a rapid response capability at Q1 for new projects of high global interest。

As can be seen from SKR's initial access, Gate has access to key windows at an early stage for high-flow, high-topic, high-expected projects that allow users to participate in transactions before the project is more widely covered. Such capabilities reflect the competitive position of Gate in the supply of mainstream quality projects。

5.2 Codexfield (CODEX): High returns in exclusive projects

Codexfield is part of the content creation track, one of the most representative exclusive projects of Gate in Q1. Its ATH increase, which reached 4,900 per cent, remained at 2,566 per cent as at 25 March, while B***, B*** and B*** were not on line。

If the sole-source project best reflects the platform ' s proactive screening capability, Codexfield is a typical proof of Gate ' s ability. Before the project went online, Gate Labs had an institutional investment, and Gate was the first to provide a secondary-market pricing portal, which eventually had a strong wealth effect。

In projects that are not yet widely covered but that have strong growth and market imagination, Gate has the capacity to pre-empt the layout ahead of schedule and to translate them into real verifiable market outcomes through the mobility and user base of its own platform。

5.3 Lobster: Preset sample in AI + Meme narrative

AI combined with Meme, in Q1 is in a high-heat but highly divided direction. Many projects are topical but not necessarily of a continuing nature; many have communication power, but do not necessarily result in transactional results. Lobsters are in the direction of AI + Meme, with Gate as the starting point, ATH up by 286 per cent, and by 164 per cent on 7 days; B*** Alpha kept up the line the day after he saw the Gate wind sign. This case is precisely a demonstration of Gate's pre-positioning capacity on high-transmission narratives and its ability to finish price discovery earlier。

From these cases as a whole, it is easy to see that Gate was not driven by a single type of project in Q1 ' s cash forward currency, but rather by a combination of tracks, styles and narratives. The platform can embrace both high-profile and exclusive growth projects; it can cover both technical and product-based projects and identify community-driven cultural and emotional assets. This diversity in itself is an important manifestation of the maturity of Gate's monetary system。

Summary

In sum, the first quarter of the first quarter of 2026, in cash, can be summarized as follows: During the period of overall market pressure, reduced opportunity intensity and increased fragmentation of projects, Gate continued to maintain better quality new project supplies and more convincing post-market performance。

In a market phase where good results are not easy to achieve, the overall Gate sample maintains a high percentage of increases in multiple time windows, 24-hour and 3-day median returns remain positive, new currency performance is broad, start-up projects offer greater yield elasticity, non-starter projects offer higher success rates, and exclusive projects reflect higher scarcity and stronger medium-term performance. The platform ' s upper-currency capacity is not a single-point breakthrough, but a manifestation of its systemic capacity。

For users, Gate can provide a more complete and better-paced early project engagement system. Users who prefer high-flexible opportunities can find higher rates of compensation in start-up projects; users who prefer relatively robust paths can focus on the high-prevalence features of non-starter projects; and users who wish to reach the differentiated target before the mainstream market is widely covered can focus on Gate's sole-source project block. For the project participants, Q1 data results also indicate that Gate has a strong initial trading carrying capacity, liquidity organizational capacity and price discovery capability。

In the longer term, the exchange's off-the-shelf monetary capacity ultimately compares with the ability to acquire, screen and deliver results for quality projects that remain relatively stable at different stages of the market. The results of Gate ' s data in Q1 clearly demonstrate this: in a weak market, Gate is still able to get up, sift and run。

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