Gate
BigONEIn short: the difference
Gate is a venue that lists early and often. On the market since 2013, jurisdiction: Panama, its own GT token.
BigONE is an ecosystem with its own set of services. On the market since 2017, jurisdiction: Seychelles, its own ONE token.
What Gate gives you
Compared with an ecosystem, Gate leans on its own strengths: One of the oldest venues, running since 2013, and first in our coverage for withdrawal networks: twenty-four for USDT alone. Two thousand spot pairs and a thousand perpetuals. There is P2P, savings and staking, Startup launches, copy trading, bots and its own GT token with fee discounts.
Strong sides: 24 USDT withdrawal networks, more than anyone, 2000 spot pairs, running since 2013.
What BigONE gives you
Early listings are not the only argument; BigONE answers with its own: A veteran of this comparison: the exchange opened in 2017, put together by a team that came out of Yunbi. The list holds some nine hundred spot pairs and a hundred perpetual contracts, each with an open funding rate, accrual interval and mark price. Margin, leveraged tokens and staking all work here, and the ONE token cuts the fee. The venue publishes everything, down to the size at the best quote.
Strong sides: ~900 pairs and 100 contracts, best quotes with sizes, an open network directory with withdrawal fees, the ONE token for discounts.
What decides it
- Age. Gate has run since 2013, BigONE since 2017 — a gap of 4 years. It guarantees nothing on its own, but the older venue has been through more market cycles.
- Jurisdiction. Gate sits in Panama, BigONE in Seychelles. It shapes both the checks you pass and what the venue has to disclose.
- Native tokens. Gate has GT, BigONE has ONE: holders usually get fee discounts and access to launches.
- Strengths side by side. Gate: 24 USDT withdrawal networks, more than anyone, 2000 spot pairs, running since 2013; BigONE: ~900 pairs and 100 contracts, best quotes with sizes, an open network directory with withdrawal fees, the ONE token for discounts.
- Which job. Gate is for anyone who values freedom of choice when moving coins between chains, while BigONE is as an additional venue in spot routes and funding.
- Worth remembering. Gate: the interface is dense with sections: finding the right one takes a while. BigONE: the top of the book is thin: on major coins the best price often holds only a hundred dollars or two.
Which one fits you
Gate — for anyone who values freedom of choice when moving coins between chains.
BigONE — as an additional venue in spot routes and funding.
What people ask most
Gate: Are there many coins? One of the widest listings on the market, comparable to MEXC. As there, breadth calls for caution: check a pair's volume before trading.
Gate: What does the GT token give me? A fee discount and access to exchange programmes, including early sales.
BigONE: Is the transfer status visible for BigONE? Yes, in full. The venue publishes networks, deposit and withdrawal statuses and the fee per chain, so its routes carry the ordinary transfer badge and the fee is subtracted from the net spread straight away.
BigONE: Why are spreads on BigONE often large? Because the top of the book is thin: the size at the best price is often a hundred dollars or two. The percentage on screen is real, but it fills only for that much. Use the «depth» button before trading.
BigONE: How many pairs and contracts does BigONE have? By our measurements around nine hundred spot pairs and a hundred perpetual contracts. The figures are live and refresh with the data.
Both at once
Most people end up keeping both: one for daily trades, the other for what the first one lacks. A rare coin is bought where it exists and moved to the ecosystem — easier to hold, stake or sell into a deeper book there.
Live numbers
The table above is built from our own market snapshots: USDT pairs, perpetual contracts, P2P ads and currencies, withdrawal networks and the cheapest one. Gate and BigONE can be compared on facts rather than promises.
What the numbers say
Routes out differ: 26 USDT networks on Gate, 8 on BigONE. A chain the other lacks is sometimes the cheapest way home. On perpetual contracts Gate is ahead — 1,070 to 97. Gate asks less to move USDT — 0.0500 over ARBITRUM; BigONE comes to 0.85 ETH. Counting spot pairs, Gate comes out ahead by 2.3×: 2,038 USDT pairs against 878. P2P advertisements reach us from Gate alone: 72 currencies.
Snapshot from 31 October 2026; on the page the figures refresh on every visit.
