How to list a new project on Gate.io? (Token Listing)

Project Submission Requirements

1. The project must have a fully audited smart contract deployed on at least one major EVM-compatible chain or Solana.

2. A functional mainnet application or testnet with verifiable user activity is mandatory — screenshots of empty dashboards or placeholder UIs are rejected outright.

3. The team must disclose full legal entity registration details, including jurisdiction, incorporation date, and publicly accessible registry number.

4. No anonymous founders are accepted; at minimum, two core team members must undergo verified KYC with Gate.io’s third-party identity provider.

5. Tokenomics documentation must include explicit vesting schedules for team, advisors, and treasury allocations, with all lockup periods enforced via on-chain timelock contracts.

Technical Integration Standards

1. All tokens must implement ERC-20, BEP-20, or SPL standards without custom transfer hooks that interfere with automated custody systems.

2. The project’s RPC endpoints must support eth_getBlockByNumber, eth_getTransactionReceipt, and eth_getLogs with response times under 800ms at 95th percentile.

3. Wallet compatibility testing is required across MetaMask, Trust Wallet, and Phantom — failure in any one triggers automatic rejection.

4. Chain explorers used for verification must be official and indexed in real time; reliance on self-hosted or delayed explorers disqualifies the submission.

5. Deposit/withdrawal endpoints must enforce strict input validation to prevent reentrancy and integer overflow exploits — historical audit reports must cover these vectors.

Economic Viability Assessment

1. Minimum circulating supply must exceed $2 million USD value at the proposed listing price, calculated using on-chain DEX liquidity pool reserves only.

2. Thirty-day average daily transaction count across all supported chains must exceed 5,000 unique addresses.

3. No single wallet may hold more than 12% of total supply at time of review; concentration checks are performed using on-chain tracing tools, not self-reported data.

4. Trading volume on external venues must demonstrate organic demand — wash trading patterns detected via order book depth analysis result in immediate blacklisting.

5. Liquidity provider incentives must be disclosed in full, including duration, token emission rate, and clawback conditions tied to measurable protocol usage metrics.

Compliance & Disclosure Protocol

1. A signed legal opinion from a licensed law firm confirming regulatory classification in at least three jurisdictions (US, EU, Singapore) must accompany the application.

2. All marketing materials — including whitepapers, website copy, and social media posts — undergo linguistic forensic analysis to detect misleading claims or unqualified performance assertions.

3. Treasury wallet addresses must be tagged on Etherscan/BscScan with “Gate.io Listing Treasury” label prior to submission.

4. The project must commit to publishing quarterly on-chain treasury reports using standardized Merkle tree proofs, verifiable by any third party.

5. Any prior delisting event from another top-20 exchange must be explained with documented remediation steps and independent validator attestations.

Review Timeline & Execution Mechanics

1. Initial technical screening completes within 72 business hours of complete dossier submission; incomplete packages reset the clock.

2. On-chain behavior monitoring runs continuously during review — sudden whale accumulation or abnormal gas usage halts evaluation immediately.

3. Final decision requires consensus among three independent internal committees: Security, Economics, and Compliance — no single veto overrides the others.

4. If approved, listing occurs exactly 14 calendar days after final sign-off, with no rescheduling permitted for market timing reasons.

5. Post-listing surveillance includes real-time slippage tracking, order book imbalance detection, and automated correlation analysis against BTC and ETH price movements.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Does Gate.io accept projects built on Layer 2 solutions like Arbitrum or Optimism?Yes, provided the L2 has completed at least six months of stable mainnet operation with documented cross-chain bridge audits and average block finality under 15 seconds.

Q: Can a project apply if its token contract uses OpenZeppelin’s Clones pattern?Yes, but only if the implementation passes Gate.io’s bytecode similarity engine and all proxy admin keys are renounced before submission.

Q: Is there a fee for submitting a listing application?No application fee exists; however, successful listings require payment of GT-denominated network deployment fees settled automatically from the project’s designated treasury address.

Q: What happens if a project’s audit report contains medium-severity findings?Findings must be resolved and re-verified by the same auditor prior to technical screening; unresolved items trigger automatic rejection regardless of severity rating.