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GT Gate.io VS GM Gemini
Both exchanges offer Spot. The differences below come from our individual reviews of Gate.io and Gemini.
| Gate.io | Gemini | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2013 | 2014 |
| Regions | Available in most regions outside the US for most of its history; added regulated US spot trading in August 2025. Operates from the Cayman Islands with regional teams rather than a single onshore headquarters. | Strong US availability under New York state trust-company oversight. A separate non-US entity, Gemini Foundation, offers derivatives to customers outside the US, UK, and EU; US customers cannot trade margin or perpetual futures on Gemini at all. |
| Products | Spot, Margin, Perpetual futures, Copy trading, Launchpad (new-token offerings) | Spot, Staking, Perpetual futures (non-US customers only, via Gemini Foundation), Institutional custody |
| Maker fee | Verify current tier: Gate.io uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule | Verify current tier: Gemini's default app and its ActiveTrader interface run different, volume-based fee schedules |
| Taker fee | Verify current tier: Gate.io uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule | Verify current tier: Gemini's default app and its ActiveTrader interface run different, volume-based fee schedules |
Gate.io pros
- One of the widest altcoin listings in the industry, often ahead of larger competitors on new tokens
- Long operating history (since 2013) and a large, regularly updated Merkle-tree proof-of-reserves program
- Broad product suite in one account: spot, margin, futures, copy trading, staking, and a token launchpad
- Recently added regulated US spot access, unusual for an exchange with Gate.io's offshore structure
Gemini pros
- NYDFS-chartered limited purpose trust company with fiduciary and qualified-custodian status under New York Banking Law since 2015
- Now a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: GEMI, listed September 2025), adding public financial disclosure on top of existing state oversight
- Strong account-security tooling, including hardware-key 2FA, and no reported hack resulting in loss of customer crypto
- The Earn collapse was ultimately resolved with the large majority of assets returned, and an arbitrator later found Gemini itself not at fault
This table is generated from the same data behind our individual exchange reviews. See methodology for how it's put together. Fee figures marked "not yet verified" need confirming against live terms before this page is treated as launch-ready.