Updated Rules checked 2026-10-18
Choosing between Bitget and Gate comes down to your trading volume and account assets. Regular users (VIP 0) who trade futures with market orders should pick Gate: the Taker fee on USDT perpetual futures is 0.05%, against 0.06% on Bitget. If your account already holds 50,000 USDT or more, pick Bitget: your assets alone lift you to VIP 2, where the futures Taker fee drops to 0.04%, lower than the 0.045% Gate charges at the same asset level. On spot, both charge 0.1% Maker and Taker at VIP 0. On both exchanges you can only enter a referral code at sign-up; we found no official way to add or change one afterward, and neither states an end date for the rebate.
The security record is the biggest difference between the two. On 2026-09-24, about 388 million USD was stolen from Bitget’s hot and warm wallets; Bitget said its protection fund covered the loss and user balances were not affected, and all withdrawals were back on 2026-10-02. For Gate, under this site’s inclusion criteria, we found no major public incident of a platform wallet being hacked. On products, Gate has more crypto USDT perpetual futures (591 vs 466) and offers up to 200x on BTC and ETH, against 150x on Bitget; Bitget lets you copy spot trades only, and its list of restricted regions is shorter than Gate’s.
If you want to trade lesser-known coins or use options or delivery futures, Gate has the wider range. Bitget suits you better if you want to copy spot trades, or if you often travel to South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia or the Philippines, since these regions are on Gate’s restricted list. Neither exchange has a direct New Taiwan dollar (TWD) deposit channel, and Taiwan is not on either exchange’s restricted-region list. When moving USDT between the two, the cheapest network differs depending on the direction.
Sign up to Bitget with the referral code KEVINWU and the exchange automatically refunds 20%, on both spot and futures.
Sign up to Gate with the referral code KEVINXYZ and, after each trade is completed, Gate automatically refunds 20% of the fee to your spot account, on both spot and futures.
Key points:
1. Bitget and Gate both charge 0.1% / 0.1% on spot at VIP 0; on USDT perpetual futures both charge 0.02% Maker, while the Taker fee is 0.06% on Bitget and 0.05% on Gate.
2. With the BGB discount, Bitget spot drops to 0.08%; with the GT discount, Gate spot drops to 0.09%. Neither platform token discounts futures.
3. With 50,000 USDT in account assets you’re VIP 2 on Bitget (futures Taker 0.04%); 40,000 USD in assets makes you VIP 5 on Gate (futures Taker 0.045%).
4. On both exchanges a referral code can only be entered at sign-up, and we found no official process for adding or changing one; neither states an end date for the rebate.
5. About 388 million USD was stolen from Bitget on 2026-09-24, covered by its protection fund, and all withdrawals were back on 2026-10-02; for Gate we found no major public incident of a platform wallet hack.
The information below was checked against official pages on 2026-10-18 (the data check date) and is provided for reference.
Bitget vs Gate: what’s the difference?
| Item | Bitget | Gate |
|---|---|---|
| Spot Maker / Taker (VIP 0) | 0.1% / 0.1% | 0.1% / 0.1% |
| USDT perpetual futures Maker / Taker (VIP 0) | 0.02% / 0.06% | 0.02% / 0.05% |
| Platform-token discount | BGB: 20% off spot (0.08%); not available for futures | GT: 10% off spot (0.09%); not available for futures |
| Reaching VIP on account assets | 30,000 USDT in assets gets you VIP 1 (spot 0.08%, futures Taker unchanged); 50,000 USDT gets you VIP 2, with futures at 0.016% / 0.04% and spot at 0.065% / 0.07% | 10,000 USD in assets gets you VIP 3 (futures Taker 0.048%); 40,000 USD gets you VIP 5 (futures Taker 0.045%, spot 0.09% / 0.095%) |
| Referral code rebate | 20% | 20% |
| Rebate duration | Valid long term under the affiliate program; in the regular referral campaign, invitees at VIP 3 or above don’t count | No time limit for affiliate referral codes while the referral relationship exists; no rebate at VIP 11 or above |
| Adding a referral code after sign-up | No official way to add one found; inviting users who have already signed up is not recognized | No official process found |
| Switching referrers | No official channel; after deleting your account you have to wait 30 days to re-register with the same details | No official process found; each user can sign up through only one invitation mode |
| Identity verification | Since 2024-01-01, verification is required before depositing and trading | All users must complete identity verification before depositing or withdrawing |
| Unverified accounts | Limited to withdrawals, order cancellation, redemptions and closing positions | Withdrawals, deposits, trading and C2C open only after verification |
| Restricted regions | Taiwan not included; the list covers the US, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand | Taiwan not included; the longest list of the 13 exchanges, which also includes South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines and India |
| TWD deposits | No TWD bank deposits; the P2P fiat menu has no TWD (checked 2026-10-11) | No TWD bank deposits; C2C has a USDT/TWD market, which showed “No ads available” when checked on 2026-10-17 |
| Crypto USDT perpetual futures | 466, up to 150x on BTC and ETH; plus 368 stock, gold and other contracts | 591, up to 200x on BTC and ETH; plus 413 stock futures |
| Crypto futures with funding settled every 4 hours | 363 (78%) | 399 (68%) |
| Copy trading profit share | Set by the lead trader; a 2026-01-26 announcement says the current cap is 10%, up to 30% after review; high-water mark, settled daily | Set by the trader within their tier’s limits, up to 30% for expert traders; calculated every 7 days and paid daily at 01:45 (UTC) |
| Cheapest USDT withdrawal network and fees | BEP20 0.01 USDT (minimum 5); TRC20 1.5, ERC20 2 | Aptos 0.04 USDT (minimum 1); BEP20 0.5, TRC20 1.5, ERC20 1 |
| Proof of reserves (latest snapshot) | 2026-09-29: total reserve ratio 131%, BTC 142%, ETH 110%, USDT 107% | Latest edition announced, 2026-08-19: BTC 122.79%, ETH 122.05%, stablecoins combined 111.63% |
| Protection fund | 3,705 BTC, over 314 million USD (incident page) | Current size not officially published |
| Major security incidents | About 388 million USD stolen from hot and warm wallets on 2026-09-24, covered by the protection fund; all withdrawals back on 2026-10-02 | No major public incident of a platform wallet hack found; futures system emergency upgrade and suspension on 2025-04-23, with compensation promised |
Sources and dates: the Bitget trading fee FAQ (updated 2026-08-20), the Bitget fee page and the Gate fee page. Bitget VIP thresholds were read on 2026-10-18 from the Bitget futures VIP fee API and the spot VIP fee API; Gate VIP thresholds come from the Gate VIP page on 2026-10-11. Futures counts, leverage and funding intervals are the items in trading on 2026-10-18, counted through both exchanges’ official public APIs (Bitget USDT futures, Gate USDT perpetual futures), and they change as listings are added or removed. USDT withdrawal fees were read on 2026-10-18 from the Bitget official coin API and the deposit/withdrawal tab of the Gate fee page. Sources for the other rows are given in the matching sections below.
How much do Bitget and Gate fees differ?
Say someone trades 200,000 USDT of USDT perpetual futures and 20,000 USDT of spot each month, all at the official VIP 0 rates:
| Monthly fees (USDT) | Bitget | Bitget (BGB discount on) | Gate | Gate (GT discount on) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Futures 200,000, all Taker | 120 | 120 | 100 | 100 |
| Spot 20,000, all Taker | 20 | 16 | 20 | 18 |
| Total (all Taker) | 140 | 136 | 120 | 118 |
| Total (all futures as Maker) | 60 | 56 | 60 | 58 |
Based on both exchanges’ official VIP 0 rates (checked 2026-10-18): Bitget futures 200,000 × 0.06% = 120 USDT, Gate 200,000 × 0.05% = 100 USDT.
If you mostly place market orders, you pay 20 USDT more a month on Bitget, and the whole gap comes from the futures Taker fee. Both platform tokens only discount spot, so with them turned on the gap is 18 USDT. Switch all your futures to Maker orders and the picture flips: futures cost 200,000 × 0.02% = 40 USDT on both, BGB discounts more than GT, and Bitget’s total of 56 USDT comes in 2 USDT below Gate’s 58 USDT. Both exchanges let you place Maker-only orders: on Bitget futures it’s called “Maker only” (Post Only), and on Gate it’s “Post-Only” under the advanced limit order; see the difference between Maker and Taker fees for details. Also, when your Gate account holds point cards, paying spot fees with them costs a fixed 0.2%, twice the VIP 0 rate, and futures taker orders use point cards first by default (Gate fee page), so check how you’re paying before you place an order.
If you hold a lot in your account: 50,000 USDT is the dividing line
On Bitget, 30,000 USDT in assets makes you VIP 1, which only lowers spot (0.08%); the futures Taker fee stays at 0.06%. At VIP 2, with 50,000 USDT, futures drop all at once to 0.016% / 0.04%, and spot to 0.065% / 0.07%. Gate’s lower tiers don’t help with futures: VIP 1 and VIP 2 have the same futures rates as VIP 0. With 10,000 USD in assets you’re VIP 3, with a futures Taker fee of 0.048%, and with 40,000 USD you’re VIP 5, with futures Taker at 0.045% and spot at 0.09% / 0.095% (Gate VIP page). Applying the same example:
| Account assets | Bitget tier and monthly fees | Gate tier and monthly fees |
|---|---|---|
| 10,000 | VIP 0: 140 USDT | VIP 3: 200,000 × 0.048% + 20,000 × 0.097% ≈ 115.4 USDT |
| 40,000 | VIP 1: 200,000 × 0.06% + 20,000 × 0.08% = 136 USDT | VIP 5: 200,000 × 0.045% + 20,000 × 0.095% = 109 USDT |
| 50,000 | VIP 2: 200,000 × 0.04% + 20,000 × 0.07% = 94 USDT | VIP 5: 109 USDT |
Same assumptions as above, all Taker, no platform-token discount; Bitget assets are counted in USDT and Gate assets in USD (Bitget VIP rates read from the official API on 2026-10-18, Gate VIP rates read from the VIP page on 2026-10-11).
Below 50,000, Gate is cheaper; at 50,000, Bitget saves you 15 USDT a month. At all of these tiers the referral code rebate on both exchanges is calculated as normal: in Bitget’s regular referral campaign, only invitees at VIP 3 or above stop counting, and on Gate it’s VIP 11 or above. The catch is that these assets have to sit on the exchange long term, and Bitget was hacked as recently as 2026-09-24, so you need to weigh that risk yourself.
How high does Bitget’s rebate need to be to match Gate?
A referral code rebate gives back part of the fee you actually paid. At VIP 0 the futures Taker fee is 0.06% on Bitget and 0.05% on Gate, so with the same rebate rate on both, what you actually pay on Bitget is always 1.2 times Gate. To break even, Bitget’s rebate has to be noticeably higher than Gate’s. You can work it out like this: 0.06% × (1 − Bitget rebate) = what you pay on Gate.
| Gate scenario (example) | Gate futures Taker actually paid | Minimum Bitget rebate needed |
|---|---|---|
| VIP 0, no rebate | 0.05% | 16.7% |
| VIP 0, 10% rebate | 0.045% | 25% |
| VIP 0, 20% rebate | 0.04% | 33.3% |
| VIP 0, 30% rebate | 0.035% | 41.7% |
The Gate rebate rates in the table are only examples, to show how the threshold moves. The formula is 1 − Gate actual fee ÷ 0.06%, for example 1 − 0.045 ÷ 0.06 = 25% (fees are the official VIP 0 rates checked on 2026-10-18).
Neither exchange states an end date for the rebate, so this threshold doesn’t change over time. For the current actual rates, see the “Referral code rebate” row of the comparison table or the calculators below.
Each calculator below uses its exchange’s official futures Taker fee, and the rebate rate updates in sync with the exchange. Enter the 200,000 USDT from the example above in each one to see which is cheaper after the rebate.
Calculator: Bitget futures (Taker 0.06%)
| Monthly volume | Fees (0.06%) | Auto rebate (20%) | Net fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 USDT | 6 USDT | 1.2 USDT | 4.8 USDT |
| 100,000 USDT | 60 USDT | 12 USDT | 48 USDT |
| 1,000,000 USDT | 600 USDT | 120 USDT | 480 USDT |
Example at a futures fee rate of 0.06% and the current 20% automatic rebate (rate updated 2026-10-24). Your exchange statement prevails.
Sign up with this site’s Bitget referral code and the exchange’s automatic rebate is 20%, on both spot and futures. Bitget states that the rebate is calculated on “the fee minus the discounted portion”, so with the BGB discount turned on, the spot rebate is based on the discounted fee.
Calculator: Gate futures (Taker 0.05%)
| Monthly volume | Fees (0.05%) | Auto rebate (20%) | Net fees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10,000 USDT | 5 USDT | 1 USDT | 4 USDT |
| 100,000 USDT | 50 USDT | 10 USDT | 40 USDT |
| 1,000,000 USDT | 500 USDT | 100 USDT | 400 USDT |
Example at a futures fee rate of 0.05% and the current 20% automatic rebate (rate updated 2026-10-24). Your exchange statement prevails.
Sign up with this site’s Gate referral code and the exchange’s automatic rebate is 20%, refunded to your spot account after each trade is completed, on both spot and futures. With the GT discount turned on, Gate doesn’t state officially whether the rebate is calculated on the fee before or after the discount.
For the full rates, VIP tables and withdrawal fees, see Bitget fees and Gate fees. How futures costs are calculated is explained in how futures fees are calculated, and you can run your own numbers in the perpetual futures cost calculator.
How do Bitget and Gate futures rules differ?
Here’s how the two exchanges’ futures rules differ:
| Item | Bitget | Gate |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum BTC leverage | 150x (positions up to 200,000 USDT) | 200x (positions up to 500,000 USDT) |
| Leverage spread across crypto futures | Of 466: 2 at 150x, 147 at 50x, 77 at 20x | Of 591: 2 at 200x, 156 at 50x, 139 at 20x |
| BTC tier 1 maintenance margin rate | 0.40% | 0.30% |
| Funding settlement interval (crypto futures) | 363 every 4 hours, 102 every 8 hours, 1 every hour | 399 every 4 hours, 191 every 8 hours, 1 every hour |
| Funding rate cap and floor | BTC ±0.3%; by default ±0.75 times the maintenance margin rate | BTC ±0.3%; 555 contracts at ±2% |
| When you’re liquidated | Remaining margin goes into the risk reserve fund, and Bitget states you generally can’t get it back | Settled at the bankruptcy price; Gate lists the remaining maintenance margin after liquidation among the insurance fund’s sources |
Sources and dates: leverage, maintenance margin rates and funding intervals are the results read on 2026-10-18 from the Bitget position tier API, the Bitget funding rate API, the Gate risk limit API and both exchanges’ contract list APIs. The rule explanations come from Bitget’s funding rate guide, Bitget’s guide to avoiding liquidation, Gate’s funding rate guide, Gate’s introduction to liquidation and Gate’s insurance fund guide.
The gap between 200x and 150x only matters for BTC and ETH. Funding is what you’ll run into more often: most crypto futures on both exchanges settle every 4 hours, so the same 0.01% rate is paid 6 times a day. On Gate, a contract with a ±2% cap that hits the cap costs 200 USDT in one go on a 10,000 USDT position, and when the rate hits the cap or floor, settlement automatically switches to every hour. Funding is paid between longs and shorts; neither exchange collects it, and neither pays a rebate on it. The mechanics are explained in what the funding rate is. When you open a position, Gate also sets aside a 0.075% closing fee as margin (Gate initial margin guide).
Leverage magnifies your position, and if the price moves against you, the position can be liquidated and you lose your margin. You can estimate your liquidation price with the liquidation price calculator; the difference between cross and isolated margin is in cross vs isolated margin, and the full walkthroughs for each exchange are in the Bitget futures guide and the Gate futures guide.
How do Bitget and Gate referral rebate rules differ?
On both exchanges the rebate is paid by the exchange directly to the invitee. The differences are in the calculation basis, how it’s paid and other restrictions:
| Rule | Bitget | Gate |
|---|---|---|
| Calculation basis | Net fees (the fee minus the discounted portion) | Trading fees; which amount is used with the GT discount on is not stated officially |
| Markets covered | Spot and futures | Spot, Alpha, futures and margin, excluding fiat trading |
| Duration | Valid long term under the affiliate program, with no end date | No time limit for affiliate referral codes while the referral relationship exists |
| VIP limits | Regular referral campaign: invitees at VIP 3 or above don’t count; the affiliate program states no VIP limit | No rebate at VIP 11 or above |
| Payout | Referrers’ commission is paid at 10:00 (UTC+8) the day after the trade; Bitget doesn’t separately state when the invitee’s rebate is credited | Paid automatically to the spot account after the trade, sometimes delayed by 1–2 hours |
| Trades with no rebate | Zero-fee trading pairs; trades using fee vouchers (rebated as vouchers instead); special-rate trades; funding | Fiat trading; funding |
| Adding a referral code later | No official process found; inviting users who have already signed up is not recognized | No official process found; the “you can bind within 7 days” claim online refers to Gate Wallet (Web3), not the exchange account |
| Switching referrers | No official rules for rebinding, identity transfer or reassignment after inactivity | No official process found; each user can be invited through only one invitation mode |
| Other restrictions | Referrals from the same IP or device count as self-referral; after deleting your account you have to wait 30 days to re-register with the same details, and Bitget doesn’t guarantee you can link a new referrer | Referral relationships don’t carry across sites, so switching regional sites during sign-up prevents one from being created; a referral is invalid if the referrer and invitee share an IP; the user agreement bans multiple accounts |
Sources and dates (checked 2026-10-18): Bitget’s rules come from the Bitget affiliates FAQ (updated 2026-04-22), the Bitget referral program announcement and the Bitget referral policy; Gate’s rules come from the Gate referral rules, the Gate referral FAQ, the Gate invitee rebate announcement and the Gate user agreement (updated 2026-07-22, clause 10.1(a)).
The thing to watch most with this pair is that on both exchanges everything is “final the moment you sign up”: there’s no Binance-style mechanism for adding a code within 30 days, and no official rebinding request. If you enter the wrong code or leave it blank, you have to live with it; Bitget does let you re-register 30 days after deleting your account, but it doesn’t guarantee you can link a new referrer. So before you hit sign-up on either exchange, check the referral code field, and on Gate, don’t switch regional sites mid-sign-up. Details are in switching your Bitget referral code, the guide to switching your Gate referral code and how to check whether your referral code is linked; for choosing between fee vouchers and rebates, see fee vouchers vs referral code rebates.
Do Bitget and Gate require identity verification? What should users in Taiwan know?
Identity verification: both require verification before you can deposit and trade. Since 2024-01-01, Bitget has required verification before depositing and trading; unverified accounts can only withdraw, cancel orders, redeem and close positions, and after verification VIP 0 can withdraw 3,000,000 USDT every 24 hours (Bitget individual verification FAQ). Gate states that all users must complete identity verification, and that verification is required before depositing and withdrawing (Gate identity verification FAQ); its fee page lists a VIP 0 withdrawal limit of 3,000,000 USD every 24 hours. Steps and the documents you need are in the Bitget KYC verification guide and the Gate KYC verification guide.
TWD deposits and withdrawals: neither exchange offers direct New Taiwan dollar bank deposits. When checked on 2026-10-11, the fiat menu in Bitget P2P had no TWD; on 2026-10-17, the Gate C2C TWD market showed “No ads available”. The practical route is the same for both: buy USDT with TWD on a Taiwanese exchange (such as MAX or BitoPro), transfer it to Bitget or Gate, and reverse the route to cash out. For the cheapest networks in and out of each exchange, see the USDT withdrawal fee comparison.
Regions and apps: Taiwan is not among the prohibited countries in the Bitget terms of use (updated 2026-10-16), nor among the restricted regions in clause 2.5 of the Gate user agreement (updated 2026-07-22). The two lists differ a lot in length: Bitget lists the US, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, France, Germany and others; Gate’s list is the longest of the 13 exchanges this site compares and, beyond those, also includes South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, India and the UK, while clause 4 of the agreement states that perpetual futures are not available in prohibited regions. Bitget’s terms state that you can’t use a VPN or similar means to get around the restrictions, and you may be unable to manage your positions while in a restricted region, so think it through first if you often travel to Korea or Southeast Asia. When we checked, both apps were available on the Taiwan App Store: the Bitget App and the Gate App (developer GATE GLOBAL UAB), both with a Traditional Chinese interface. For which countries each exchange restricts, see the exchange restricted countries list.
What are Bitget and Gate each good at?
Bitget‘s strengths are copy trading and its asset threshold. You can copy spot trades only, so it works even if you don’t want leverage, and 50,000 USDT in account assets lifts you to VIP 2, where futures fees are lower than at Gate’s tier for the same assets. Its contract list also includes 368 stock, gold and other contracts.
- Copy trading: you can copy both futures and spot. The profit share uses a high-water mark, so it’s only taken on new profit that hasn’t been shared yet, settled daily at 00:00 (Taiwan time); the minimum copy amount is 50 USDT and the default slippage is 0.5% (Bitget high-water mark profit share explained, Bitget copy trading upgrade announcement). The profit share rate is set by the lead trader; a 2026-01-26 announcement says the current cap is 10%, up to 30% after review, and the rate shown on the trader’s page is what applies.
- Trading bots: grid (up to 1,000 grids), martingale, recurring buy (DCA), funding rate arbitrage and trend following (Bitget trading bots).
- Earn and more: on 2026-10-13, USDT flexible savings paid 7.50% APR on the first 300 USDT and 2.84% on the amount above that (Bitget Earn); there are also tokenized stocks and ETFs, PoolX and the separate Bitget Wallet.
Gate‘s strength is its range. Reading the Gate spot API on 2026-10-18 shows 2,052 tradable spot coins (2,201 trading pairs); it has 591 crypto USDT perpetual futures, about 27% more than Bitget’s 466, and its derivatives also include 413 stock futures, delivery futures, options and CFDs.
- Copy trading: futures copy trading, and copy trading volume also counts toward your VIP tier (Gate futures copy trading). The profit share rate is set by the trader within their tier’s limits, and for expert traders it was raised to 30% on 2024-09-20 (Gate profit share announcement); the profit share is calculated every 7 days and paid daily at 01:45 (UTC) (Gate trader profit share rules, 2026-04-13).
- Trading bots: spot grid, futures grid, infinite grid, martingale and recurring buy (DCA) (Gate strategy bots).
- Earn and more: USDT flexible savings in Simple Earn is matched lending, with an estimated APR of 2.31% from the official API on 2026-10-18 (Gate official API); there are also Launchpool, Gate Web3 Wallet and Gate Card.
Flexible savings rates float; for a comparison across exchanges, see USDT flexible savings rates compared. Copy trading has fees too: copying a trader who makes 40 round trips a month with 1,000 USDT at 5x leverage, all as Taker, costs 5,000 × 0.06% × 2 × 40 = 240 USDT on Bitget and 200 USDT on Gate. Neither exchange states officially whether copy trading fees earn the referral rebate. The full cost of copy trading is covered in the cost of copy trading, and how grids work is in what grid trading is.
How do Bitget and Gate compare on proof of reserves and security?
Both publish proof of reserves, and both provide a Merkle tree so you can confirm your own account is included, but they update on different schedules:
- Bitget: published monthly. The latest edition is the 2026-09-29 snapshot taken after the hack, with a total reserve ratio of 131%, including BTC 142%, ETH 110% and USDT 107%, and 20,531.72 BTC in user assets (Bitget September reserves announcement, Bitget proof of reserves page). When checked on 2026-10-18 this was still the latest edition; the announcement doesn’t name a third-party auditor.
- Gate: uses a Merkle Tree plus zk-SNARKs and doesn’t state how often it updates. The latest in its announcements is the 2026-08-19 snapshot: BTC 122.79%, ETH 122.05%, USDT and other stablecoins combined 111.63%, and 22,436 BTC in user assets (Gate reserves announcement). When we checked the Gate reserves page on 2026-10-18, it was stuck on “Loading reserve data…” and showed no figures.
Users hold a similar amount of BTC on the two platforms, a little over 20,000 BTC each; Bitget’s snapshot is more recent and its BTC reserve ratio is higher. The major incidents on each side:
- Bitget hack, 2026-09-24: at 18:31 (UTC), abnormal outflows were detected from some hot and warm wallets, involving 12 addresses. Early reports put the loss at about 351.6 million USD (CoinDesk), later confirmed at about 388 million USD. Bitget said the attacker obtained internal credentials through a vulnerability in a third-party security product, no private keys were leaked, and cold wallets were not affected (Bitget incident page, updated 2026-10-13). Bitget said user balances were not affected and the loss was covered by its protection fund. Deposits and trading never stopped, and withdrawals came back in stages: BTC on 09-28, ETH on 09-29, USDT on 09-30, and other coins, fiat and P2P on 10-02, about 7.5 days in all. The protection fund was topped back up with more than 300 million USD on 09-30 (Bitget announcement).
- Bitget VOXEL incident, 2025-04-20: abnormal trading hit the VOXEL/USDT perpetual futures within about 30 minutes; Bitget rolled back the abnormal trades and offered a compensation plan to affected users (The Block).
- Gate ETC 51% attack, January 2019: the Ethereum Classic blockchain suffered a 51% attack, and Gate lost about 40,000 ETC, worth about 200,000 USD at the time, which it said the platform would cover (CoinDesk report, republished). This was an attack on the chain itself, not a hack of Gate’s wallets.
- Gate futures system emergency upgrade, 2025-04-23: because of heavy traffic, futures and copy trading were suspended, and Gate promised 100% compensation for user losses during the upgrade (excluding market factors) (The Block).
- Regulators in other regions: Japan’s Financial Services Agency has issued Bitget a warning for operating without registration, and in February 2025 it also asked for the apps of Bitget and other platforms to be removed (The Defiant), and the unregistered platforms named by the Philippine SEC in August 2025 also included Bitget (Cointelegraph). Gate was on India’s 2023-12-28 list of notices to unregistered platforms (The Statesman), and in 2024 it withdrew its Hong Kong license application and stopped trading in Hong Kong (Fintech News Hong Kong).
On the protection fund, the sidebar of Bitget’s incident page shows 3,705 BTC and over 314 million USD, while the FAQ on the same page says 5,500 BTC and over 464 million USD. The two figures don’t match, so go by what the protection fund page shows at the time. Gate’s futures also have an insurance fund, but Gate states it doesn’t constitute a guarantee; for a platform-wide protection fund, I couldn’t find a current size officially published by Gate. Proof of reserves only reflects assets at the moment of the snapshot and is not deposit insurance, so coins you won’t trade for a long time can go to a wallet you control yourself; for protecting the account itself, see exchange account security settings. To compare the records of 13 exchanges side by side, see exchange security records and the exchange proof of reserves comparison; the full profiles of each exchange are in the Bitget review and the Gate review.
What to watch when switching from Bitget to Gate (or the other way)
We suggest switching platforms in this order:
- Open the new account first, and enter the referral code on the sign-up page. Neither exchange gives you a chance to add one later; when moving to Gate, don’t switch regional sites during sign-up.
- Complete identity verification on the new account; both require it before you can deposit.
- On the old account, close positions, cancel orders and redeem Earn products first, transfer funds from the futures account back to the spot account (on Bitget’s unified trading account, transfer them to the funding account), then withdraw your USDT.
- The first time you send to a new address, send a small amount and confirm it arrives before sending a large one.
There are no internal transfers between the two exchanges, so USDT has to go out as an on-chain withdrawal, with a fixed fee per withdrawal charged by the sending side. The table below shows the 11 networks that both exchanges open for withdrawals and deposits, in USDT, with each cell showing “fee (minimum withdrawal)”:
| Network | Withdrawing from Bitget to Gate | Withdrawing from Gate to Bitget |
|---|---|---|
| BEP20 (BNB Smart Chain) | 0.01 (minimum 5) | 0.5 (minimum 1) |
| Plasma | 0.012 (minimum 5) | 0.05 (minimum 1) |
| Optimism | 0.014 (minimum 5) | 0.05 (minimum 1) |
| Aptos | 0.03 (minimum 5) | 0.04 (minimum 1) |
| Avalanche C-Chain | 0.04 (minimum 5) | 0.05 (minimum 1) |
| Polygon | 0.07 (minimum 5) | 0.05 (minimum 1) |
| Arbitrum One | 0.1 (minimum 5) | 0.05 (minimum 1) |
| TON (Memo required) | 0.15 (minimum 5) | 0.3 (minimum 1) |
| Solana | 0.5 (minimum 5) | 0.5 (minimum 1) |
| TRC20 | 1.5 (minimum 5) | 1.5 (minimum 10) |
| ERC20 | 2 (minimum 5) | 1 (minimum 1) |
Data read on 2026-10-18 from the Bitget official coin API and the deposit/withdrawal tab of the Gate fee page. Withdrawal fees change with on-chain conditions, so go by the amount shown on the withdrawal page before you confirm.
The cheapest network differs by direction. Out of Bitget, BEP20 costs just 0.01 USDT; out of Gate, BEP20 costs 0.5 USDT, while Aptos costs 0.04 USDT, and Plasma, Optimism, Avalanche, Polygon and Arbitrum One all cost 0.05 USDT. Take a round trip: moving 1,000 USDT from Bitget to Gate and back costs 3 USDT in total if both legs go over TRC20; going out over BEP20 and back over Aptos costs 0.05 USDT in total, a 60-fold difference. If you want to use the same network both ways, Plasma (0.062 USDT combined) is cheapest. On ERC20, Bitget is the more expensive one, at 2 USDT vs 1 USDT. Pick a network that matches on both sides, because choosing the wrong one can mean losing your funds; if it happens, start with what to do if you sent to the wrong network. For the full fees on every network at 13 exchanges, see the USDT withdrawal fee comparison.
Who are Bitget and Gate best for?
- Beginners who mainly buy spot: pick Bitget. With the BGB discount, 0.08% is lower than GT’s 0.09%, and you can copy spot trades only; Gate’s edge is in lesser-known coins, which you’ll rarely need for spot trading in major coins.
- Futures traders who often place market orders (VIP 0): pick Gate. Its futures Taker fee of 0.05% is lower than Bitget’s 0.06%, saving 20 USDT a month on 200,000 USDT of futures volume; with the same rebate rate on both, this gap doesn’t go away.
- Futures traders holding 50,000 USDT or more in their account: pick Bitget. Your assets alone get you to VIP 2, with a futures Taker fee of 0.04%, lower than the 0.045% at Gate VIP 5; this assumes you accept keeping that money long term on an exchange that was hacked as recently as 2026-09-24.
- Traders of lesser-known coins, or anyone who wants options and more futures: pick Gate. It has 2,052 spot coins and 591 crypto perpetual futures, plus delivery futures and options, with up to 200x on BTC and ETH.
- Frequent travelers, or people living in South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia or the Philippines: pick Bitget. These regions are on Gate’s restricted list but not on Bitget’s; both restrict Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.
- Anyone who prioritizes the security record: we found no major public incident of a Gate platform wallet hack, while Bitget was hacked as recently as 2026-09-24. On the other hand, Bitget publishes its reserves monthly and gives public figures for its protection fund, while Gate doesn’t state how often it updates, and its page showed no figures on 2026-10-18. If you look only at the incident record, pick Gate; if you value how much data is made public, pick Bitget.
Many traders open accounts on both: their main futures trading on Gate, and copy trading or a larger-balance account on Bitget, which also spreads the risk of a single platform suspending withdrawals. When moving USDT between them, remember to pick different networks for the trip out and the trip back.
How we checked the data in this article
Fees, identity verification, and the rules for adding or switching referral codes were checked against both exchanges’ official help centers and fee pages. Bitget VIP rates, USDT withdrawal fees, Gate spot coins, futures counts, leverage and funding intervals are figures read from official pages and public APIs on 2026-10-18; Gate VIP thresholds, P2P listings and Bitget Earn rates are data from 2026-10-11 to 10-17; reserves come from each exchange’s most recent report; and security incidents were cross-checked against official announcements and news reports. Our method is described in how we compile rebate data, and the disclosure for referral links is in referral and rebate disclosure.
FAQ
Which has lower fees, Bitget or Gate?
At VIP 0, Gate is cheaper, and the difference is the futures Taker fee: 0.05% on Gate and 0.06% on Bitget, while spot is 0.1% on both. With the platform-token discount on, Bitget spot is 0.08% and Gate spot 0.09%; neither discounts futures. The exception is anyone with 50,000 USDT or more in account assets: Bitget’s asset-based VIP 2 gives a futures Taker fee of 0.04%, lower than Gate’s VIP 5 (0.045%).
Can I use Bitget and Gate at the same time?
Yes. Bitget and Gate are different companies, so you just sign up and verify your identity on each separately. The restriction is within each exchange: neither allows one person to open multiple accounts. Enter the referral code when you sign up on each one; moving USDT from Bitget to Gate over BEP20 costs 0.01 USDT, and in the other direction Aptos costs 0.04 USDT.
Should users in Taiwan pick Bitget or Gate?
Conditions for users in Taiwan are about the same on both, so it comes down to how you trade: pick Gate for futures at VIP 0, and Bitget for copy trading or if you hold 50,000 USDT or more in your account. Taiwan is not on the restricted-region list of either Bitget or Gate, and both apps are on the Taiwan App Store. Neither offers direct New Taiwan dollar deposits; on both, you first buy USDT on a Taiwanese exchange and then transfer it over.
Which is safer, Bitget or Gate?
Neither can be called absolutely safe; looking only at platform wallet hacks, Gate’s record is cleaner. About 388 million USD was stolen from Bitget on 2026-09-24, covered by its protection fund, and all withdrawals were back after about 7.5 days; for Gate, under this site’s inclusion criteria, we found no major public incident of a platform wallet hack. On reserves, Bitget’s 2026-09-29 snapshot shows a total reserve ratio of 131% and BTC at 142%, published monthly; the latest snapshot in Gate’s announcements, from 2026-08-19, shows BTC at 122.79%, and Gate states neither how often it updates nor the size of its protection fund.
Can I still use Bitget after the hack?
Yes. All Bitget withdrawals were back on 2026-10-02, and deposits and trading never stopped during the incident. Bitget said user account balances were not affected, the protection fund was topped back up with more than 300 million USD on 09-30, and the post-incident 2026-09-29 reserve snapshot shows a total reserve ratio of 131%.
Which gives a bigger referral code rebate?
For the current rebate rates on Bitget and Gate, see the comparison table and calculators above, which display them in sync with the exchanges. Under the rules, neither exchange states an end date for the rebate. Because Bitget’s futures Taker fee is 0.06% and Gate’s is 0.05%, Bitget’s rebate needs to reach 16.7% to match Gate when Gate pays no rebate, and the threshold is higher when Gate does pay one.
Which network should I use to send USDT from Bitget to Gate?
From Bitget to Gate, use BEP20, at 0.01 USDT; from Gate back to Bitget, use Aptos, at 0.04 USDT (2026-10-18). Gate’s BEP20 withdrawal costs 0.5 USDT, so don’t reuse it on the way back; TRC20 costs 1.5 USDT in both directions. For small amounts, watch the minimum withdrawal: at least 5 USDT on every Bitget network, and at least 1 USDT on most Gate networks, with TRC20 requiring 10 USDT.
I’ve already signed up. Can I still add a referral code?
Not on Bitget or Gate; we found no official process on either for adding a referral code or changing referrers after sign-up. Bitget doesn’t recognize invitations to users who have already signed up, and after deleting your account you have to wait 30 days to re-register with the same details, with no guarantee you can link a new referrer. The claim online that “you can bind on Gate within 7 days” refers to Gate Wallet, not the exchange account.
To sign up directly, see the Bitget referral code and the Gate referral code; rate details are in Bitget fees and Gate fees; if you already have an account, the switching rules are in switching your Bitget referral code and the guide to switching your Gate referral code. Each exchange’s effective fee after the rebate is listed in actual fees after referral code rebates, which exchange has the lowest fees is in the low-fee exchange comparison, and how much you can save in a year is in how much a referral code rebate can save you; for referral codes and rebates at other exchanges, see the exchange referral code roundup. To compare other pairs, see Binance vs Bitget, Binance vs Gate, Bitget vs OKX, Bitget vs MEXC, KuCoin vs Bitget and MEXC vs Gate.