Gate officially launches pre-market and after-hours trading for U.S. stocks, with trading hours extended to 16×5.

Gate News, according to Gate’s official announcement, Gate has officially launched pre-market and after-hours trading for its stock platform. Stock trading hours have been expanded from the original 6.5×5 to 16×5. Users can participate in U.S. stock pre-market and after-hours trading by updating the Gate App to version 8.21.5 or above. This upgrade provides users with a more flexible and efficient way to participate in the market, helping investors make decisions faster during the release of important events such as corporate earnings reports and company announcements.

Gate Stocks supports users trading with USDT more than 10,000 U.S. mainstream market stocks and ETFs, covering major U.S. trading venues such as NYSE, Nasdaq, and NYSE Arca. It also supports fractional-share trading with an initial buy-in as low as 0.01 shares. Backed by Gate’s unified account system, users can achieve unified management and allocation of digital assets and global securities assets within the same account.

Gate Stocks is now fully integrated with the platform’s VIP tier system. Users with holdings of $2,000 can be upgraded to VIP, enjoying a dedicated stock trading fee rate as low as 0.023% and 1V1 customer manager services. At the same time, a “Million Stocks Airdrop” campaign has been launched: users who complete their first trade in the stocks segment will receive random ANTHROPIC stock rewards, with a total prize pool value of up to $1 million.