The cryptocurrency industry has entered a compliance-led phase, with Gate accelerating its global licensing strategy to cover multiple core markets.

May 13th News, against the backdrop of accelerating global crypto regulation, compliance capabilities are becoming a key watershed for CEX competition. The research article "Compliance is No Longer Optional, Who Can Sit at the Mainstream Table?" points out that trading platforms represented by Gate are strengthening their competitiveness within the mainstream financial system by continuously expanding their global licensing network. Specifically, Gate is advancing its compliance layout through its local operating entities: Gate US achieves compliant operations in 46 jurisdictions by holding 35 state-level MTL licenses in the United States; it deeply cultivates business in multiple European regions by relying on its Cyprus CySEC license, MiCA license, and Payment Institution (PI) license; Gate Japan enters the Japanese market with its high entry barriers by relying on its FSA license; it taps into the rapidly growing Middle East market with its Dubai VARA license; meanwhile, it completes its Australian market layout through AUSTRAC registration qualifications. The article points out that compared to some platforms focusing on a single region, Gate prefers to advance its global compliance layout by establishing entities in multiple locations and directly applying for licenses. Although this path is longer and more costly, it helps enhance long-term compliance credibility and diversify risks in a single jurisdiction. As global regulation enters the implementation phase in 2026, the industry's "expand first, comply later" model is gradually phasing out, and compliance is transforming from a cost item into a core asset, becoming a key threshold for platforms to participate in mainstream market competition.