As of September 17, 2025, the latest launch projects on Gate Launchpool are Hippo Protocol (HP) and Boundless (ZKC). Users can participate in these projects by staking designated tokens, sharing millions of tokens in airdrop rewards, while also enjoying additional earnings brought by the platform’s unique financial interest increase feature.
01 September Latest Release Project Overview
Gate Launchpool launched several exciting projects in September 2025, showcasing its keen eye for discovering quality assets.
The ongoing 317th project Boundless (ZKC) will end on September 18 at 22:00 (UTC+8). This is a general zero-knowledge proof (ZK) protocol project that provides scalability for the blockchain through a verifiable proof of work (PoVW) mechanism.
Users can share 133,334 ZKC tokens airdrop rewards for free by staking ETH, with rewards distributed every hour.
Next, Gate Launchpool will start the Hippo Protocol (HP) project on September 17 at 17:00. Users can share an airdrop reward of 1,882,531 HP by staking BTC or HP tokens. This event will last until September 22 at 17:00 (UTC+8).
In addition, the projects at the beginning of September also included some well-known projects such as LiveArt (ART) and Dexlab (XLAB). LiveArt is a leading RWA (Real World Assets) protocol dedicated to bringing blue-chip artworks, watches, and other high-value assets onto the blockchain.
Dexlab is based on Solana The token factory and decentralized trading platform have incubated well-known meme coin projects such as BONK and SLERF.
02 Gate Launchpool’s differentiated advantages: wealth management interest rate increase function and mechanism innovation.
Compared to other platforms, the most striking advantage of Gate Launchpool is its unique financial interest-enhancing feature. Users can receive up to 116.6% additional airdrop rewards on top of their original staking yields if they transfer their assets into the "7-day" fixed products of the remaining coin treasure after participating in staking and choosing to redeem.
This combination strategy significantly improves capital utilization efficiency and overall return rates, creating a significant differentiation advantage compared to other platforms.
In addition to the wealth management interest rate increase feature, Gate Launchpool also has the following innovative characteristics:
- Low participation threshold: Only 1 GT or 10 USDT is required to participate, significantly reducing the barriers for retail investors to engage in early project investments.
- Multi-Asset Support: Supports staking of various tokens such as GT, USDT, BTC, ETH, GUSD, etc., providing flexible options.
- Zero Lock-up and Real-time Earnings: Supports unstaking at any time, with earnings settled hourly, achieving a balance between "asset liquidity" and "profitability."
- Dual-track subscription mechanism: In some projects, a dual-track system of USD1 and GT is introduced, with 80% of the quota allocated to the stablecoin pool and 20% reserved for the platform token, which avoids GT price The volatility risk has attracted a large amount of stable funds to the exchange.
03 Outstanding Performance and Market Position
Gate Launchpool’s recent performance has been quite impressive. Data from August shows that Launchpool has launched 10 projects, distributing airdrop rewards worth millions of dollars, with an annualized return rate even reaching 1363.1%.
As of early September 2025, the platform’s user base has surpassed 37 million, holding the second-largest market share globally, with total reserves reaching $12.02 billion and an excess reserve ratio of 23.98%.
Compared to major competitors, Gate Launchpool has significant advantages in terms of average annualized return, entry threshold, token support flexibility, and global accessibility.
04 How to Participate in Gate Launchpool
Participating in Gate Launchpool is very simple, just follow these four steps:
- Create an account: Create an account on Gate.com and complete the identity verification (KYC).
- Hold tokens: Hold the required tokens, such as GT, USDT, or other specified tokens. The tokens that need to be held may vary for different projects (for example, the Boundless project requires ETH, while the Hippo Protocol requires BTC or HP).
- Stake: Navigate to "Hold and Earn" → "Launchpool" page, select the currently active event and stake.
- Claim Rewards: Claim rewards during or after the event. Rewards will be distributed to the user’s spot account every hour.
During the event, the system will distribute token rewards every hour based on the proportion of users’ staked assets. VIP 5 and above users can enjoy a maximum staking quota bonus of 500%.
05 Future Outlook: Mechanism Refinement, Ecological Synergy, and Compliance Expansion
Looking to the future, the direction of Gate Launchpool’s development is already clear.
- Mechanism refinement and deepening of the product matrix: The dual-track subscription system is likely to become a standard feature of the platform, and the time-weighted distribution rules will be further optimized, potentially introducing more asset types (such as LST). Gate will continue to build a product matrix for new listings that includes four major products: Launchpool, HODLer Airdrop, Launchpad, and CandyDrop, to meet the investment needs of users with different risk preferences.
- Stablecoin Strategy and Ecological Coordination: Stablecoins such as GUSD will expand from subscription tools to core currencies within the ecosystem, covering scenarios such as trading pairs, lending collateral, and derivatives margin, forming a closed-loop financial system.
- Global Compliance Expansion: Gate has obtained the VASP license in Dubai, and its global compliance footprint covers more than 10 countries and regions, including Lithuania and Japan. This compliance layout lays the foundation for user access to the Launchpad globally and becomes a key differentiating advantage in attracting traditional capital.
- New Paradigm of Capital Pool Scale Competition: The competition logic among exchanges has shifted from a race for trading volume to a contest of capital pool scale. Gate, through the innovative design of Launchpad, can attract nearly 200 million USD1 stablecoins for a single project, validating the new paradigm that "capital pool scale is the competitiveness."
Future Outlook
Gate Launchpool has become one of the most attractive innovative project discovery platforms in the crypto market in 2025, thanks to its low threshold, high returns, flexible staking, and unique financial interest-boosting features.
Its dual-track subscription system, stablecoin strategy, and global compliance layout not only provide users with the opportunity to capture early high-quality assets but are also reshaping the competitive landscape of exchanges.
