The Rise of Dormant Whales: Gate’s 4% Yield Revolution Rewrites Crypto Wealth Playbook

6/11/2025, 1:21:13 AM
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Gate targets the overlooked "static whales" and launches a dual-track VIP system: users can advance through asset balances or trading volumes, enjoying tiered financial returns, with VIP levels 12-14 offering an annualized rate of up to 4%. The 7-day cycle balances high returns with liquidity, leveraging the dormant trillion-dollar capital in the low interest rate era.

In the VIP battlefield of cryptocurrency exchanges, a silent revolution is quietly reshaping the rules of the game. While Binance locks in ecological aristocrats with BNB holdings, OKX attracts institutional market makers with negative fee rates, and Bitget draws in emerging players through low-threshold trials, Gate focuses on a long-ignored group of “atypical VIP users”—“static whales” who hold large assets but trade infrequently. On-chain data shows that this type of user controls 68% of the market capitalization of the cryptocurrency market, yet has been long marginalized due to the trading volume thresholds of the traditional VIP system.

Gate breaks the old conventions with a dual-track inclusive system: users can upgrade to VIP status through two independent paths, either by 30-day trading volume or asset balance, and launch a VIP-exclusive tiered “Yubi Treasure Fixed” investment product, raising the annualized return on USDT for 7 days to a peak of 4% in the industry. This design not only subverts the traditional VIP model centered on trading frequency but also tears open a high-yield gap in the low-interest rate era (as traditional banks’ one-year deposit rates fall below 1%), awakening the slumbering trillion-level capital.

1. Tiered Earnings: A Revolution in Asset Efficiency under Layered Incentives

Gate’s VIP financial management is by no means just a simple interest increase, but rather a sophisticated layered operational system. Its core mechanism lies in the dynamic binding of VIP levels to yield intensity:

Yield ladder differentiation: VIP levels 0-4 have an annual yield of 2%, VIP levels 5-7 have 2.8%, VIP levels 8-11 have 3.2%, while top-tier VIP levels 12-14 users enjoy an exclusive annual yield of 4%.

Liquidity Innovation: Adopting a 7-day short-term financial management cycle, supporting automatic redemption of principal and interest at maturity or enabling “automatic reinvestment,” solving the industry dilemma of achieving high returns while maintaining liquidity.

Scarcity-driven: High-grade quotas are issued in limited quantities on a first-come, first-served basis, creating a sense of scarcity for Whale users and stimulating immediate decisions.

This design essentially shifts VIP rights from optimizing trading costs to optimizing asset efficiency. When an institutional user with a monthly trading volume of $500 million pays about $100,000 in fees on Gate, they would need to spend over $250,000 at Binance for the same scale. The rate advantage combined with investment returns creates a dual value anchor.

2. Dual-Track Strategy: Breaking the Tyranny of Trading Volume

The VIP system of traditional exchanges adheres to the principle of “volume supremacy,” excluding low-frequency high-net-worth users. Gate’s dual-track system, on the other hand, reconstructs the entry threshold:

Asset Balance Channel: Users only need to hold sufficient assets (such as BTC, USDT, etc.) to level up, without being forced to trade for volume.

60-day protection mechanism: Users have a 60-day buffer period after downgrading, reducing churn risk and enhancing system stickiness.

This design precisely matches the core demands of Whale users—asset preservation takes precedence over frequent trading. A user holding a million USDT but with a monthly trading volume of less than 10,000 would be considered an “ordinary user” in traditional systems, but under Gate’s dual-track system, they can leap to VIP12 and enjoy a 4% risk-free return. This explains why Gate can attract “static whales” that account for 68% of the market capitalization, turning dormant assets into ecological fuel.

3. Ecological Collaboration: From Financial Islands to Value Networks

Gate’s high-interest financial products are not isolated but are a key hub of ecological synergy:

Capital closed-loop design: Investment funds can be directed to pledge loans or Gate Alpha on-chain transactions (Web3 entrance), forming a “finance-investment-revenue recycling” closed loop.

Mainstream coin capitalization: Tools such as Launchpool allow users to directly stake BTC and ETH (instead of platform tokens) to participate in new coin mining, with an annualized return of over 5%. Redeemed assets can be transferred to HODL&Earn for secondary earnings, achieving compound returns.

Dual-Currency Investment Linkage: Users can participate in the “Dual-Currency Investment” product using financial management returns to predict market trends and earn additional interest. For example, by investing USDT to set a target buy price for BTC below the market price, users can earn interest of 10 regardless of whether the transaction is completed.

Sustainability of Returns: A 4% high yield relies on platform subsidies and market fluctuations. If the encryption market interest rate declines (for example, if the annualized return of fixed-income financial products falls to the “2 era” in 2024), it will be necessary to develop floating return products (such as shark fin structures linked to volatility, with a return range of 3%-14%) to maintain competitiveness.

Utility shortfalls of platform tokens: Compared to BNB’s deep integration within the Binance ecosystem, the application of GT tokens in financial scenarios still appears thin. Currently, it only supports upgrading to VIP status with a 14-day holding period, and has not been deeply linked with enhanced financial returns (such as interest rate increases for holding GT).

The future breakthrough lies in leveraging the value of GT: if we combine GT holdings with financial yield bonuses and airdrop weighting, or associate it with GateChain’s on-chain security services (such as asset custody certificates), we can activate new scenarios for the token. At the same time, it is necessary to expand the structured product matrix, such as Fixed Income Plus (automatically converting to flexible after the lock-up period), to cope with the impact of a low-interest environment.

Encryption wealth management is transitioning from extensive interest generation to a refined competition for asset efficiency. Gate awakens “static whales” with a dual-track system, transforming VIP levels into productivity through tiered returns, and then builds a self-circulating value network through ecological collaboration—these three moats allow it to grow against the tide during a liquidity winter.

When traditional finance falls into the “1% interest trap”, Gate’s 4% high interest acts like a sharp scalpel, cutting through the bloated inertia of the old system. Historical experience shows that in the early stages of any industry paradigm revolution, it is an opportunity window for ordinary people. The outcome is already determined: whoever occupies the high ground of user wallet share holds the scepter of the ultimate encryption finance.

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