#GateCEO2025YearEndOpenLetter From Survival to Stewardship | Gate’s Role in a Maturing Web3 Era
As 2026 begins, the crypto industry finds itself at a defining crossroads. The early questions of legitimacy have faded. Digital assets are no longer an experiment, and Web3 is no longer a concept waiting for validation. The real question now is leadership who is capable of guiding this industry through maturity with discipline, transparency, and long-term responsibility.
Gate enters this new chapter not as a participant reacting to change, but as an institution shaped by time, cycles, and hard-ear