Gate DexBuilder launches a $3M grant for event-contract builders

Gate DexBuilder, the exchange infrastructure arm of Gate.io, launched Event Contracts Builder on August 7, the company said in a press release. The toolkit lets brokers, trading platforms, and other third parties build their own branded event-contract markets on Gate's backend rather than building trading, settlement, and liquidity systems themselves.

The toolkit handles market data, order and position management, settlement, and risk controls through an operations dashboard, with API and SDK access for integration. Gate DexBuilder backed the launch with a grant program offering up to $3 million per selected project, covering product development, technical integration, liquidity building, and user growth. The release doesn't specify a total pool size beyond that per-project figure, so treat the $3 million as a stated ceiling rather than a fixed, fully allocated fund.

“The future development of event contract markets will depend not only on the growth of trading volume, but also on a broader range of application scenarios and open infrastructure support.”

— Jason Fung, Head of Gate DexBuilder and Head of Global Partnerships, Gate.io

Event Contracts Builder is separate from two things Gate.io already runs: its own consumer-facing Event Contracts product, which launched July 21, and its integration of Polymarket's yes/no markets, added in March. This new toolkit targets companies that want exposure to event-contract trading, essentially prediction markets under a different name, without building the underlying infrastructure themselves. Eligible applicants range from brokers and wallets to media platforms and AI trading tools, at stages from early concept through live operation.

• Up to $3 million per selected project, covering development, integration, liquidity, and growth
• Toolkit covers market data, settlement, risk controls, and white-label branding via API and SDK
• Separate from Gate.io's own Event Contracts product (July 21) and its Polymarket integration (March)

Exchanges are racing to stake out ground in event-contract trading right now: we covered how Binance.US is betting on prediction markets for its comeback after losing most of its US market share, even as New York sued Kalshi, arguing that prediction markets are gambling platforms regardless of what they're called.

Nothing here should be taken as financial advice — just information to consider.