Gate US launches a KYC-based crypto gift card feature, letting verified users send flexible, compliant digital asset gifts across 46 U.S. jurisdictions.
- Gate US adds in‑app crypto gift cards for KYC‑verified users.
- Senders can pay in one coin and gift another with instant crediting.
- The feature relies on 35 licenses covering 46 U.S. jurisdictions.
Gate US has launched a new Gift Card feature that lets users create and send cryptocurrency gift cards directly inside its app, tightening the link between digital assets and everyday social gifting. The product allows any user who has completed KYC to send a crypto gift card to another verified user via phone number, email, or UID, with funds credited instantly once redeemed. According to the company, all flows sit inside a KYC-based account system designed to keep transfers “secure, traceable, and compliant with applicable regulatory requirements.”
The new tool also supports flexible currency combinations, meaning a sender can pay with one cryptocurrency and gift a different asset, a structure similar to the earlier Gate.io Cryptocurrency Gift Card that let users choose any face value from as low as 0.0001 USDT to tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of crypto. In its earlier launch for global users, Gate.io described gift cards as “a fresh, alternative, and convenient way to interact with cryptocurrencies,” a framing Gate US is now effectively importing into a regulated U.S. context. By anchoring the feature to verified accounts only, Gate US is betting that giftable crypto can grow without triggering the usual concerns around anonymous transfers and money laundering.
Gate US now holds 35 state-level money transmitter licenses, with compliant operations spanning 46 U.S. jurisdictions after recent approvals in states such as Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, according to prior regulatory updates and third-party coverage. In one recent post, the company said it was “strengthening its regulatory and compliance footprint across the country” as it adds new states to its coverage map. That push mirrors Gate’s parallel European expansion, where Gate.com recently secured a PSD2 payment institution license in Malta to scale EU crypto payments, reinforcing a strategy of tightly coupling new consumer products with formal licensing.
Gate US’s move fits into a broader trend of exchanges and wallets using gift cards, vouchers, and social payment tools to pull crypto into everyday interactions. Past crypto.news reporting has covered how gift card platforms and crypto vouchers bridge users from traditional consumer behavior into digital assets, while social-focused apps like Bundle in Africa and Coinbase’s Base App have pushed peer-to-peer payments and onchain social features as onramps. By wrapping this new product in strict KYC and licensing, Gate US is trying to position crypto gifting as both ordinary and regulated, rather than a gray-area workaround.
