Gate Travel reshapes the encryption payment landscape, unlocking new rises in the trillion-dollar travel market.

On August 15, 2025, the leading global encryption exchange Gate officially launched Gate Travel, a one-stop travel booking platform. Users can directly use BTC, ETH, USDT, and over 50 other cryptocurrencies to pay for flights and hotels in more than 190 countries worldwide.

In just four days, this innovative service quickly activated the consumption potential of 34 million users within the Gate ecosystem, behind which is a key breakthrough of cryptocurrency entering the trillion-dollar tourism market.

"Booking flights with BTC? Awesome," a user commented in the Gate square, expressing the general excitement of the native crypto community.

##Breaking the Wall Between Crypto Payments and Physical Consumption Scenarios

The long-standing separation between traditional online travel booking platforms (OTAs) and the crypto world is being broken by Gate Travel. As a crypto platform that deeply integrates travel resources, it has built a "payment-incentive-compliance" trinity architecture.

Users can access the Gate Life page from the homepage of the Gate App, click on the "Travel" module, and complete the crypto payment booking in three steps. This minimalist operation significantly lowers the threshold for Web3 services, promoting the penetration of crypto payments from investment scenarios to everyday life.

Compared to traditional OTAs like Booking, the core differences of Gate Travel are highlighted: support for payment in over 50 types of crypto assets, on-chain real-time settlement to avoid cross-border fees, and an exclusive 5% discount and travel points cashback system for the GT ecosystem.

"Finally, I don't have to carry a bunch of cash when going out," user @Gas_FeeNightmare's exclamation points out the pain point of cross-border travelers.

Strategic Upgrade of Gate Ecosystem, from Exchange Platform to Life Portal

The launch of Gate Travel is by no means an isolated product action, but rather a key piece of the value closed loop of the Gate ecosystem.

activate user stock value

• 34 million registered users (as of August 2025 data) have awakened dormant assets.
• Travel spending directed to wealth management services: Users can directly convert the earnings from Earn products (such as the cumulative subscription amount of 3.8 billion USD in Yubibao) into travel funds.
• Improve capital retention rate: Users with a monthly trading volume of derivatives reaching 740 billion USD gain consumption outlets.

Reconstruct GT Token Economic Model

• Deflation Strengthening: 1.92 million GT will be destroyed in Q2 2025, with a cumulative destruction ratio exceeding 60%.
• Consumption Empowerment: GT holders enjoy exclusive discounts and points bonuses, promoting the upgrade of tokens from "governance certificates" to "ecosystem passports"
• Airdrop Gain: In July, the GT snapshot volume reached 70 million coins, and the airdropped tokens can be converted into travel spending power.

build a non-exchange traffic entry

Travel booking, as a low-frequency high-unit-price behavior, attracts traditional consumers to engage with encryption payments, redirecting them to core businesses such as trading and wealth management. While Binance and Bybit focus on the trading track, Gate opens up a new battlefield through travel scenarios.

Industry transformation accelerates, the rise of the crypto tourism economic ecosystem

At the launch of Gate Travel, the global encryption travel payment ecosystem is迎来爆发拐点.

leading enterprises accelerate layout

• Emirates Airlines partners with Crypto.com to support BTC and ETH payment for tickets in 2026.
• Singapore Airlines upgraded the KrisFlyer mileage program to the blockchain KrisPay system, with a points value of up to 1.5 trillion USD.
• Travala.com will have 77% of its orders paid with crypto assets in 2024, with user spending exceeding that of traditional customers by 2.5 times.

National level policy breakthrough

On August 18, Thailand launched the TouristDigiPay system, allowing tourists to instantly convert BTC/ETH into Thai Baht for payment via QR codes. The Dubai Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) is exploring blockchain visas and decentralized travel insurance.

Market Data Validation Trend

The global crypto payment market is expected to exceed 70 billion USD in 2024 and reach 250 billion USD by 2027. In July, the cryptocurrency market saw an overall increase of 13% driven by a surge in travel payment demand.

Challenges and Evolution Path, Future Blueprint of Web3 Travel Experience

Despite the broad prospects, Gate Travel still needs to overcome key obstacles.

Compliance Dynamic Adaptation

• Significant differences in regulatory policies across countries: South Korea plans to impose a 28% crypto tax, and the EU's Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) legislation requires strict KYC.
• Regional compliance framework: A dynamic risk control system needs to be established to adapt to the requirements of different jurisdictions.

User Experience Optimization

Simplifying the on-chain identity binding process for hotel/flight searches and reducing the migration costs for Web2 users has become a top priority. Research among Thai merchants shows that operators aged 45 and above have less than 30% acceptance of crypto payments.

Future Evolution Direction

• NFT-based travel rights: Issuance of on-chain NFTs for flight/hotel booking vouchers, supporting secondary market trading.
• DeFi + Travel Finance: Introducing the "Booking Mining" model, where consumption behavior is converted into liquidity earnings.
• Metaverse scene linkage: Connect with Gate ecological games or metaverse platforms to achieve the integration of virtual and real travel.

The advantage of blockchain technology in reducing transaction fees by 70% holds immense value reconstruction potential in the trillion-dollar tourism market. When users pay for travel orders with the Gate Crypto Card and receive 7% cashback, the crypto economy officially enters a positive cycle of "holding coins - profiting - spending."

##Future Outlook

The penetration rate of crypto payment in the tourism market is soaring, with Thailand's TouristDigiPay attracting 230,000 tourists to register for digital wallets in its first week of launch. Dubai Airport plans to increase the coverage of crypto payment terminals to 60% by 2026.

Gate's next step may lead to a broader consumer landscape. Its xStocks leveraged trading product launched in July, paired with the global payment network of the Gate Crypto Card, has already formed a crypto life operating system that covers trading, consumption, and financial services.

As the wheels of the suitcase roll along the corridor at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, payment vouchers flash on the blockchain browser, and the encryption economy finally breaks free from the confines of the trading screen, flowing between every departure and arrival in the real world.