How to buy Tezos on Gate.io
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About Gate.io
Gate.io is among the twenty largest exchanges. The crypto exchange was founded in the fall of 2017. Tezos is fully tradeable and Gate.io distributes baking rewards to its customers.
Gate.io was the first exchange to enable Tezos trading since summer 2018.
Find below the tutorial to trade Tezos on Gate.io:
Step 1:
Register an Account
Info: Please note that the exchange requires KYC - US customers are supported.
Step 2:
Find the Tezos market
Search for XTZ, the abbreviation for the Tezos coin. You can choose between several trading pairs.
- XTZ/USD - Trading US-Dollar (Tether) to Tezos
- XTZ/BTC - Trading Bitcoin to Tezos
- XTZ/ETH - Trading Ethereum to Tezos

Step 3:
Buy Crptocurrency like Bitcoin
To fund your exchange wallet you need to buy any cryptocurrency supported by the exchange. Preferably it should be a cryptocurrency on which the tradingpair is directly supported, like Bitcoin for XTZ/BTC, or Ethereum.
List of Bitcoin exchanges with direct payment options like creditcard, wire transfer below:
Step 4:
Fund your Wallet
After you purchased your cryptocoins you have to send them to the exchange.
Your deposit addresses can be found in the wallets section.
Fund the wallet to buy Tezos.
Choose for example Bitcoin and send your previously purchased coins to the deposit address:
Deposits are available for:
- Bitcoin
- Ethereum
- Ripple
- USD Tether and far more...
Step 5:
Wait for confirmation
Once you sent your coins to the exchange the underlying network of the cryptocurrency has to confirm the transaction before it displays in your account. This can take several minutes depending on the cryptocurrency you used.
Once this is done your deposit shows up in your account.
Step 7:
Go to the XTZ market to get Tezos
Go to market and type in XTZ. Search for your trading pair for example XTZ/USD, XTZ/BTC.
Set your order: Enter price and quantity.
Press buy BTC ->XTZ to buy Tezos.
Step 7:
Withdraw your XTZ
Important: Withdrawals are only possible if you did the KYC. Please do it in advance. If you leave your Tez on the exchange, enable 2FA!!!
You can withdraw them to an external wallet.
Link to Gate.io
Tezos Quicklinks: