# GTtoken

#Gate13thAnniversaryGlobalCelebration
Thirteen years ago, a PhD in photonics founded a crypto exchange with a single thesis: build the platform that serious traders actually need, not the one that is easiest to regulate into mediocrity.
Gate was founded in 2013 by Dr. Han Lin — when Bitcoin was trading around $100, Ethereum did not exist, and the phrase "digital asset exchange" meant something only a few thousand people on the planet fully understood. Most of the names that dominated crypto in 2013 are gone. Gate is not only still here — it is still building.
Thirteen years is a long time in