Gate launching OpenAI Pre-IPO at this timing is interesting, mainly because the price indeed has an advantage.
According to the announcement:
The subscription price for this round is 722 USDT/OPENAI. If we take the current market mirror price of about $825 as a reference, that's roughly a 12.5% price gap.
Minimum participation is 100U, with a maximum of 277 tokens per person, assets unlocked in three phases.
I think the timing is worth pondering.
Recently Gate has been in a public‑opinion trough due to user asset theft and withdrawal FUD. Introducing a scarce, discounted OpenAI product now, in my view, is an effort to attract funds again and repair market sentiment.
So these two issues can be viewed separately:
Security issues can keep being criticized, assets should still be isolated; whether the product is worth participating in should be evaluated on its own.
Previous Pre‑IPOs often oversubscribed; this time, coinciding with the opinion trough, the participating capital should be less crowded, providing a bit of a pick‑up opportunity.
In short: criticize if you must, but the benefits remain benefits.
Do your own research!
