Gate Ventures Backs 3F to Enable RWA Leverage for Stablecoins

Gate Ventures, the venture capital arm of crypto exchange Gate.com, announced an investment in 3F, a protocol that automates leveraged exposure to tokenized real-world assets (RWAs).

3F is built on Morpho. Users select an RWA vault, choose a leverage ratio, and the protocol coordinates bridge financing, borrowing on Morpho and ongoing position management. The platform aggregates leveraged positions into pooled borrow demand that supplies decentralized lending markets and returns to stablecoin depositors.

The protocol enforces on-chain risk parameters and keeps positions transparent on-chain. By acting as a unified borrower across multiple RWA collateral markets, each leveraged position contributes to a shared programmatic borrowing flow for lending protocols.

Retail users can obtain leveraged exposure without locking up funds or manually managing complex leverage loops. Institutions, centralized exchanges and wallet providers can connect through permissioned flows, whitelisted front-ends and custom integrations to meet compliance and operational requirements.

Gate Ventures described the investment as part of its focus on decentralized infrastructure and on connecting traditional credit markets with on-chain finance. The firm plans to work with the 3F team on ecosystem development, strategic partnerships and global market expansion.

The announcement comes as market participants pursue stablecoin yield sources beyond crypto-collateralized borrowing. 3F links stablecoin liquidity with tokenized credit markets and is presented as a way for stablecoin depositors to access yields anchored in real-world assets rather than directly tied to crypto spot volatility.

3F positions itself to serve both retail depositors seeking liquid, no-lockup yield options and institutional participants that require permissioned access and custom integrations.