**[Gate Announcement on Delisting VIX Perpetual Contract Trading and Renaming to Launch VOLX Perpetual Contract]** Gate will delist the VIX perpetual contract trading market at 16:00 (UTC+8) on June 8, 2026. The detailed arrangements are as follows: **Perpetual Contract** **Switch to Close-Only Mode** **Stop Trading** **VIX_USDT** June 8, 15:30 (UTC+8) June 8, 16:00 (UTC+8) Starting from 15:30 (UTC+8) on June 8, 2026, the above contract trading market will be adjusted to close-only mode. At 16:00 (UTC+8) on June 8, 2026, Gate will settle and liquidate all open positions based on the average index price of the last 30 minutes before delisting. Any unfilled orders will be automatically canceled. If you have trades in the above market, please adjust your strategy in advance and close your positions before 16:00 (UTC+8) on June 8, 2026. Otherwise, they will be automatically settled. **Calculation Method for Settlement Price at Contract Delisting** At the time of contract delisting, Gate will automatically settle and liquidate open positions based on the average index price of the last 30 minutes before delisting. If there are significant price fluctuations during the last 30 minutes, a broader range of average index prices will be used to avoid losses caused by price manipulation. Meanwhile, Gate has renamed the VIX perpetual contract trading symbol and officially launched the VOLX perpetual contract. This is solely a change in the trading symbol; the underlying asset and trading rules for the VOLX perpetual contract remain consistent with the original VIX perpetual contract. Please proceed to the following link for trading: [https://www.(gate.com)/zh/futures/USDT/VOLX_USDT](https://www.(gate.com)/zh/futures/USDT/VOLX_USDT) **Gate Team** June 6, 2026