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According to official data, the number of users on the global cryptocurrency trading platform Gate has surpassed 50 million, entering a new stage of development in key indicators such as user scale, trading activity, and product coverage. The data also reflects the platform's stable support in market depth, with spot and derivatives trading volumes consistently ranking among the top three globally, maintaining overall liquidity stability. Currently, Gate supports trading of over 4,400 types of cryptocurrency assets, with coverage at an industry-leading level.In the ongoing improvement of trading structure and asset system, Gate has introduced stock tokens, metal tokens, and other TradFi-related assets, and completed the Gate DEX upgrade, promoting the parallel development of centralized and decentralized trading. At the same time, Gate has launched GateAI to enhance information carrying and intelligent support capabilities in a multi-asset environment. In terms of security and compliance, the platform's reserve coverage rate has reached 125%, and it continues to expand its global compliance layout. The scale of 50 million users indicates that Gate's trading system, risk control, and product system can support long-term, large-scale user operations.

Recently, market volatility has intensified, and the trading activity of multi-asset contracts has significantly increased. CoinGlass data shows that in the 4-hour position increase ranking, TW88 has a position increase of 3653.99%, HK50 has a position increase of 1671.68%, STEEM has an increase of 117.78%, UMA has an increase of 90.27%, and LPT has an increase of 30.98%. The tokens on the Gate platform occupy the top two positions, with TW88 and HK50 performing particularly well, becoming the focus of capital attention in a short period.Currently, Gate contracts have fully covered traditional financial assets such as stocks (48 types), metals (11 types), foreign exchange (3 types), commodities (2 types), and indices (13 types), supporting 7×24 hours of continuous trading, offering up to 100 times leverage, and continuously improving the multi-asset contract ecosystem layout.

According to the official announcement, Binance will adjust the portfolio margin and the collateral rates for multiple assets such as LRC and QTUM under PMPro on February 27, 2026, at 14:00 (Beijing time).At the same time, Binance Futures will adjust the leverage and margin levels for USDⓈ-M perpetual contracts such as MONUSDT, MASKUSDT, and PEOPLEUSDT on the same day at 14:30. Existing positions will be affected.

During Consensus HK, Gate hosted a high-end networking reception and invited over a thousand industry guests to participate. Gate's founder and CEO Dr. Han stated in the keynote speech "What's the Next Big Thing in Crypto" that the acceleration of RWA and TradFi assets onto the blockchain is driving the integration of traditional finance and the crypto system from conceptual fusion to large-scale implementation, with multi-asset collaboration becoming an important engine for the next phase of industry expansion.In line with this trend, Gate continues to enhance its TradFi product offerings, covering various asset classes such as stocks, metals, forex, indices, and commodities. It supports trading of popular assets like gold, silver, Tesla, Nvidia, and Apple, with leverage up to 500 times, and has launched an industry-first adjustable leverage mechanism for gold, enhancing the flexibility of asset allocation.Data shows that Gate's total TradFi trading volume has surpassed $33 billion, with a single-day peak trading volume exceeding $6 billion, demonstrating the platform's significant advantages in multi-asset trading structure and liquidity integration. This also provides a verifiable scale sample for crypto trading platforms to accommodate traditional financial assets, further driving the industry towards a multi-asset and integrated direction.

According to CoinGlass market data, mainstream index contracts have shown active performance in the short term. In the past 4 hours, the top gainers in positions are NASDAQ 100 (NAS100), Dow Jones Index (US30), and S&P 500 (SPX500), with gains of +2534.30%, +2465.83%, and +70.41%, respectively, all from the Gate platform.In addition, Gate has launched US2000 (Russell 2000 Index), HSCHKD (Hang Seng Enterprise Index), TW88 (Taiwan MSCI Index), AUS200 (Australia 200 Index), and VIX (Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index) index contracts for the first time. Currently, Gate contracts support 13 globally pioneering perpetual contract trading pairs, providing the most comprehensive global mainstream stock indices and volatility indices, fully supporting USDT settlement and 24/7 continuous trading. The active synchronization of indices and crypto assets indicates that market trading behavior is showing characteristics of multi-asset parallelism and cross-market allocation.

Gate Research Institute released "Gate TradFi Macro Multi-Asset One-Stop Coverage." As trading demand shifts from a single cryptocurrency circle to macro multi-assets, TradFi is becoming a new growth curve for CEX to extend user trading cycles, enhance fund retention, and strengthen hedging capabilities. The report points out that Gate TradFi uses MT5 as the underlying trading system, providing a diversified traditional asset CFD trading entry that covers precious metals, foreign exchange, indices, commodities, and popular US stock CFDs. Users trade price fluctuations rather than holding the underlying assets, and there are no expiration dates or delivery requirements.In terms of product mechanism, Gate TradFi uses USDx as the accounting display unit within the account, supported 1:1 by USDT, allowing users to participate in macro asset trading within the familiar USDT system without manual currency exchange. Meanwhile, the Gate App and MT5 client synchronize account data and trading records, facilitating multi-market rotation and risk hedging within the same account. Regarding costs and risk control, Gate TradFi standardizes the disclosure of key cost items such as spreads, commissions, and overnight fees, and clarifies the process and execution rules for triggering forced liquidation when the margin ratio falls to 50% or below.

Bitget recently released the white paper for the Universal Exchange (UEX), which systematically outlines how the exchange plans to evolve from a single cryptocurrency platform into a unified financial system covering multiple asset classes.The white paper was authored by Ryan Lee, Chief Analyst at Bitget Research Institute, and co-written by Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget. The report elaborates on the framework of the Universal Exchange (UEX), aiming to deeply integrate centralized finance, decentralized finance, and traditional financial markets through a single account system. This seeks to break the "impossible triangle" dilemma faced by CEX and DEX, achieving a collaborative balance between user experience, asset diversity, and security.Gracy Chen pointed out that the essence of UEX is to eliminate the fragmentation of asset access. Currently, Bitget has integrated core sectors such as on-chain assets, U.S. stocks, TradFi, and AI under the UEX model. With the global tokenized asset scale expected to exceed one trillion dollars by 2030, this white paper not only provides systematic theoretical support for the panoramic layout of mainstream exchanges like Bitget but also serves as an industry reference blueprint, offering key path guidance for fintech institutions in the next phase of accelerated integration between crypto and traditional finance.In addition, the official Bitget platform has successively released a series of short films centered around UEX, using historical development context as a narrative background to present the strategic vision of UEX.

According to official news, Binance contracts will support World Liberty Financial USD (USD1) as a margin asset in multi-asset mode starting from December 11, 2025, at 17:00 (UTC+8).

According to Cryptopolitan, UAE asset management company Mashreq Capital, headquartered in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), has announced the launch of a multi-asset investment mutual fund called BITMAC. This fund covers various asset classes through ETFs, including stocks, fixed income, gold, and Bitcoin, with 90% invested in global equities and global fixed income, 5% in gold, and 5% in Bitcoin.The fund is aimed at retail investors, with a minimum investment amount of $100. It provides retail investors with an institutional-grade pathway to allocate both traditional asset classes and digital assets within a single retail fund solution.

ChainCatcher news, Grayscale Investments announced a rebalancing of its multi-asset fund for the second quarter of 2025.The DeFi fund added Ondo (ONDO), with the current largest weights being Uniswap (34.01%) and Aave (30.74%); the smart contract fund removed Polkadot and added Hedera, with Ethereum and Solana accounting for 30.22% and 29.87%, respectively; the AI fund maintained its existing assets but adjusted the weights, with Bittensor and NEAR Protocol accounting for 29.10% and 28.41%, respectively.Grayscale stated that these funds do not generate income and will periodically distribute fund components to cover ongoing expenses, so the number of asset components represented by fund shares will gradually decrease over time.

ChainCatcher News, Bitcoin mining ecosystem fintech platform Antalpha Platform Holding Company (NASDAQ: ANTA) announced its plan to strategically allocate $40 million equivalent in the gold-backed token XAUt before June 30, 2026, to hedge against macroeconomic fluctuations and make it a cornerstone collateral asset in Antalpha's loan structure.

ChainCatcher news, Bernstein analysts stated that as exchanges and broker/dealer models begin to merge, the crypto industry is moving towards a more integrated "one-stop" multi-asset investment platform. For example, Coinbase is in deep negotiations to acquire Deribit, Kraken is about to acquire NinjaTrader, and Robinhood is integrating Bitstamp.Analysts noted that Deribit's BTC and ETH options market has a monthly trading volume exceeding $10 billion, accounting for about 70% of the market share, while the monthly trading volume of cryptocurrency futures is around $4.5 billion. The acquisition of Deribit by Coinbase will enable it to expand into the derivatives space, particularly in options, and will compete with Binance in the international crypto derivatives market.

ChainCatcher news, Astherus, a multi-asset liquidity hub strategically invested by Binance Labs, recently announced the official integration of the Arbitrum network. Through this integration, Arbitrum users can trade on the Astherus platform to continuously earn Rh points; mint ALP to earn Au points, generating stable returns with low risk.It is reported that Astherus aims to address inefficiencies in DeFi by focusing on maximizing the real yield of assets, providing sustainable and substantial returns. Its ecosystem product AstherusEx offers a comprehensive decentralized trading experience, featuring products such as the Degen mode, which supports up to 1001x leverage, and the Dumb mode, which predicts the value of underlying assets fluctuating minute by minute. AstherusEx attracts numerous traders with its trading experience and generous reward mechanisms, with a trading volume exceeding $2.5 billion per week.

ChainCatcher news, Astherus has surpassed a total TVL of 150 million USD after its S0 phase. The new S1 phase introduces the Rh points system, allowing users to trade on the AstherusEX platform to earn Rh points. In S1, a new Au points leaderboard is launched, where users can earn Au points in AstherusEarn by minting asTokens, USDF, or ALP, and can also gain additional referral bonuses and team points by inviting friends to join and forming teams.As a multi-asset liquidity hub strategically invested by Binance Labs, Astherus aims to address inefficiencies in DeFi by focusing on the real yields of assets, providing sustainable and substantial returns while enhancing the utility and liquidity of digital assets within the ecosystem. With the official announcement of the S1 phase Spectra program, it not only offers users more opportunities to earn and appreciate their crypto assets but also advances its points system process.

ChainCatcher news, multi-asset investment platform Public announced the completion of $135 million in equity and debt financing, including $105 million in equity and $30 million in debt. The new funding will be used to enhance the AI capabilities of the Public platform. Long-term supporter Accel is the main investor. Previously, Public had raised over $300 million in venture capital.Public announced the launch of cryptocurrency trading services in 2021, competing with Robinhood Markets and others. Prior to this, individual investors using the platform could only trade stocks and ETFs listed in the U.S., and it has now expanded to include cryptocurrencies, treasury bills, and art. Its target customers are young crypto users.

ChainCatcher news, CoinShares' latest weekly report shows that last week, digital asset investment products experienced a slight outflow, totaling $147 million. Analysts believe that better-than-expected economic data last week reduced the likelihood of significant interest rate cuts, which may have led to a decline in investor sentiment.In terms of specific assets, Bitcoin faced an outflow of $159 million, while short Bitcoin products attracted an inflow of $2.8 million. Ethereum saw an outflow of $29 million, with investor interest remaining low. Multi-asset investment products (a combination of various cryptocurrencies) attracted an inflow of $29 million, marking 16 consecutive weeks of inflows. Since June, these products have seen a cumulative inflow of $431 million, accounting for 10% of their assets under management. CoinShares pointed out that investors are more inclined to invest in diversified asset portfolios rather than single assets. Regionally, Canada and Switzerland showed an upward trend, attracting inflows of $43 million and $35 million, respectively. The United States, Germany, and Hong Kong experienced outflows of $209 million, $8.3 million, and $7.3 million, respectively.The weekly trading volume of ETP investment products rose slightly by 15% to $10 billion, while the broader cryptocurrency market trading volume declined. This indicates that institutional investors' interest in digital assets remains strong, despite a slightly cautious overall market sentiment.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, cryptocurrency bank Sygnum has announced the launch of its 24/7 multi-asset instant settlement network Sygnum Connect.The network provides fiat, digital asset, and stablecoin trading settlement services for institutional investors, liquidity providers, stablecoin issuers, brokers, and specific trading platforms.

ChainCatcher news, Binance announced that after 16:30 (UTC+8) on May 29, 2024, the automatic exchange threshold for the multi-asset mode of USDT and USDC for regular users and VIP 1 users will be lowered to -5,000 USDT and -5,000 USDC.