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In the past week, inflationary pressures in the United States have eased somewhat, but weakening retail sales have raised concerns in the market about economic growth. Overall, U.S. stocks have maintained resilience, while the cryptocurrency market has been relatively weak. BTC ETF saw a weekly net outflow of approximately $385 million, and institutional allocations have cooled; BTC OI rose to about $12.3 billion, with funding rates remaining positive. Meanwhile, DEX weekly trading volume decreased by 5.2%, and the on-chain and DeFi markets have generally become more cautious.Against the backdrop of differentiated market risk appetite, Gate TradFi trading remains active, with weekly trading volume maintaining a high level of approximately $115 billion. Perp trading continues to grow, and the proportion of Korean stock trading has significantly rebounded. In terms of stocks, the latest exchange rankings from RootData show that Gate's stock spot and futures businesses have both entered the industry's top two, currently covering core markets such as U.S. stocks, Hong Kong stocks, and Korean stocks, further connecting traditional finance with digital assets.Based on the needs of professional investors, Gate has comprehensively upgraded its diverse service system covering TradFi, spot, and derivatives, providing a one-stop institutional-level trading infrastructure to assist global institutional investors in efficiently allocating various assets. In the face of market volatility and cross-market allocation needs, Gate continues to promote the construction of multi-market trading infrastructure. Its subsidiary, Gate CrossEx, has supported multiple mainstream venues, providing unified management of accounts, funds, positions, and trading across exchanges, significantly reducing multi-platform operating costs.

The payment app Krak under Kraken has launched its multi-asset debit card in the United States, after the card was previously launched in the United Kingdom and the European Economic Area (EEA). The card is built in collaboration with Stripe and can be used at all merchants that accept Visa.Users can earn up to 2% cashback in USD or Bitcoin and are able to hold and spend over 600 types of currencies and assets. Krak aims to provide users with a convenient payment experience between crypto assets and fiat currencies.

According to ChainCatcher information, in a recent LinkedIn post by Gate Europe CEO Dr. Giovanni Cunti, as digital assets, online banking, digital payments, and tokenized financial products continue to develop, digital identity is gradually becoming the core infrastructure connecting users with financial products and services, moving away from traditional compliance processes such as KYC and risk assessment. In the face of users' dual demands for efficient access to financial services and the security of personal information, the industry needs to enhance service efficiency while also considering security, privacy, and trust. The next generation of identity infrastructure should go beyond a single verification function, incorporating security, privacy, compliance, and user experience into a unified framework. This can reduce unnecessary operational costs, such as redundant information submissions, through reliable identity verification, while also enhancing transparency and protection regarding the collection, storage, and use of personal data.Dr. Giovanni Cunti further pointed out that regulatory standards are also the cornerstone of building a digital financial trust system. For digital asset platforms, as business expands from cryptocurrency trading to stablecoins, tokenized assets, payments, and multi-asset financial solutions, the importance of trustworthy infrastructure continues to rise. Gate Europe has completed the dual licensing layout of MiCA and PI under the regulation of the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) and emphasizes that secure access, robust compliance processes, and responsible handling of user information are key conditions for promoting the long-term development of financial services. Digital identity is becoming an important part of the financial ecosystem, and Gate Europe will continue to explore more possibilities in diverse financial scenarios, bringing users a more convenient and reliable digital financial service experience, and helping accelerate the integration of global financial markets.

According to the latest report from The Economist Enterprise, after 13 years of development and multiple strategic upgrades, Gate is gradually expanding from a traditional cryptocurrency trading platform to a comprehensive financial infrastructure that connects digital assets with traditional financial markets. The report points out that as more traditional financial products such as stocks, ETFs, tokenized assets, foreign exchange, and metals enter the digital asset ecosystem, Gate is further bridging the gap between crypto finance and TradFi through multi-asset product layouts and global infrastructure development. Gate's founder and CEO Dr. Han stated in an exclusive interview that as the industry develops, digital asset platforms are facing not only technical issues but also risk management, user protection, and industry regulation.In terms of TradFi integration, Gate has formed a multi-layered layout from tokenized assets and derivatives to native stock trading, launching products and services such as xStocks, Ondo, Gate TradFi, Pre-IPOs, direct IPOs, and Gate Stocks. Among these, Gate Stocks has supported trading of U.S., Hong Kong, and South Korean stocks, significantly lowering the barriers for global users to participate in traditional financial markets. At the same time, Gate is continuously improving its around-the-clock trading and liquidity infrastructure to meet the needs of global users for cross-market asset allocation.The Economist Enterprise also points out that as the digital asset market further moves towards institutionalization, compliance, transparency, and infrastructure capability are becoming important components of platform competition. Gate continues to advance its global compliance layout across multiple jurisdictions and has been providing third-party audits and open-source proof of reserves since 2020. In addition, Gate is introducing AI infrastructure into Web3, connecting AI with trading, wallets, and more services through products like Gate AI, Gate MCP, and GateClaw, promoting the platform's evolution from a traditional trading venue to a comprehensive financial infrastructure that connects digital assets, traditional finance, and AI applications.

As expectations for easing tensions in the Middle East rise, the market continues to focus on the progress of peace negotiations. Gold prices show resilience in their upward trend, which has also increased investors' attention to multi-asset CFD products. According to data from the Gate platform, the 24-hour increase for gold CFD (XAUUSD) is 0.13%, with today's highest price at $4304.09. At the same time, gold-related assets are performing actively, with GDX up 7.48% and GLD up 4.12%. Driven by popular targets, the trading activity of Gate CFD has also increased, with weekly trading volume surpassing $200 billion, ranking first across the network.

According to Globenewswire, Grayscale announced that it has completed the regular rebalancing of its multi-asset digital asset fund for the second quarter of 2026, adjusting the asset weights for the DeFi fund, smart contract fund, and decentralized AI fund.The DeFi fund DEFG Fund sold Uniswap (UNI) and reallocated the proceeds according to the existing fund component weights. As of August 3, the DEFG Fund's holdings include: UNI 34.16%, Ondo (ONDO) 25.44%, Aave (AAVE) 19.97%, Ethena (ENA) 12.19%, Curve DAO Token (CRV) 4.42%, Lido DAO (LDO) 3.82%.The smart contract fund GSC Fund sold some existing assets according to index rules and used the funds to buy BNB, making BNB the largest asset allocation in the fund at 30.6%. Other major holdings include Ethereum (ETH) 29.47%, Solana (SOL) 29.15%, Cardano (ADA) 4.88%, Hedera (HBAR) 2.08%, Avalanche (AVAX) 1.92%, and Sui (SUI) 1.9%.The decentralized AI fund sold NEAR Protocol (NEAR) and reallocated funds according to the existing asset proportions. As of August 3, the fund's holdings include NEAR 31.35%, Bittensor (TAO) 29.15%, Render Token (RENDER) 21.59%, and Filecoin (FIL) 17.91%.

The on-chain spot exchange Rialto has announced its departure from stealth mode and is officially live. The platform is powered by PropAMM (proprietary automated market maker) and focuses on the integration of cryptocurrency and traditional finance, having collaborated closely with Robinhood Crypto, Offchain Labs, and Arbitrum over the past year.It is reported that Rialto is built on top of Robinhood Chain and Arbitrum, breaking the traditional market time constraints and supporting 24/7 trading of cryptocurrency spot, stock tokens, ETFs, commodities, and Pre-IPO assets. Users can self-custody equity tokens and use them directly as collateral for third-party lending. Currently, the platform is running its own PropAMM "Rivo Altus" to provide foundational liquidity, with over 90 Robinhood tokenized stocks and mainstream crypto assets already launched in the initial phase.

Bitget launches the "TradFi 100 Questions for Popular Science" long-term investor education program, breaking down the traditional financial knowledge system into 100 core questions, covering six major modules: financial basics, asset encyclopedia, market mechanisms, macroeconomics, risk management, and the evolution of multi-asset trading.The course uses structured content and weekly updated educational materials as a medium, focusing on analyzing the driving logic behind stocks, commodities, interest rates, and capital flows, helping traders establish an investment framework across asset classes.Bitget CEO Gracy Chen stated that as the connections between financial markets deepen, crypto investors need to pay attention to factors such as interest rates, inflation, stocks, commodities, and global liquidity.The "TradFi 100 Questions for Popular Science" aims to lower the understanding threshold of traditional financial knowledge, helping users adapt to a multi-asset investment environment where traditional assets and digital assets converge.

Bitget announced the launch of the VIP Miracle Medal Program, which is aimed at traders active in the cryptocurrency, US stock, and CFD markets. The program establishes four types of achievement medals: UEX Trading Master, Contract Trading Master, CFD Trading Master, and Stock Trading Master, aiming to further expand the exclusive services and rights for VIP users through an honor system.Building on previous initiatives such as the VIP Fast Track and VIP Airdrop Season, Bitget's new medal system aims to enhance the user rights ecosystem. Relying on the UEX strategy, the platform continues to expand its range of asset products and meets the differentiated needs of different regions and trading groups through a tiered rights mechanism.

Last week, the cryptocurrency market was under pressure due to higher-than-expected CPI data and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. However, as the market completed risk pricing, BTC, ETH, and the overall cryptocurrency market experienced a rebound after an initial decline. BTC rose approximately 4.2% for the week, while ETH increased about 2.1%. The ETF capital flows and derivatives market also showed signs of recovery.Gate TradFi Perp's daily trading volume repeatedly exceeded $500 million, peaking close to $700 million, reflecting a continued warming of institutional risk appetite and demand for multi-asset allocation. In terms of institutional business, Gate's institutional trading volume share increased by 7.5% month-on-month, with BTC and ETH spot market shares growing by 9.62%.

Coinbase has released the latest System Update, announcing a series of product upgrades that cover AI investment advisory, global liquidity unification, options trading, and the expansion of multi-asset financial services, further transforming into a comprehensive financial platform. The core features of this update include the SEC-registered AI investment advisor Coinbase Advisor, which can provide personalized multi-asset trading and hedging strategies based on user holdings and market data, but does not execute trades directly. At the same time, the platform will introduce a globally unified liquidity pool, connecting the spot and derivatives trading systems of the U.S. and international markets.In terms of product expansion, Coinbase will support stock and crypto options trading and strengthen its derivatives capabilities through the acquisition of Deribit. Additionally, the company has launched pre-IPO perpetual contracts covering popular targets like SpaceX and plans to expand to future IPO projects such as Anthropic and OpenAI. Coinbase has also introduced the Coinbase One Card upgrade program, where users can stake $500 to $5000 USDC to qualify for a credit card and receive 5% Bitcoin cashback when booking through the Booking.com travel portal. The platform will also gradually support the migration of stock assets to Coinbase trading.On the trading infrastructure level, Coinbase has introduced the Transfer Protection mechanism, which prevents security risks such as wrench attacks through delayed withdrawals, and has expanded its prediction market products, launching crypto price binary options and combination prediction trading with a 15-minute cycle. Coinbase stated that its goal is to build an Everything Exchange covering trading, payments, lending, and investment, making it the primary financial account for users.

The globally leading digital asset trading platform Gate has launched stock trading on the Web, achieving comprehensive coverage on both App and Web. Users can participate in stock and ETF trading directly through a unified account, enabling centralized management of digital and securities assets.The launch of the Web platform is not only an expansion of trading channels but also an important step for Gate in strengthening its one-stop investment platform layout. In recent years, Gate has continuously expanded into traditional financial assets such as stocks, foreign exchange, metals, and commodities, while exploring emerging business directions like Pre-IPOs, direct IPOs, and prediction markets. In the future, Gate will continue to promote more market access, global liquidity connections, and cross-market trading capability development, further enriching its investment product matrix and creating a one-stop investment platform covering digital assets, stocks, and more global financial products.

In the past week, global crypto ETFs recorded net outflows for two consecutive weeks, with a cumulative outflow of $2.54 billion. Against the backdrop of adjustments in macro interest rate expectations, institutional risk appetite has contracted, but traditional financial assets such as stocks still maintain strong attractiveness.Data shows that the Gate TradFi Perp market exhibits significant asset rotation characteristics, with metals remaining the main trading sector, and daily trading volume once approaching $550 million to $600 million; meanwhile, the trading volume share of stock contracts continues to rise, indicating that the market's demand for allocation in U.S. stock-related assets is increasing. In the context of continued activity in AI tech stocks and U.S. stock indices nearing historical highs, TradFi Perp is gradually evolving from a single gold trading market to a dual-core structure of "gold + U.S. stocks."As institutional funds accelerate their allocation to stocks, ETFs, and other TradFi assets, Gate continues to promote the integration of TradFi assets and the construction of a multi-asset trading ecosystem, continuously strengthening its capability to provide institutional-level global asset allocation services, offering professional investors a more efficient one-stop cross-market trading solution.

Bitget officially launched the 2026 Global Anti-Fraud Month campaign in June, themed "More Assets, Stronger Protection: Safe Journey in the Multi-Asset Era." As crypto assets, tokenized stocks, AI, and other related products converge on the same platform, the security challenges faced by users have far exceeded those of the single asset era. This is the third consecutive year that Bitget has initiated this security initiative, aimed at helping users enhance their risk awareness in the multi-asset era.According to Interpol data, financial fraud related to the global multi-asset market is expected to cause losses exceeding $442 billion by 2025. As tokenized financial products accelerate their entry into mainstream trading environments, fraudulent methods have expanded from traditional phishing and SMS spoofing to new scenarios such as AI-generated scams, identity manipulation, and malicious smart contracts. Bitget CEO Gracy Chen stated that the financial system is becoming more interconnected, necessitating assistance for users to better identify risks.During Anti-Fraud Month, Bitget will successively release multiple safety science articles and video content, providing in-depth analysis of new fraud trends in the AI and RWA fields. In the later stages of the event, it will collaborate with on-chain security agencies, RWA institutions, and AI industry partners to jointly release anti-fraud reports related to multi-asset trading and AI financial risks, further expanding the coverage of user protection and risk education.

Bitget was invited to attend the Trading Expo and was awarded the "Best Multi-Asset Trading Platform" award. This award is primarily evaluated based on dimensions such as asset coverage, richness of trading products, platform liquidity, user experience, globalization service capability, and product innovation, reflecting the industry's recognition of Bitget's contribution to the multi-asset trading ecosystem, and further confirming the ongoing influence of its UEX panoramic exchange strategy in the market.During the event, Bitget CEO Gracy Chen delivered a keynote speech titled "Why Blockchain Will Completely Change Finance." She stated that blockchain is reshaping global financial infrastructure, evolving financial markets towards a more open, efficient, and globally accessible direction, from asset issuance and trading matching to clearing and settlement. With the development of multi-asset trading products such as tokenized stocks, stablecoins, on-chain financial products, and CFDs, the boundaries between traditional finance and the crypto market are accelerating their convergence, allowing users to participate in global market opportunities within a more unified account system.

Solayer Labs announced the official launch of its Solana native perpetual trading platform Margin Trade public testnet.Margin Trade was jointly developed by the Solayer Labs team and former traders from Citadel and Kraken, adopting a unified margin model that supports trading multiple assets such as cryptocurrencies, commodities (gold, silver, crude oil), and stock indices (MT500) in a single chain environment.In addition, Solayer will gradually launch individual stocks and volatility products, and plans to introduce trading competitions, rankings, and incentive activities.

According to the latest report from BlockBeats, as the demand for trading traditional financial assets increases among crypto users, Gate is accelerating the evolution of its crypto trading platform into a multi-asset comprehensive financial platform through the "Unified Account" system. Users can trade and allocate five major types of assets within the Gate App, including CFD contracts, perpetual contracts, spot tokens, Pre-IPOs, and crypto assets, further reducing the barriers to cross-platform capital allocation and trading.The report points out that Gate has currently built a unified margin system around TradFi and on-chain assets. Users can conduct cross-product trading through a single USDT account, enhancing capital efficiency. As of May 2026, Gate has launched over 440 CFD targets, covering asset classes such as foreign exchange, metals, global stock indices, popular stocks, and commodities, while maintaining a high frequency of new listings. Additionally, Gate has partnered with platforms like Ondo and xStocks to launch over 75 tokenized stock targets, supporting 24-hour trading of on-chain metal assets such as gold and silver, continuously expanding its layout in the tokenized stock and RWA market.Furthermore, Gate recently launched the SpaceX Pre-IPO project SPCX, with applications for purchasing shares exceeding $353 million within 24 hours, reflecting the rapidly growing market demand for on-chain Pre-IPO asset allocation. In the future, Gate will continue to promote the layout of the next-generation comprehensive financial platform around the unified account, on-chain infrastructure, and global liquidity network.

Bitget launches the UEX Jumpstart multi-asset incentive program, with a total prize pool of 430,000 USDT. This program aims to help investors gradually explore and capture diverse asset opportunities under the Bitget panoramic exchange UEX through a systematic product interaction experience.This program covers four major product lines: cryptocurrency contracts, precious metals, stocks, and contracts for difference (CFD). Among them, cryptocurrency contracts represent the largest prize pool segment, with a monthly prize pool of 170,000 USDT. The other segments also set up exclusive incentives, collectively forming a complete multi-asset advancement path.As trading behavior continues to cross the boundaries of cryptocurrency, traditional finance, and macro assets, the demand for diversified asset allocation continues to rise. Previous data shows that in Q1 2026, non-cryptocurrency assets accounted for 40% of the total trading volume on the Bitget platform; the daily trading volume of CFD business exceeded 8 billion USD, with gold contributing 95% of the increment.In line with this trend, Bitget is integrating previously fragmented market opportunities into the same trading environment through the UEX model, providing users with a more continuous path for asset discovery, trading participation, and strategy execution.