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The globally leading digital asset trading platform Gate has released its latest quarterly report, showcasing strong momentum in the continuous expansion of several core businesses. Gate Perp DEX has entered a phase of scaled growth based on a mature product system, with a cumulative trading volume exceeding $13 billion in the first quarter, over 10 million transactions, and the number of trading pairs surpassing 600. While covering mainstream crypto assets, it has also introduced TradFi perpetual contracts for gold, silver, and crude oil, pushing the platform to extend from single crypto derivatives trading to a multi-asset market.At the same time, the ETF and derivatives markets have shown active performance, with quarterly ETF trading volume increasing from 6.7 billion USDT at the beginning of the year to over 18 billion USDT, covering more than 320 trading pairs; the daily trading user growth for options business has increased by 54.6%. TradFi-related products have become an important driving force for the growth of derivatives, promoting the trading structure from single crypto assets to a multi-asset system.In terms of institutional and product ecosystem, the platform's growth momentum continues to be released. The trading volume of institutional contracts has increased by over 50% compared to the end of last year, and the total number of institutional users has grown by over 66%; asset management scale has increased by 22%, and trading volume has grown by 192%. CrossEx trading volume and net asset scale have achieved approximately 9.4 times and 3.1 times growth, respectively. Gate's multi-business collaborative growth, relying on the integration of TradFi and crypto assets, is accelerating its evolution into a comprehensive multi-asset trading platform.

According to BBX data, the first public collapse case in the corporate digital asset reserve sector occurred yesterday, and on the same day, the crypto industry jointly issued the largest legislative mobilization of the year. Several listed companies disclosed their latest reserve actions, with the core dynamics as follows:Satsuma Technology Plc (LSE: $SATS) reported by Bloomberg on April 23 that digital asset investment firm Pantera Capital (holding approximately 6.7%) is pressuring the company, along with other shareholders, to liquidate all 646 BTC (current market value approximately $50 million) and return the cash to shareholders. The company's executive chairman, Ranald McGregor-Smith, confirmed that they have received requests from shareholders for capital return, stating that they are "evaluating options."DeFi Development Corp. (NASDAQ: $DFDV) announced that its Treasury Accelerator Program has completed a strategic equity investment in Japanese listed company Allied Architects, Inc. (TSE: 6081), marking the company's first entry into the Asian market. As of recently, the company holds approximately 2.2 million SOL (market value approximately $195 million), using "SOL per Share (SPS)" as a core performance indicator.H100 Group AB (OTCMKTS: $HOGPF) upgraded the letter of intent (LOI) signed in March to a binding share purchase agreement, intending to acquire a total of approximately 2,450 BTC reserves from Moonshot AS and Never Say Die AS; upon completion, the company's BTC holdings are expected to rise to approximately 3,501 BTC, with the transaction structure being all-stock consideration (BTC for BTC, no cash involved). Existing shareholders are expected to hold about 30% after completion, with the delivery expected to be completed by August 2026.Remixpoint, Inc. (TSE: 3825) recently increased its holdings by 20.0312 BTC (approximately $1.57 million), bringing its total BTC holdings to 1,431.33 BTC, with a current paper profit of approximately $21.28 million; the company also plans to purchase approximately $3.13 million in additional crypto assets.

According to official news, Gate will launch a 13th anniversary ETF special event from April 15 at 15:00 to May 27 at 15:00 (UTC+8), where users can unlock up to 13 times reward increase through trading check-ins and inviting friends, and participate in sharing a prize pool of up to 80,000 USDT.At the same time, Gate will launch the ETF Invite Friends Welcome Season event from April 14 at 12:00 to April 24 at 12:00 (UTC+8), where inviting friends to participate in ETF trading can earn up to 605 USDT per person.In addition, Gate will launch the TradFi Invite Friends Set Sail Program from April 16 at 12:00 to April 26 at 12:00 (UTC+8), covering account opening, trading, and leaderboard rewards, with a maximum of 2,400 USDT per person. Multiple activities will overlap, with invitations and trading working in tandem, and rewards continuously increasing.

Binance's TradFi perpetual contracts are rapidly expanding. In just 90 days, the average market share of Binance TradFi contracts in mainstream TradFi futures surged from 0.2% to 4.9%. Among them, silver reached a peak of 20.8% of COMEX (New York Mercantile Exchange) trading volume, while gold also reached 8.3%.

The People's Daily of China published an article titled "Disrupting the Capital Market, These Chaos of Financial Self-Media Accounts Need to Be Vigilant," which specifically names certain accounts that attract traffic for virtual currency trading by posting false profit information such as "hundred times coin" and "making millions a month from trading coins."The article again cites a previous notice from the central bank and eight other departments, emphasizing that activities related to virtual currencies are considered illegal financial activities. It points out that accounts and platforms providing traffic and technical services for illegal virtual currency trading are suspected of violating laws and regulations, which may threaten financial security and anti-money laundering efforts.

Securitize announced the appointment of Brett Redfearn as President and a member of the Board of Directors.Brett Redfearn previously served as the Chairman of the Advisory Board at Securitize, and this promotion marks his advancement to a higher leadership position. He has been responsible for regulatory and market structure-related business at the SEC, JPMorgan, and Coinbase. Securitize stated that Redfearn will be responsible for driving the expansion of its regulated platform business in compliance token issuance, trading, and fund management, with a focus on strengthening collaboration with regulators and institutional investors to support the construction of a new generation of financial infrastructure based on tokenization.

According to official social media news, the decentralized contract trading platform SunX will hold a themed live broadcast titled "Bull and Bear Divergence: TradFi is Hot, Should We Trade Cryptos or US Stocks?" today at 20:00 (UTC+8). At that time, crypto KOLs including Jack C., Sister Mao, DaDa, Shizi Yang|Golden.S, and Qiu Rong will attend to discuss the current divergence trends between the US stock market and the crypto market, the rotation logic of funds between traditional finance and crypto assets, as well as trading strategies and risk control in different market environments. They will also provide forward-looking assessments of potential opportunities and asset allocation paths for the future market.

The decentralized exchange Aster announced that USD1 will become the exclusive settlement asset for all TradFi perpetual contracts on its platform. The official statement clarified that these contracts will only be settled using USD1, and will no longer coexist with USDT.It is reported that the first batch of USD1 priced RWA trading markets includes $CLUSD1, $XAUUSD1, $XAGUSD1, and $BZUSD1. In terms of fee structure, the initial fee for USD1 trading pairs on Aster is set as follows: Taker 1 bps, Maker -0.5 bps.In addition, Aster stated that it is currently collaborating with World Liberty Financial (WLFI), and both parties are exploring deep integration at the token level to support closer ecosystem development and promote large-scale on-chain applications in the RWA market.

According to BeInCrypto, Gate Institutional is continuously improving its institutional-level trading infrastructure by integrating custody, trading, financing, and asset management capabilities to build a unified trading framework covering multiple assets and cross-markets. The platform's TradFi-related trading peak daily volume has surpassed $20 billion, and by combining interest-bearing collateral assets like GUSD, it further enhances capital utilization and yield capabilities.The report points out that Gate connects on-chain and traditional financial markets through the SuperLink architecture, achieving efficient capital allocation across multiple trading venues. Among them, the CrossEx model introduces a unified margin mechanism, improving capital usage efficiency across platforms; at the same time, Gate has continuously optimized infrastructure construction over the past year, with spot matching delays reduced by about 90% and contract depth data delays reduced by about 70%. Currently, Gate is accelerating the 3.0 architecture upgrade, expected to go live in Q2 2026, which will further optimize system performance under extreme market conditions, providing a faster and smoother order execution experience.In addition, the platform simultaneously offers institutional asset management tools, supporting net asset value tracking, redemption management, and profit distribution, enhancing capital operation efficiency and transparency.Currently, Gate Institutional has served various professional participants, including hedge funds, market makers, and asset management institutions, continuously strengthening its competitiveness in the institutional-level trading infrastructure field.

According to the official announcement, the Gate TradFi stock section has launched 57 contracts for difference trading pairs including BLSH (Bullish), HON (Honeywell), SOFI (SoFi Technologies), HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise), TGT (Target), BE (Bloom Energy), LRCX (Lam Research), CL (Colgate), BEN (Franklin Resources), ACN (Accenture), OKLO (Oklo), STRL (Sterling Infrastructure), WPM (Wheaton Precious Metals), CLSK (CleanSpark), CIM (Chimera Investment), UMC (United Microelectronics), TRMB (Trimble Navigation), TLN (Talen Energy), HUT (Hut 8 Mining), BITF (Bitfarms), PEG (Public Service Enterprise Group), ISRG (Intuitive Surgical), CRCL (Circle Internet), CLS (Tianhong Technology), VRT (Vertiv), UPS (United Parcel Service), CRDO (Credo Technology), DLTR (Dollar Tree), EQR (Equity Residential), IP (International Paper), BLK (BlackRock), MAT (Mattel), ASML (ASML), USB (U.S. Bancorp), OKTA (Okta), LAC (Lithium Americas), TQQQ (ProShares UltraPro QQQ), TTWO (Take-Two Interactive Software), AALG (American Airlines), AMD (Advanced Micro Devices), TRV (The Travelers Companies), BRKB (Berkshire Hathaway), TTD (The Trade Desk), EXPE (Expedia), MFA (MFA Financial), DELL (Dell Technologies), CDNS (Cadence Design Systems), GILD (Gilead Sciences), PM (Philip Morris), APP (AppLovin), COP (ConocoPhillips), WBD (Warner Bros. Discovery), BHP (BHP Group), CEG (Constellation Energy), VST (Vistra Energy), FCX (Freeport-McMoRan), and VRTX (Vertex Pharmaceuticals), supporting 4x fixed leverage.In addition, the Gate TradFi stock section will launch a new asset carnival from March 31 at 17:00 to April 10 at 17:00 (UTC+8). During the event, users who sign up will receive 30 USDT and can share a prize pool of 100,000 USDT by participating in the trading of newly launched assets, with a maximum individual reward of 3,100 USDT.

According to information forwarded by ZachXBT and released by the on-chain analysis firm AMLBot, one of the addresses mistakenly frozen by Circle in a civil case, 0xb25ea1d493b49a1ded42ac5b1208cc618f9a9b80, is related to the DFINITY ecosystem.The accompanying operational guidelines indicate that this address is involved in the cross-chain exchange process between ETH and ckETH. After users deposit ETH, the ICP side contract mints ckETH and, when needed, exchanges ckETH back to ETH on Ethereum, which is typical of operational/bridging service wallets. Last night, it was reported that ZachXBT expressed doubts about Circle freezing 16 business hot wallets of USDC.

According to CoinGecko, Gate is continuously increasing its investment in TradFi business layout, covering various asset classes such as commodities, metals, and global indices, achieving an integrated trading experience between cryptocurrency and traditional finance. The platform's daily trading volume peak has surpassed $20 billion, encompassing multiple product types including spot, perpetual, and contracts for difference (CFD), reflecting the synchronized growth in multi-asset trading demand and the continuous enhancement of platform liquidity.In terms of infrastructure and transparency, Gate ranks first in CEX transparency in the TradFi and stock categories of RootData, supported by a 100% reserve mechanism. Meanwhile, the platform has launched a dedicated TradFi Trading API, multiple leverage mechanisms, and industry-leading maximum single order limits, incorporating TradFi trading volume into the VIP tier system, fully integrating the App and Web platforms, and providing a more efficient and professional trading environment for quantitative and high-frequency trading users. Gate is accelerating the construction of a one-stop TradFi trading infrastructure aimed at multi-asset and multi-strategy traders, further consolidating its competitive advantage in the cross-asset trading arena.

According to The Information, Coinbase is promoting the use of AI agents to make payments with cryptocurrency and is working to reach a stablecoin partnership with Cloudflare.Given Cloudflare's key role in managing network traffic, if an agreement is reached, the relevant stablecoin will play a central role in the AI agent-driven traffic.

According to the official announcement, Gate TradFi has completed a new round of product upgrades and has officially finished optimizing its asset and leverage mechanisms.Gate TradFi has pioneered a multi-leverage trading system, supporting up to 500x leverage, and offers differentiated leverage options based on different asset types. For example, gold supports 20x, 100x, 200x, and 500x leverage; silver supports 10x, 20x, 50x, and 100x; indices such as NAS100, US30, HK50, as well as forex trading pairs like EURUSD and USDJPY, all support multiple leverage options of 20x, 100x, 200x, and 500x, catering to different risk preferences and trading strategy needs.Through a combination of multiple assets and multiple leverage options, users can achieve more precise position management, higher capital efficiency, and more flexible multi-strategy execution, suitable for various trading scenarios such as high-frequency trading, macro hedging, and trend swing trading. This upgrade further enhances Gate TradFi's one-stop trading capability that connects the cryptocurrency market with traditional financial markets.

In the past week, global markets have been dominated by energy price shocks and geopolitical risks. The escalation of the situation in the Middle East has pushed international oil prices upward, with WTI crude oil seeing a weekly increase of over 25%.Affected by macro risk sentiment, BTC, ETH, and U.S. stocks have all retreated. On-chain data shows that DEX trading volumes remain high overall, with the total market cap of stablecoins rising to approximately $330 billion, and USDC becoming the main source of growth. In the derivatives market, the perpetual funding rate for BTC continues to be negative, and implied volatility for options has risen above 60%, indicating that the market remains cautious about tail risks.On the institutional side, as the linkage between traditional finance and the crypto market strengthens, institutional infrastructure continues to improve. Gate has recently launched a TradFi API, providing a more efficient execution environment for quantitative teams, institutional traders, and professional investors. Additionally, Gate has reached a strategic partnership with Bank Frick to integrate its xPULSE payment infrastructure, offering multi-currency fiat deposit and withdrawal channels for institutional clients. With the ongoing enhancement of trading and funding channel infrastructure, Gate is accelerating the construction of a comprehensive service system aimed at institutional clients.

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