BroadChain learned that at 01:30 on April 24, over the past week, global financial markets have been oscillating upward against the backdrop of stabilizing liquidity expectations and cooling geopolitical conflicts. The easing of tensions in the Middle East led to a 10% drop in oil prices, the VIX index fell back to 17.48, the US dollar weakened, and a rebound in risk appetite drove crypto assets higher. Both BTC and ETH ETFs recorded strong net inflows, with institutional funds refocusing on low-fee, high-liquidity assets.
On-chain DEX trading volumes rebounded significantly, and a rebalancing occurred within stablecoins and the DeFi internal structure, with USDC becoming the primary driver of incremental growth. The TradFi asset categories on centralized exchanges further expanded, with Gate Equity TradFi adding 16 new assets, a week-over-week increase of 6.5%.
Amid the deepening trend of synergy between traditional finance and the crypto market, Gate is comprehensively advancing its TradFi layout. Its spot platform supports stock and metal trading, while its contract platform covers gold, silver, forex, indices, and commodities. Leveraging a flexible USDT settlement mechanism and up to 100x leverage, it provides quantitative teams and professional investors with more efficient multi-asset execution capabilities.