PANews reported on April 23 that global markets fluctuated upwards over the past week amid a temporary easing of geopolitical conflicts and stabilizing liquidity expectations. The de-escalation of tensions in the Middle East led to a significant 10% drop in oil prices, a decline in the VIX index to 17.48, and a weakening US dollar, all contributing to a recovery in market risk appetite and a subsequent rebound in crypto assets. Funding levels showed a clear recovery, with both BTC and ETH ETFs recording strong net inflows. Institutional funds refocused on leading products, with allocation preferences shifting towards low-fee and high-liquidity assets. On the blockchain, DEX trading volume rebounded significantly; stablecoins and the internal structure of DeFi underwent rebalancing, with USDC becoming the main source of incremental growth. The number of CEX TradFi asset classes further expanded in the past week, with Gate Equity TradFi adding 16 assets, a 6.5% increase week-over-week.

At the institutional level, with the increasing synergy between traditional finance and the crypto market, infrastructure continues to upgrade. Gate has comprehensively deepened its TradeFi footprint, with its spot trading platform supporting stock and metal trading, and its contract trading platform covering diversified assets such as gold, silver, forex, indices, and commodities. Leveraging a flexible USDT settlement mechanism and leverage up to 100x, it provides quantitative teams, institutional traders, and professional investors with more efficient multi-asset execution capabilities, and continues to expand the TradeFi trading categories.