PANews reported on May 14th that the institutionalization trend in the crypto market has further intensified over the past week, driven by continued ETF inflows, a recovery in market risk appetite, and improved institutional allocation sentiment. BTC broke through $82,000, fueled by improved liquidity. BTC ETFs saw a net inflow of approximately $632 million in a single week, and ETH ETF inflows also turned positive. Leading ETFs such as IBIT and ETHA continued to attract institutional inflows, with institutional allocation preferences further concentrating on high-liquidity and low-fee products. Simultaneously, on-chain funds are flowing back to leading liquidity platforms such as Uniswap and PancakeSwap, indicating that the market is gradually shifting from short-term trading logic to longer-term institutional allocation and infrastructure development.

Against this backdrop, Gate's institutional business metrics continued to grow. In the first two weeks of May, Gate's institutional spot trading volume increased by 14.54% week-over-week, and contract trading volume increased by 18.10% week-over-week. CrossEx saw record highs in trading volume and capital accumulation for three consecutive weeks. As institutional funds continue to increase their demand for multi-asset allocation and macro trading, Gate continues to deepen its TradeFi footprint. The spot trading segment supports stock and metal trading, while the contract trading segment covers diversified assets such as gold, silver, forex, indices, and commodities. Gate will continue to improve its trading infrastructure and liquidity services for global institutional clients, and continuously optimize cross-exchange fund transfers and strategy execution efficiency.