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As crypto and traditional finance increasingly converge, more users are turning their attention to traditional markets such as gold, forex, crude oil, and global indices. The goal of Gate TradFi is to enable users to conveniently access global multi-asset markets within a familiar crypto platform, while improving trading efficiency through a unified account and fund management system. This course will start with the positioning of Gate TradFi, introducing its product structure, CFD mechanisms, multi-asset market logic, and real-world trading scenarios. It aims to help users build a foundational understanding of TradFi and grasp the future direction of multi-asset trading.

Blockchains are powerful but limited by their isolation from the outside world. Smart contracts can only process on-chain data, yet most real-world applications, from finance and insurance to gaming and logistics, depend on external information. Programmable oracle networks solve this problem by securely delivering and processing off-chain data for use on-chain. They extend blockchain functionality, enabling decentralized applications to interact with markets, APIs, sensors, and even other blockchains in a trust-minimized way.

Celestia represents a fundamental redesign of blockchain architecture through its modular approach. Instead of requiring every blockchain to handle execution, settlement, consensus, and data availability within a single system, Celestia separates these functions into specialized layers. This allows developers to create sovereign and application-specific blockchains that outsource data availability and consensus to Celestia while retaining full control over their execution environments.