Gate TradFi Latest Updates: Institutional Trading Volume Reaches New Highs in May, Expanding Multi-Asset Portfolio

Over the past week, the institutionalization trend in the crypto market has deepened further. As ETF capital continues to flow in, market risk appetite warms up, and institutional allocation sentiment improves, BTC broke through $82,000 driven by liquidity improvements. Data shows that BTC ETF net inflows for the week were approximately $632 million, and ETH ETF fund flows have also turned positive again. Leading ETF products such as IBIT and ETHA continue to attract institutional capital, and institutional allocation preferences are increasingly focused on high-liquidity and low-fee products.

Meanwhile, on-chain funds are flowing back, and the market is gradually shifting from short-term trading logic to longer-term institutional allocation and infrastructure development. Notably, although BTC prices briefly retreated near the $82,000 mark, ETF holdings only decreased from about 1.38 million coins to 1.36 million coins, a decline of approximately 1.45%. Against the backdrop of overall market volatility, such fluctuations are considered relatively mild by market analysts, indicating that most institutional investors have not significantly adjusted their positions due to short-term price corrections. The logic of BTC as an asset allocation tool rather than a short-term speculative target is being increasingly accepted by long-term capital.

Business Data: Gate Institutional Business Metrics Continue to Grow

In this context, Gate’s various institutional business indicators have delivered impressive results. According to PANews, in the first two weeks of May, Gate’s spot trading volume among institutions increased by 14.54% month-over-month, and derivatives trading volume increased by 18.10%. This growth rate significantly outperforms the market average, reflecting Gate’s growing competitiveness in institutional trading.

CrossEx, one of Gate’s core products for institutional clients, performed especially well — trading volume and assets under management hit new highs for three consecutive weeks. The CrossEx platform supports users to seamlessly access major crypto exchanges through a single account, using low-latency matching engines and standardized clearing and settlement architecture to ensure stable execution of high-frequency and large orders. According to previously disclosed Q1 data, Gate’s institutional derivatives trading volume increased by over 50% compared to the end of last year, the total number of institutional users grew by over 66%, and asset management scale increased by 22%. CrossEx’s trading volume and net asset scale grew approximately 9.4 times and 3.1 times, respectively. From a quarterly perspective, Gate’s institutional business is forming a pattern of integrated development across spot, derivatives, and cross-exchange trading.

TradFi Product Matrix: Covering All Categories from Crypto to Traditional Finance

As institutional capital continues to increase its multi-asset allocation and macro trading needs, Gate is deepening its TradFi layout. Currently, Gate’s TradFi spot segment supports stock and metal trading, while the derivatives segment covers diversified assets such as gold, silver, forex, indices, and commodities. The platform has listed up to 75 stock spot products and 55 stock derivative products. From Apple and Tesla to Nvidia, these global blue-chip stocks are integrated into Gate’s 24/7 continuous trading system, allowing users to participate directly using USDT without switching between brokers and exchanges.

In precious metals and commodities, Gate has launched perpetual contracts for gold (XAU), silver (XAG), crude oil, and expanded to include platinum, palladium, copper, aluminum, nickel, and lead, building a comprehensive trading ecosystem covering precious and industrial metals. In forex and indices, the platform supports major currency pairs such as EUR and GBP, as well as global mainstream indices like Nasdaq 100 (NAS100), S&P 500 (SPX500), Dow Jones Industrial (US30), and Hang Seng Index (HK50) for perpetual contract trading.

Technical Iteration: API Opening and Upgrading of CFD Contract System

In May 2026, Gate fully upgraded its TradFi trading system. The existing spread contract products were renamed “CFD contracts,” and the TradFi segment officially covers three trading modes: CFD contracts, perpetual contracts, and spot tokens, forming a comprehensive gateway that covers spot, derivatives, and price trading tools. CFD contracts are essentially settlement-based trading products based on price movements, allowing users not to purchase or hold the underlying assets, providing institutional clients with more flexible risk management and long/short strategy execution tools.

Additionally, Gate’s private wealth management officially launched TradFi trading APIs in February 2026, achieving a systemic upgrade in multi-asset management from a technical architecture perspective. The API covers five core categories: precious metals, major currency pairs, global stock indices, commodities, and stock CFDs. Crypto assets and TradFi assets can be managed within the same account system with permissions and fund dispatch. Quant funds and advanced traders can now access programmatic automated trading for precious metals, indices, commodities, and other traditional financial assets via API, greatly improving cross-market strategy execution efficiency.

Summary

As of May 15, 2026, Gate’s institutional business achieved a 14.54% month-over-month increase in spot trading volume and an 18.10% increase in derivatives trading volume in the first two weeks of May, with CrossEx setting new highs in trading volume and assets under management for three consecutive weeks. Gate’s TradFi product matrix now covers spot (stocks, metals) and derivatives (gold, silver, forex, indices, commodities), with the CFD contract system fully upgraded and TradFi APIs officially open to institutions. Gate is building a core hub connecting the crypto world and traditional financial markets, based on crypto asset allocation needs, providing global institutional clients with truly multi-asset, cross-market trading infrastructure.