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Odaily News: International gold and silver prices have experienced a slight pullback. Among them, gold (XAUT) saw a minor 24-hour decline of 1.10%, currently quoted at $4,752.65; silver (XAG) fell by 1.93%, currently quoted at $77.78. Despite signs of temporary easing in the international situation, market risk aversion sentiment remains strong, driving increased activity in both trading and open interest for related contracts.According to CoinGlass data, the 24-hour trading volume for Gate XAU contracts reached $197 million, a sequential increase of 68.68%, with open interest reaching $22.11 million. The 24-hour trading volume for Gate XAG contracts reached $143 million, a substantial sequential increase of 108.06%, with open interest reaching $15.30 million.Gate pioneered the metal contract trading sector, offering 7×24 hour continuous trading, providing users with greater strategic flexibility and asset management efficiency in volatile market conditions. Gate contracts now cover a wide range of traditional financial assets including stocks, metals, forex, indices, and commodities, supporting trading of core assets such as gold, silver, and globally popular stocks. Gate continues to build a more efficient and professional multi-asset one-stop trading platform for global users.
Xie Jiayin, Bitget’s Head of Chinese-speaking Markets, revealed significant progress across multiple core business areas. In terms of liquidity, Bitget ranked first globally among centralized exchanges (CEXs) in net fund inflows over the past seven days. Its BTC reserves grew 86% year-on-year to 36,700 BTC. According to TokenInsight’s report, Bitget’s derivatives and spot liquidity both ranked among the top two globally. Strategically, the platform continues advancing its transformation into UEX, a comprehensive exchange. This quarter, Bitget completed a full app redesign, fully launched CFD trading—supporting 79 assets with up to 500x leverage—and expanded its U.S. stock token offering to 263 tickers. Per CoinGlass data, Bitget leads the industry in U.S. stock futures open interest, and its CFD daily trading volume exceeded $6 billion. On the product front, Bitget launched IPO Prime, an innovative token sale platform. Its inaugural offering is preSPAX—a digital token mirroring the listing gains of SpaceX. Additionally, Bitget completed a three-layer reconstruction of its AI trading engine and introduced GetClaw, a cloud-based AI trading assistant enabling users to execute automated live trades via natural-language commands. For its VIP ecosystem, Bitget established a $5 million Protection Fund and distributed nearly 1,000 preSPAX tokens to VIP users in two free airdrops: the first round (760 tokens) was distributed on April 16, and the second round (190 tokens) will be distributed on April 20.
Odaily News: The metal market continues its upward trend. Among them, international silver reached a 24-hour high of $81.07 and is currently trading at $80.20, representing a 24-hour increase of approximately 5.24%; international gold reached a 24-hour high of $4,847.1 and is currently trading at $4,806.1, representing a 24-hour increase of approximately 1.35%. Against the backdrop of persistently strong metal prices, market trading sentiment has noticeably heated up.According to CoinGlass data, metal contract trading on the Gate platform is performing actively. Among them, the 24-hour contract trading volume for silver is approximately $168 million, ranking among the industry's top performers; the current open interest for gold is approximately $35.8041 million, also at an industry-leading level. Driven by the upward price movement, bullish sentiment dominates, further boosting market activity.Gate pioneered the metal contract trading sector, offering 7×24 non-stop trading, providing users with greater strategic flexibility and asset management efficiency in volatile market conditions. Gate contracts already cover various traditional financial assets including stocks, metals, forex, indices, and commodities, supporting trading of core assets such as gold, silver, and globally popular stocks. Gate continues to build a more efficient and professional multi-asset one-stop trading platform for global users.