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According to CryptoRank data, the number of real-world assets (RWA) markets offered by decentralized exchanges providing perpetual contracts has reached 1,000, marking the further expansion of on-chain derivatives from crypto-native assets to traditional financial assets. Publicly traded stocks remain dominant, accounting for approximately 75% of all RWA markets, indicating that tokenized stocks are becoming a key entry point for traditional financial assets to access perpetual contract trading.
Odaily News: Digital asset trading platform Gate has released its August 2026 Transparency Report. The report shows that in August, multiple Gate business lines received recognition from institutional data providers including CoinDesk, CryptoQuant, CryptoRank, and DefiLlama. Among them, Gate's stock perpetual contract trading volume grew 308% month-over-month, maintaining triple-digit growth for three consecutive months; the RWA perpetual contract open interest (OI) market share reached 49.6%, ranking first globally among centralized trading platforms. Meanwhile, Gate's 24-hour spot and derivatives trading volume stood at approximately $9.5 billion, with open interest reaching $12.48 billion, both ranking among the global top three; 30-day net inflow reached $308.1 million, ranking second among mainstream trading platforms.In terms of traditional financial asset trading, Gate's CFD business continues to expand its asset coverage, now covering 680 trading pairs, spanning major TradFi assets including forex, metals, energy, indices, and stocks. In terms of overall TradFi product layout, Gate now covers over 1,000 TradFi assets, with stock derivatives covering more than 360 underlying assets, both ranking first globally, further enhancing its multi-asset trading matrix.As digital assets and traditional financial markets continue to converge, Gate is steadily expanding diverse trading scenarios including stocks, RWA, CFD, and derivatives. By enriching asset supply and trading tools, it is further improving its comprehensive trading infrastructure that connects digital assets with traditional financial markets.
According to CryptoRank, TradingRazor—an AI-native trading decision platform supporting multi-chain markets—has announced the successful completion of a $1.5 million seed funding round, led by OneBit Ventures, Gaea Ventures, and Blockin VC, with participation from a group of Web3 industry angel investors. The new capital will be used for product development and ecosystem growth, supporting on-chain fund flow tracking, market data aggregation, AI-driven trading modeling, and embedded risk management.
According to CryptoRank data, the second quarter of 2026 is on track to be the worst quarter for the ICO/IDO market in the past five years. Data shows that only $58 million was raised through IEOs, ICOs, and IDOs this quarter, a decline of 85% quarter-over-quarter. The number of public sales dropped from 105 in the first quarter to 37, a decrease of 65%. Notably, only 13 token sales were completed in May, the lowest monthly figure since December 2020 (which had 4 sales).In contrast, the first quarter of 2025 reached a cyclical peak, with 429 public sales raising nearly $849 million. Since then, momentum has continued to wane, with current fundraising amounts shrinking by more than 14 times from that peak. Analysts point out that investors are becoming more cautious, demand for new projects' public fundraising has significantly weakened, and token public sales are gradually losing their status as a mainstream fundraising vehicle.