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According to a report titled "2026 Stock Derivatives Explosive Growth: Crypto Exchange Landscape and Key Trends" published by RootData, the stock derivatives sector has moved from "peripheral experimentation" into a phase of "explosive volume growth," with cumulative trading volume from January to August reaching approximately $1.75 trillion.In terms of cumulative trading volume, the concentration effect among top players remains significant. Among the four exchanges, Binance leads with $853.58 billion and a 61.3% share; Bitget ranks second with $270.85 billion and a 19.5% share; OKX follows closely with $234.39 billion and a 16.8% share; Bybit ranks fourth with $33.41 billion and a 2.4% share.In terms of liquidity, based on the ±2% weighted order book depth metric, Binance and Bitget together account for over 70% of stock derivatives order book liquidity. Among them, Binance's average daily order book depth is approximately $10.1 million, with Bitget following closely at $4.82 million, while OKX and Bybit stand at $3.87 million and $1.16 million, respectively.In terms of trading costs, in a weighted spread comparison across more than a dozen recently representative popular assets, Bitget ranks first at 0.0144%, with Binance following closely at 0.0145%, placing the two essentially at the same level; OKX stands at 0.0154%, and Bybit at 0.0237%.
Odaily News - Gate has launched an Innovation Board stock trading section, further expanding the platform's stock asset coverage and providing users with more diverse global stock trading options. Currently, 40 popular stocks have been listed, including CXMT, Unitree Robotics, CATL, and others. With the addition of the Innovation Board, Gate Stock now covers multiple major markets including US stocks, Hong Kong stocks, Korean stocks, and the Innovation Board, supporting 12,540+ stocks and ETF assets, with industry-leading asset coverage.Meanwhile, according to RootData data, Gate ranks first globally in the derivatives composite score with 96 points, standing out in dimensions such as the number of contracts, 24-hour trading volume, market share, and liquidity; the spot composite score ranks second globally with 79.55 points. As more stock assets continue to be integrated, Gate is further strengthening its multi-asset trading ecosystem.
According to RootData stock contract exchange ranking data, this list ranks and scores exchanges supporting stock contract trading based on dimensions such as trading volume, open interest, spread, depth, trading costs, and data collectibility. The top three in the current 24h trading volume ranking are Binance, OKX, and Bitget respectively.
According to a report titled "2026 Stock Derivatives Explosive Growth: Crypto Exchange Landscape and Key Trends" published by RootData, the stock derivatives sector has moved from "peripheral experimentation" into a phase of "explosive volume growth," with cumulative trading volume from January to August reaching approximately $1.75 trillion.In terms of cumulative trading volume, the concentration effect among top players remains significant. Among the four exchanges, Binance leads with $853.58 billion and a 61.3% share; Bitget ranks second with $270.85 billion and a 19.5% share; OKX follows closely with $234.39 billion and a 16.8% share; Bybit ranks fourth with $33.41 billion and a 2.4% share.In terms of liquidity, based on the ±2% weighted order book depth metric, Binance and Bitget together account for over 70% of stock derivatives order book liquidity. Among them, Binance's average daily order book depth is approximately $10.1 million, with Bitget following closely at $4.82 million, while OKX and Bybit stand at $3.87 million and $1.16 million, respectively.In terms of trading costs, in a weighted spread comparison across more than a dozen recently representative popular assets, Bitget ranks first at 0.0144%, with Binance following closely at 0.0145%, placing the two essentially at the same level; OKX stands at 0.0154%, and Bybit at 0.0237%.
According to RootData's spot exchange ranking data, Bitget's 24-hour public order book trading volume reached approximately $70.498 million, up 540.26% sequentially; its current market share stands at approximately 15.19%, placing it alongside Binance (26.43%) and OKX (15.5%) in the top three globally.
Odaily News - Gate has launched an Innovation Board stock trading section, further expanding the platform's stock asset coverage and providing users with more diverse global stock trading options. Currently, 40 popular stocks have been listed, including CXMT, Unitree Robotics, CATL, and others. With the addition of the Innovation Board, Gate Stock now covers multiple major markets including US stocks, Hong Kong stocks, Korean stocks, and the Innovation Board, supporting 12,540+ stocks and ETF assets, with industry-leading asset coverage.Meanwhile, according to RootData data, Gate ranks first globally in the derivatives composite score with 96 points, standing out in dimensions such as the number of contracts, 24-hour trading volume, market share, and liquidity; the spot composite score ranks second globally with 79.55 points. As more stock assets continue to be integrated, Gate is further strengthening its multi-asset trading ecosystem.
According to CoinDesk, as altcoin prices generally fell by 70% to 90% and project fund reserves shrank significantly, the crypto industry is undergoing a concentrated clearance similar to that after the internet bubble burst. RootData data shows that in 2026, more than 100 crypto projects have closed, filed for bankruptcy, or ceased operations, covering multiple fields including exchanges, wallets, decentralized finance lending protocols, non-fungible token markets, and public chains.
The list covers multiple crypto sectors, including trading platforms BitMart, BitMEX, AscendEX, wallet projects Family, Crtl, Leap, DeFi projects Zapper, Stream Finance, Altura, and data tools such as Parsec. Some of these projects have experienced previous market cycles and gained some attention in the past.
According to RootData stock contract exchange ranking data, this list ranks and scores exchanges supporting stock contract trading based on dimensions such as trading volume, open interest, spread, depth, trading costs, and data collectibility. The top three in the current 24h trading volume ranking are Binance, OKX, and Bitget respectively.