Traders are no longer waiting for the next
$BTC rally.
They are increasingly trading gold, US equities, and indices through the same CEX accounts and stablecoin balances they already use.
Demand is strongest in Asia. 87% of surveyed crypto natives plan to increase TradFi activity, while 62.6% already trade precious metals, mainly through exchanges.
The edge is speed. Users can react 24/7, even when traditional markets are closed. That is why futures have led the shift so far.
Now, spot markets are catching up. MEXC processed $427M in tokenized stock volume in July, ranking fourth among CEXs.
The next phase will be about turning early demand into deeper liquidity, better education, and reliable weekend markets. The platforms that get this right will own the cross-asset shift.
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1/ Asian crypto users are increasingly trading gold, equities and indices through CEXs.
The shift is turning crypto exchanges into cross-asset platforms built around the accounts and stablecoin balances users already hold.
We explore why with
@MVenturesLabs