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Beyond Retail Wallets, The Next Layer of Crypto Ownership

Crypto custody on a spectrum: Crypto users must evaluate exchange risks through policy changes, jurisdictional exits, and outright failure, while seed phrase wallets offer no recovery from a single

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RWAs as Collateral: The New Primitive

The tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market has surpassed $730 billion in total value, growing 197% over the twelve months ending March 2026. However, the true frontier of composable DeFi collateral

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From Perpetual Swaps to Perpetual CFDs: The Regulated Evolution

The rapid growth of tokenized Real World Assets (RWAs) is reshaping market structure, with impact on the entire crypto ecosystem, and helping shape growth in perp futures and perps CFDs. RWA-linked

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How Crypto Venues Are Building Financial Operating Systems: Binance as a Super App

Binance serves 320M+ registered users and intermediates roughly a third of global CEX spot volume and 42.5% of futures volume, while holding $153 billion in user assets. In under seven months, Binance

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Grvt and the Rise of Composable Onchain Wealth

Perp DEXs are the fastest-growing sector in Web3, now >10% of all crypto perpetuals volume, up from under 2% in early 2023 Grvt is treating it’s perp dex exchange as the foundation for an onchain

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The Cross-Asset Frontier: Tokenized Equities and Stock Trading on Crypto Platforms

Record Equity Trading Volume: Weekly equity derivative volume on CEXs reached a record $11.6 billion in mid-June 2026, driven by Binance’s push for stock trading and the historic SpaceX IPO. 24/7

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Gate CrossEx: An Exchange-Native Answer to the Institutional Capital Fragmentation Problem

For sophisticated crypto desks, the bottleneck has rarely been finding liquidity, but rather moving capital fast enough to use it. A fund running active books across the largest CEXs operates multiple

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The Incentive Dynamic Engine: io.net’s Shift to Sustainable Tokenomics

ICYMI: The Block's new report "The Incentive Dynamic Engine: io.net’s Shift to Sustainable Tokenomics" is live. Big thanks to @ionet for commissioning the report! 🤝 This is a

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Election Hub 2026: Tracking Crypto Policy, Markets, and Capital in One Place

Crypto is now part of the 2026 election cycle 🗳️ Policy positions are forming Markets are pricing outcomes Capital is being deployed But the signal is fragmented. Tracking it requires jumping between

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Strategic Selection: A Practical Guide to Choosing the Right Market Maker

ICYMI: The Block's new report “Strategic Selection: A Practical Guide to Choosing the Right Market Maker” provides a comprehensive framework for token projects and exchanges evaluating liquidity

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A Deep Dive into the Future of Onchain Liquidity Routing

ICYMI: The Block's new report "A Deep Dive into the Future of Onchain Liquidity Routing" examines the evolving landscape of onchain liquidity routing. Thanks to @1inch for commissioning the report.

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On The Growth and Future of DeFi

Quick Take This is a section from The Block’s 2026 Digital Assets Outlook report. Institutions Commit to RWAs at Scale: Market cap of tokenized public-market RWAs tripled to $16.7 billion as

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