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According to Gate's 2025 annual report, it comprehensively showcases the progress made in upgrading its VIP service system and expanding institutional business. In 2025, Gate continued to expand its service layout aimed at institutions, high-net-worth, and VIP clients. As an important part of the platform's user experience strategy, the VIP service system has evolved from a single fee discount to a more complete professional support and asset management capability. In response to the needs of high-end users, Gate launched several exclusive features such as Gate Vault, VIP-exclusive wealth management, and private wealth management, gradually building a multi-dimensional VIP service system covering trading experience, asset allocation, and security assurance.In terms of institutional business, Gate achieved multiple key growth indicators in 2025: the institutional contract trading volume increased by 34.29% year-on-year, market share rose by 101.11%, and the number of institutional users grew by 69.29% year-on-year. On this basis, Gate launched the industry's first Web2/Web3 interconnected ecological product suite, Gate SuperLink, which systematically connects fiat currency, crypto assets, and traditional finance through a modular service system. Among them, OES has integrated with leading global custodians such as BitGo, Copper, and Fireblocks, achieving significant growth in related account balances, spot trading volume, and contract trading volume by 46 times, 1,058 times, and 39 times, respectively, compared to the beginning of the year. The CrossEx one-stop trading and clearing platform supports margin sharing and unified clearing across multiple mainstream exchanges, significantly enhancing capital utilization efficiency; the Bank Custodial Trading Mode is the industry's first and only model that allows high-net-worth and institutional clients to fully control their fiat assets in independent bank custody accounts, with one-click direct access to all trading and financial services on CEX. Overall, Gate is gradually strengthening its comprehensive service system for professional funds and long-term users through the synergistic upgrade of high-end customer service capabilities and institutional-level infrastructure.

ChainCatcher news, Bitget announced today the official launch of its seventh anniversary celebration. CEO Gracy Chen published an open letter, introducing the concept of the Universal Exchange (UEX) for the first time. As the next generation of exchange format, UEX aims to break the "impossible triangle" dilemma faced by CEX and DEX, which is to simultaneously meet the demands of user experience, asset diversity, and security. With the new identity of UEX, Bitget plans to integrate globally tradable crypto and traditional world assets, while significantly enhancing the intelligence and security of trading through smart AI tools and industry security practices.Gracy stated that Bitget's on-chain trading products are about to undergo a major update. After the update, on-chain trading will support all assets on mainstream public chains, and users will not need to create non-custodial wallets; they can trade millions of assets on-chain directly through the exchange's funds. In the coming months, Bitget will also support more traditional world assets such as stocks, forex, and gold, realizing a UEX trading platform for global core assets.The theme of Bitget's seventh anniversary celebration is "Full Speed 7 Journey," symbolizing a new starting point towards the UEX era. During the celebration, the global event "7-Stage Sprint Challenge" features a prize pool of $400,000 and introduces a special Bitget co-branded MotoGP racing motorcycle as the ultimate prize.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, the Aptos application and execution layer protocol Panora has announced the completion of a new round of financing, with the specific amount undisclosed.This round of financing was led by Frictionless Capital, with participation from avery.apt, co-founder and CEO of Aptos Labs, as well as greg.apt, founding engineer and head of DevRel at Aptos Labs.