Gate released its July 2026 transparency report, outlining growth across spot and derivatives trading, TradFi-linked products, and newer trading segments. The exchange said it launched zero-fee trading for U.S. stocks and ETFs during the month, while also adding gStocks, stock copy trading, and yield features for account assets. Its stock and ETF offering covered more than 12,500 assets, with ETF products expanding to 386 trading pairs and monthly trading volume reaching about $20 billion. The report also highlighted demand for pre-listing assets. According to Gate, cumulative subscriptions for Pre-IPOs OpenAI exceeded $260 million. In its innovation segment, the platform said average daily trading volume in the event contract market rose by more than 13% month over month, while market share briefly topped 36%, a record high. CandyDrop contract volume surpassed $4.6 billion, Launchpool cumulative staking reached $490 million, and SLX peak APR rose above 135%. Citing CoinDesk data, Gate said total network-wide trading volume in RWA perpetual contracts climbed to $460 billion in July, also a record. Gate held a 4.39% share of that market, ranking among the top three centralized exchanges globally. The company added that its July futures trading volume hit $276 billion, with derivatives market share at 9.08% and open interest market share at 11.2%.

Gate has released its transparency report for July 2026, outlining growth across trading, TradFi-related offerings, and newer product lines. The exchange said it rolled out zero-fee trading for U.S. stocks and ETFs during the month, while adding gStocks, stock copy trading, and yield features for account assets. According to the report, the platform’s stock and ETF lineup now covers more than 12,500 assets, with ETF products expanding to 386 trading pairs and monthly trading volume reaching about $20 billion. The report also highlighted demand for pre-listing exposure, saying cumulative subscriptions for Pre-IPOs OpenAI exceeded $260 million. In its innovation segment, Gate said average daily trading volume in event contracts rose more than 13% from the previous month, while market share briefly topped 36% and hit a record high. It also reported that CandyDrop contracts surpassed $4.6 billion, Launchpool cumulative staking reached $490 million, and SLX peak APR climbed above 135%. Separately, CoinDesk data cited in the report showed total network trading volume for RWA perpetual contracts reached $460 billion in July, another record. Gate said its share in that segment was 4.39%, placing it among the top three centralized exchanges globally. The exchange also reported July futures volume of $276 billion, a 9.08% share of the derivatives market, and an 11.2% share of open interest, ranking among the top two retail-focused trading platforms.

ChainFeeds’ Aug. 13 research roundup pulls together five separate market narratives that are shaping crypto in Asia and beyond. One report argues that Upbit’s once-powerful listing effect is losing force as the exchange accelerates token additions while trading activity keeps shrinking. Another examines Li Lin’s path from Avenir Group to UMX, framing it as a push toward unified accounts that connect crypto collateral, U.S. equities, and cross-market risk management in one system. The package also looks at South Korea’s persistent outbound crypto demand. Tiger Research says unmet domestic demand for derivatives and broader digital asset products is increasingly being served by offshore exchanges and on-chain venues such as Hyperliquid, with billions of dollars in identifiable capital flows and fee revenue moving abroad. Coin Metrics, meanwhile, breaks down the source of this year’s $41.7 trillion in adjusted stablecoin transfer volume, showing that a large share comes from liquidity provision and flash loans rather than straightforward payment activity. The final piece from Foresight Ventures questions whether perpetual DEXs can rely on token rewards indefinitely, arguing that post-TGE value distribution often shifts away from actual trading contribution toward token ownership.

OKX said it will open its SLX (Solstice) Flash Earn Lite campaign at 15:00 on July 31, 2026. Users will be able to join the event by subscribing with BTC, OKSOL, OKB, or SLX, and share a reward pool of 2,000,000 SLX. The subscription window starts at 15:00 on July 27 and the campaign will run until 15:00 on August 5. The update was reported by ChainCatcher.

Solstice Finance faced heavy criticism after attaching a 0.075 SOL registration fee to its SLX airdrop, saying the payment is meant to filter bots and cover on-chain vesting costs.

The crypto market cap fell to $2.64 trillion on May 26, with BTC and ETH posting mild losses while NEAR and DeXe outperformed. ESPORTS dropped more than 90% within hours, and SLX lost 42.27%.

Despite a bearish macro backdrop, H surged 73% on AI identity narrative, SLX jumped 67% on Upbit listing and Anchorage investment, HYPE flipped Dogecoin for top-10, ZEC rallied on privacy adoption.

Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solana, Dogecoin, and Hyperliquid traded lower in the latest session, while smaller tokens including RIZE, BEAT, and SLX posted outsized gains.