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Gate Wallet introduces the Gas Station feature, enabling multi-chain gas fee payments and centralized management. This streamlines gas fee preparation for users and improves the efficiency and overall experience of Web3 on-chain transactions.

As BTC moves into a consolidation cycle, an increasing number of holders are focusing on asset efficiency. GTBTC leverages a yield accumulation mechanism to generate ongoing returns on BTC during the holding period, helping users optimize their long-term asset allocation strategies.

Gate TradFi connects crypto assets with traditional financial markets, enabling users to trade gold, forex, indices, stocks, and commodity CFDs from a single unified account. This integration supports cross-market asset allocation and trading. In this article, we offer an in-depth overview of Gate TradFi's key advantages and how to use its features.

Fartcoin (FARTCOIN) is a highly representative AI driven meme coin within the Solana ecosystem.

Traditional finance (TradFi) is undergoing a structural transformation.

Gate Research: On February 11, the crypto market remained under downward pressure, with major assets trading in a weak consolidation range as BTC and ETH hovered at elevated levels without clear directional momentum. On the thematic front, capital continued to rotate into high-narrative trades: POWER surged on strong volume driven by the Web3 incentive-layer narrative and ecosystem partnership developments; PIPPIN rebounded sharply on the back of AI creator IP momentum and sentiment recovery; while SONIC strengthened amid the SVM expansion narrative and intensified community exposure. Structurally, the tokenized Treasury market surpassed $10 billion in size, reinforcing RWA’s role as a foundational asset within on-chain finance, while Gate TradFi’s cumulative trading volume exceeded $33 billion.

In traditional finance (TradFi), financial accounts are the core infrastructure through which all economic activity is executed.

In TradFi (Traditional Finance), gold and commodities refer to physical assets such as precious metals, energy resources, and agricultural products that are traded in organized markets. Unlike purely financial assets, these commodities are directly linked to real economic activity, making them a foundational part of traditional financial systems.

TradFi derivatives are financial contracts whose value is derived from an underlying asset or reference, such as stocks, bonds, commodities, interest rates, or currencies. Rather than representing ownership, derivatives allow market participants to manage price exposure, hedge risk, and improve capital efficiency without directly holding the underlying assets.

In TradFi (Traditional Finance), stocks (also known as equities) are ownership securities that represent a shareholder’s claim on a company’s assets and earnings. Stocks are issued by companies and traded on regulated stock exchanges, forming the core of traditional equity markets.

In TradFi (Traditional Finance), bonds are debt securities that represent a contractual loan from investors to an issuer, such as a government or corporation. When an investor buys a bond, they become a creditor and are entitled to receive periodic interest payments (coupons) and the repayment of principal at a specified maturity date.

In TradFi (Traditional Finance), an ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund) is an open-ended investment fund that trades on stock exchanges and tracks the performance of an index, asset class, or basket of securities. Structurally, ETFs combine the diversification benefits of mutual funds with the real-time trading characteristics of stocks.

Traditional finance (TradFi) is the global financial coordination system built on centralized institutions, fiat currencies, and government-backed regulatory frameworks. For centuries, it has provided stability, legal finality, and risk management for tens of trillions of dollars in global assets.

What is Kite's agent-native economy? This article explains how an AI agent focused Layer 1 blockchain builds decentralized AI markets through on-chain identity, machine-native payments, and a measurable token economic model. It examines the value logic of the KITE token, key on-chain metrics, and Kite's structural advantages compared with traditional centralized AI platforms.

Kite is an EVM compatible Layer 1 blockchain network that runs on proof of stake. It is designed to give AI agents verifiable identity, programmable permissions, and real time settlement in an on-chain execution environment. In Kite's design, AI is no longer only a tool that follows instructions. It becomes an economic participant with independent on-chain identity and direct control over assets. Within secure and auditable infrastructure, an AI agent can complete payments, call services, and coordinate tasks autonomously, making Kite a foundational layer for the emerging agent economy.