There has been a proliferation of long-term contracts for traditional assets, and the encryption exchange has accelerated the connection to Wall Street

On 3 August, CoinDesk reported that the encryption exchange was introducing traditional financial assets into the 24/7 trading system through permanent contracts for stocks, indices and bulk commodities. CoinGecko data show that in the first five months of 2026, long-term contract transactions linked to traditional assets amounted to US$ 1.32 trillion, well above US$ 1,042.1 million throughout 2025; Bitget indicated that stock operations already accounted for about 28 per cent of its total transactions. Both Coinbase and Binance are advancing the “whole exchange” model by planning to allow users to trade encrypted assets, stocks and derivatives in the same account and by exploring the use of tokenized shares as collateral。