Crypto exchanges’ traditional assets hit $1.45T volume in H1 2026
Something unexpected happened to crypto exchanges over the past 18 months: they quietly became some of the fastest-growing venues for trading gold, stocks, and commodities. According to a new joint report by CoinGecko and MEXC, the market for crypto exchanges’ traditional assets — spanning stocks, precious metals, commodities, and forex — expanded by 366.7% between January 2025 and June 2026, growing from $1.41 billion to $6.59 billion in actively-traded market capitalization. The numbers tell a story of a structural shift, not a temporary blip.
Key takeaways
- Crypto TradFi market capitalization grew from $1.41B to $6.59B between January 2025 and June 2026, a 366.7% increase.
- Trading volume hit $1.45 trillion in H1 2026, roughly 10 times the entire volume generated in 2025.
- Open interest for crypto TradFi perpetual contracts surged from $0.06B to $4.67B by end of H1 2026.
- Binance leads with over half the market share among six major exchanges as of June 2026; MEXC and Bitget compete for second place.
- US stocks overtook precious metals as the largest TradFi category in June 2026, driven by semiconductor stocks and SpaceX IPO speculation.
Crypto Exchanges Expand into Traditional Asset Classes
The premise is simple but the implications are large. Major centralized exchanges — Binance, OKX, Bybit, Bitget, Gate, and MEXC — are no longer competing solely on crypto-native products. Stocks, precious metals, commodities, and forex are now active battlegrounds for user acquisition and platform stickiness.
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