[Gate Launches COLLET Perpetual Contract Trading with 1-20x Leverage] Gate announced the launch of COLLET perpetual contract trading (USDT settlement), supporting 1-20x leverage, and has simultaneously launched Gate Perp DEX.

[Binance Freezes Hacker Funds from Flow Security Incident, Urges Project Team to Release Report] Binance has successfully tracked and frozen the remaining funds of the hacker involved in the Flow network security incident on December 27, 2025, within the Binance platform. Binance stated that despite multiple proactive attempts to contact and provide support, the Flow project team has yet to engage in substantive communication. Binance emphasized that if the project team adopts an on-chain recovery plan, centralized exchange platform addresses, including Binance, should be excluded, as affected users have already been compensated. Binance also urged the Flow project team to release an incident analysis report, clarifying the causes and preventive measures.

[Binance 2025 Co-CEO Open Letter Reveals Global Users Surpass 300 Million] On December 31, Binance released the 2025 year-end open letter from its Co-CEOs, revealing that its global user base has surpassed 300 million, with an annual trading volume reaching $34 trillion. The letter highlighted that retail trading volume increased by 125% year-over-year, while institutional trading volume grew by 21% year-over-year. Nearly half of the global BTC and ETH trading volume took place on the Binance platform. Binance also stated that its Web3 business continues to grow, with over 60% of mainstream on-chain transactions in the past year completed via Binance Wallet. The Alpha 2.0 product achieved a cumulative trading volume exceeding $1 trillion, with 17 million users participating in on-chain project exploration and receiving approximately $780 million in airdrop rewards. Additionally, Binance disclosed that through its proof of reserves, it publicly verified user asset balances totaling $162.8 billion, intercepted $6.69 billion in risky funds, and obtained 29 global compliance and security certifications.

[The Reserve Bank of India Reiterates Stablecoin Risks Outweigh Benefits, Advocates Prioritizing CBDC Development] In its latest *Financial Stability Report*, the Reserve Bank of India reiterated concerns about the global adoption of stablecoins, stating that the risks stablecoins pose to macro-financial stability outweigh their benefits. The Reserve Bank of India maintains a cautious stance on crypto assets and advocates for countries to prioritize the development of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to safeguard financial stability and the foundation of monetary trust.

[Binance to Launch COLLECT and MAGMA USDT Perpetual Contracts] Binance announces the launch of COLLECT and MAGMA USDT perpetual contracts.