**[Gate Founder Dr. Han: 2025 Will Be a Key Year for Crypto Market Transformation]** Gate founder and CEO Dr. Han stated that 2025 will mark a pivotal year for the crypto industry, with trends such as tighter regulatory environments, influxes of institutional capital, and the rise of on-chain trading platforms profoundly shaping the market. Retail investor power is gradually shifting toward professional traders and institutional investors. Gate is upgrading its infrastructure by launching the CrossEx cross-platform trading and clearing platform, as well as building Web3 tools like Gate Layer, Gate Perp DEX, and Gate Fun to support decentralized market trading. The platform provides proof of assets for approximately $12 billion through a combination of Merkle trees and zero-knowledge proofs, while employing a multi-party computation vault system to ensure fund security. Looking ahead to 2026, Gate will focus on reducing user barriers to operations on both CEX and DEX platforms and leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance trading efficiency.