MEXC Ventures and Blockworks Research jointly released a new industry report, The Cross Asset Shift, on August 25, 2026, examining how cryptocurrency users in Asia are increasingly trading traditional financial assets such as gold and stocks through centralized exchanges.
The report found that in the second quarter of 2026, average daily Stock Futures trading volume among MEXC users in Asia increased by 3,308% quarter over quarter. In addition, 87.2% of Asian respondents said they planned to increase their TradFi trading through CEXs. The research combines exchange market data from Blockworks Research, a MEXC user survey, and MEXC platform data in Asia, and indicates that cross-asset trading is expanding globally with particularly strong demand from Asian users.
In a separate CoinEdition interview ahead of CoinFest Asia 2026, MEXC CEO Vugar Usi discussed the rise of 24/7 financial markets and the convergence of crypto and traditional finance in Asia. He noted that Asian traders value round-the-clock access because they can adjust positions when market-moving events occur outside traditional trading hours, with 75.1% of survey respondents reporting they had encountered such events. Usi also highlighted the shift from traditional brokers to crypto exchanges and said tokenized real-world assets could shape the next phase of financial markets, while pointing to the London Stock Exchange’s move toward round-the-clock trading as part of the broader trend.
