According to CoinMeta, the 2026 Crypto Exchange Traditional Finance (tradfi) Landscape Report released by RootData indicates that trading volume in the first half of 2026 exceeded 1.3 trillion US dollars, with derivatives accounting for as high as 98.6%. The report points out that traditional financial assets have become a new battleground for crypto exchanges, with gold, silver, and global stocks shifting from niche markets to core product lines through tokenized assets and perpetual contracts. Major exchanges are leveraging traditional finance to expand beyond the cyclical limitations of the crypto market. _RootData also analyzes market size, trading structure, and competition among platforms including Binance, _HyperLiquid, _OKX, _Gate, and _Bybit.