According to CoinMeta, as reported by Coin Bureau, traders invested $778 billion in crypto exchanges in a single month. The trading volume in August exceeded the total of the first quarter of 2026 and was 33 times that of November last year. The reason is that the volatility of some stocks has now surpassed that of Bitcoin, so traders use crypto platforms to place leveraged bets on NVIDIA, Tesla, gold, and oil around the clock without actually owning these assets. These contracts now account for nearly a quarter of the total trading volume of perpetual contracts on major crypto exchanges, a significant increase from 0.5% nine months ago.