Gate founder Dr. Han: The crypto market has entered a new stage of "CEX and DEX dual-engine drive"

Odaily Planet Daily News Gate founder and CEO Dr. Han delivered a keynote speech at the 2025 WebX Summit in Tokyo, systematically elaborating on the key role of centralized exchanges (CEX) and decentralized exchanges (DEX) in promoting Web 3 toward large-scale popularization. Dr. Han pointed out that the long-term trend of user growth, the dual-track evolution of market structure, the increase and decrease of security and compliance, jointly shaping the new pattern of "CEX as a global capital entrance and DEX as an on-chain finance and innovation engine". Dr. Han quoted data as saying that the global crypto users have nearly 700 million, accounting for 10% of the global population, and the total market value of crypto has reached US$3.02 trillion, officially becoming the fourth largest asset in the world. He predicts that crypto assets are expected to rise to $41.8 trillion by 2030, second only to gold. In terms of trading structure, DEX has accounted for 23% of the spot trading volume, and CEX and DEX locked positions are close to the same. But security and compliance remain key challenges, with 59% of hacking attacks occurring on DEX and Web 3 platforms. Gate has obtained licenses in many places and acquired Japanese licensed exchanges to continuously improve its global compliance layout. Dr. Han said that the future of Web 3 is not determined by whether DEX replaces CEX but by how the two complement each other, and reiterated his firm belief in the prospects of Web 3: "The next generation of financial order will be built on the chain, and the popularity of Web 3 is not a choice but an inevitable."