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

According to BlockBeats, on September 4, 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 trading platforms (CEX) and decentralized trading platforms (DEX) in promoting Web3 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 Web3 platforms. Gate has obtained licenses in many places and acquired Japanese licensed trading platforms to continuously improve its global compliance layout. Dr. Han said that the future of Web3 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 Web3: "The next generation of financial order will be built on the chain, and the popularity of Web3 is not a choice but an inevitable."