On April 2, the first full trading day after launch on Binance, USDⓈ-margined perpetual contracts for crude oil assets CL and BZ recorded trading volumes of $760 million and $358 million respectively, ranking third and fourth among Binance TradFi perpetual products. Meanwhile, trading remains heavily concentrated in gold (XAU) and silver (XAG), which together saw $5.58 billion in daily volume, accounting for over 70% of total. https://x.com/defioasis/status/2039920577146962134?s=20…

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