Increased Volatility Drives Trading Activity, Significant Rise in Activity on Gate's Index Zone

Odaily News As cryptocurrency market volatility intensifies, investor demand for risk pricing and hedging tools continues to heat up, leading to a concurrent increase in trading activity for volatility-related indices. The BTC and ETH volatility indices have garnered significant attention from capital. According to data from the Gate platform, both trading volume and price volatility in the index zone have risen. Among them, the BTC Volatility Index BVIXUSDT is currently quoted at 44.74, with an intraday increase of 17.81%; the ETH Volatility Index EVIXUSDT is quoted at 62.60, up 17.16% over the same period, indicating a clear rise in market expectations for short-term price fluctuations.

Gate has comprehensively deployed trading zones covering traditional finance, including stocks, precious metals, foreign exchange, indices, and commodities, offering a variety of contract trading targets such as gold, silver, the Nasdaq 100 Index, and the FTSE 100 Index. Currently, Gate's index perpetual contracts support multiple currency pair trades. As a crucial indicator for measuring market uncertainty, the rise and fall of the VIX reflects changes in investor expectations regarding risk and is often used for hedging and risk aversion. Its launch further provides investors with more professional trading tools, expanding opportunities for cross-market trading and strategic deployment.