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The year 2025 stands as a period of dichotomy for the crypto industry. It was a time defined by historic milestones, with Bitcoin (BTC) reaching a high of $125,700 and the total crypto market capitalization crossing the $4 trillion threshold for the first time.
These figures underscored the sector’s maturation, further evidenced by the rise of stablecoins processing trillions in transaction volume and major financial incumbents like Visa and BlackRock deepening their onchain integration. However, this growth occurred alongside severe turbulence.
On Oct. 10, a violent price swing triggered the largest liquidation event in history. Approximately $19 billion in leveraged positions were liquidated across all markets, and roughly $1 trillion in total market capitalization was wiped out within days. Later in the year, risk aversion drove further volatility, with Bitcoin shedding over 17% in November alone.
This environment of extremes tested the entire ecosystem’s infrastructure. Market fluctuations revealed stability issues in various venues, prompting a shift in user behavior toward platforms prioritizing long-term security and risk management.
Against this backdrop, crypto platform CoinW centered its 2025 performance on the theme of RISE (Resilience, Innovation, Scale and Evolution), focusing on strengthening its role in the digital asset landscape.
Resilience: Stability as a strategic focus
In 2025, operational stability became a primary metric for user trust. CoinW’s approach to resilience focused on hardening its technical infrastructure and maintaining a consistent service record.
Operating for eight years without any publicly reported material security breaches impacting platform operations, the platform provided a stable venue during the market crashes that disrupted the wider sector. This operational security received external validation with an AAA security rating from CER.live, an independent third-party security assessment platform.
To address the specific risks of 2025’s volatility, CoinW utilized its Futures Protection Program. This mechanism is designed to mitigate certain risks associated with extreme market volatility by applying predefined internal algorithms and large-scale liquidation cascades. Since launch, the program has protected over 116,000 users and covered positions totaling 3.3 billion Tether (USDT).
This focus on resilience also extended to the company’s cultural initiatives. CoinW launched its 8th Anniversary Global Marathon, a campaign promoting a “crypto marathon spirit.” The initiative positioned crypto investing as a test of endurance rather than speed, contrasting with the high-risk speculation often seen during bull runs.
Innovation: Expanding the product suite
While resilience focused on maintaining operations, innovation drove the expansion of CoinW’s service offerings. The platform continued to roll out products addressing specific user needs, expanding its scope beyond centralized trading.
Onchain discovery is fragmented, and early research is slowed by wallet setup and gas requirements. GemW aggregates long-tail assets and lets users trade by simply pasting a contract address, while its LENS model blends onchain data, social sentiment and project analytics to filter signals.
Public-chain perpetuals often force traders to choose between speed, cost and transparent execution. CoinW’s public blockchain infrastructure solution DeriW uses a rollup architecture that supports up to 80,000 TPS and gas-optimized perpetual futures execution with transparent onchain matching, alongside liquidity pools designed to make execution more efficient and low-cost.
Crypto traders seeking scale face limited access to capital and programs built for other asset classes. PropW is a proprietary trading platform that uses an internal performance assessment framework to identify skilled traders and provide them with connectivity and risk tools to operate at a larger scale.
Additionally, the WConnect online initiative was established to partner with premium projects to improve infrastructure development and drive industry growth. These launches reflect a suite of tools ranging from asset discovery to decentralized infrastructure, rather than a simple matching engine.
Scale and evolution
This focus on stability and product expansion translated into growth. In 2025, CoinW surpassed 20 million registered users globally, growing its global community to over 1 million members and generating an annual trading volume of more than $200 billion (according to internal metrics and third-party market data sources such as CoinGecko). This volume was particularly concentrated in the derivatives market, where CoinW achieved a Top 3 ranking on CoinGecko.
We are ready for 2026 pic.twitter.com/PnibNI93VX
— CoinW (@CoinWOfficial) November 23, 2025
In August 2025, CoinW completed a major platform upgrade. This update marked the platform’s transition from a standalone centralized exchange to a broader digital asset ecosystem.
Central to this evolution was the introduction of a Unified Gateway. This feature creates a bridge between centralized trading and the onchain world. Users can access trading, wealth management and asset discovery through a single account, reducing the friction typically associated with moving between Web2 and Web3 environments.
The long-term view
As the industry looks toward 2026, the events of 2025 reinforce the necessity of robust infrastructure. Volatility remains a constant factor, and platforms built on solid foundations are better positioned to endure market cycles.
“In a market dominated by high volatility, only platforms that remain committed to long-termism and possess sufficient resilience and structural capabilities can cut through the noise to establish enduring competitiveness,” says Nassar Al Achkar, CoinW’s chief strategy officer.
For CoinW, the volatility of 2025 was a proving ground for its RISE strategy. Mirroring the “marathon spirit” it champions, the platform prioritized endurance over speed, building the scale and infrastructure it believes are necessary for 2026.
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