YZi Labs (formerly Binance Labs) has announced its investment in Plume Network (PLUME). It is a fully integrated modular blockchain designed for the rapid adoption and integration of real-world assets (RWAs).
The investment marks a significant step in advancing blockchain infrastructure that seamlessly bridges traditional finance with decentralized finance (DeFi), further expanding the Real World Asset Finance (RWAfi) ecosystem.
YZi Labs Backs Plume Network to Grow RWAfi Ecosystem
“At YZi Labs, we invest in projects that harness blockchain technology to create real-world impact and Plume is a prime example—they are bringing real-world assets on-chain to unlock new capital, expand access, and drive adoption. By making RWAs as seamless as any other digital asset, Plume is bridging traditional finance and DeFi, paving the way for broader adoption,” Coniglio told BeInCrypto.
Notably, Plume Network provides an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)-compatible environment that facilitates onboarding a wide range of assets. These include financial instruments, carbon credits, GPUs, and collectibles. Additionally, it seamlessly integrates these assets into a composable RWAfi ecosystem, enhancing their utility and enabling broader financial interactions.
Through its composable ecosystem, Plume enables users to earn rewards, trade, borrow, lend, swap, and engage in market speculation. By integrating real-world assets on-chain, Plume ensures they are as accessible and user-friendly as traditional crypto tokens.
Meanwhile, Chris Yin, co-founder and CEO of Plume, stressed that the platform aims to address the longstanding infrastructure gap that has hindered the widespread adoption of RWAs in the crypto space.
“Although stablecoins, the original RWA, have successfully proven to onboard new users into crypto, the rest of RWAs have struggled to achieve the same traction. With Plume, asset issuers of all kinds can become Web3 builders, seamlessly connecting to our community, ecosystem, and liquidity,” Yin said.
Despite its strong yearly performance, the RWA has faced a recent pullback. Month-to-date (MTD) sector performance data shows a -12.1% decline, suggesting a correction following its rapid growth. Bitcoin and Ethereum also posted losses, indicating a broader market downturn rather than an RWA-specific issue.
A blazing Oracle Red Bull Racing F1 car races past hundreds of millions of viewers around the globe, with the Gate.io logo standing out prominently on its body. At the same time, in the digital realm, millions of Web3 users are embarking on their WCTC S7 journey, an exhilarating race in the world of global crypto trading. This marks the first time the crypto industry has resonated with mainstream culture in such a dynamic and synchronized fashion.
For Gate.io, 2025 is both a significant milestone, celebrating its 12th anniversary and a starting line for the future. At this critical juncture, Gate.io has not only completed a comprehensive brand upgrade, officially adopting “Damen” (大门, meaning “The Gate”) as its Chinese name, but also refreshed its visual identity, ecosystem positioning, and global strategic direction.
In an even bolder move, it has partnered with the world-renowned Oracle Red Bull Racing in F1, marking a major milestone in its global cross-industry collaborations and unlocking massive influence on a global scale.
From Red Bull, Seeing Gate.io’s Multi-Dimensional Brand Expression
On the F1 circuit, Red Bull stands for more than championship performance and cutting-edge innovation. It has evolved beyond its origins as an energy drink brand, expanding into racing, extreme sports, music, and media—becoming a benchmark for diversified global brand operations. Among its many endeavors, the team is undoubtedly the crown jewel of its multi-faceted brand strategy.
Both Red Bull and Gate.io are breaking boundaries and pushing limits in their respective domains. Red Bull through adrenaline-fueled spectacles, and Gate.io through technology-driven platforms and community-driven innovation. Their collaboration goes beyond exposure; it is a shared commitment to serving a global, young, open, and engaged audience.
For Gate.io, the partnership represents more than a marketing opportunity, it’s a powerful manifestation of its diversified strategy and a profound alignment of brand values, ecosystem vision, and user identity. On the world’s fastest track, a veteran yet constantly evolving crypto trading platform is now using speed, technology, and cultural synergy to redefine the imaginative boundaries of the next mainstream Web3 gateway.
According to Gate.io Founder and CEO Lin Han, Red Bull embodies the very ecosystem Gate.io strives to build: “Gate.io is more than just a digital asset exchange. We are building an open, technology-driven, globally collaborative platform. This vision is deeply aligned with Red Bull’s spirit and philosophy.”
A Brand Evolution: Gate.io “User Universe” Is Taking Shape
Behind the brand upgrade lies the synchronized evolution of Gate.io’s core businesses. The company has developed a multi-layered Web3 ecosystem that spans trading, wallets, public chains, educational platforms, and investment funds. From professional traders to developers, retail investors to institutional clients, Gate.io is attracting and empowering a broad user base with its expanding product offerings and increasingly sophisticated services.
According to its recently released Q1 2025 report, Gate.io’s ecosystem is growing rapidly, with key business lines showing robust momentum:
Trading volume is rising across the board, with futures trading volume increasing by approximately 31% quarter-over-quarter.
The platform token GT reached a record high of $25.96, up nearly 70% since the start of the year.
Total platform reserves exceeded $10.328 billion, ranking among the global top 4.
Quantitative investment is booming, with copy trading volume soaring by 780%.
Launchpool has been fully upgraded, facilitating the rapid launch of over 140 new projects.
Over 1,000 tokens have been listed in the Pilot Zone, capturing high-yield meme projects and emerging trends.
Meanwhile, Gate Wallet has built a comprehensive digital asset management solution supporting nearly 200 blockchains. Gate Connect facilitates transactions in 52 fiat currencies across 80 countries, offering more than 450 payment methods.
The newly launched Gate Card Silver virtual card, alongside the fast-growing Gate Community, is driving innovation through branded events, Gate Live interactive streams, Gate Post, Gate.io Chat Group, blogs, YouTube, TikTok, and other content channels. Through this multidimensional layout, Gate.io is constructing a diversified, full-spectrum Web3 ecosystem—a never-before-seen “user universe” is taking shape.
Faster and Further: Accelerating into the Global Mainstream Spotlight with F1
Partnering with Oracle Red Bull Racing in F1 marks Gate.io’s first global “accelerator” move following its brand upgrade and symbolizes a cross-industry exploration connecting crypto technology with mainstream culture. As a sponsor, Gate.io will appear at every F1 event throughout the season, with its logo shining on trackside screens around the world. More importantly, by leveraging Red Bull’s brand power, event visibility, and massive global fan base, Gate.io is opening a new “gate” for Web3 to enter the mainstream consciousness.
From rebranding and ecosystem expansion to entering the global spotlight of Red Bull Racing and its hundreds of millions of viewers, Gate.io is introducing the speed, warmth, and spirit of participation that defines Web3 in a bold new way. Looking ahead, Gate.io will continue deepening its diversified ecosystem strategy, forging connections across culture, content, and everyday life, creating a truly open, collaborative, and decentralized Web3 arena for users around the world. The gate is open, the future is accelerating. Let’s embark on the journey together.
Disclaimer: This content does not constitute an offer, solicitation, or recommendation. You should always seek independent professional advice before making investment decisions. Gate.io may restrict or prohibit certain services in specific jurisdictions. For more details, please read the User Agreement.
According to Bitfinex, Bitcoin’s (BTC) key indicators suggest that the current bull cycle may not have peaked yet, implying a potential continuation of the market rally. However, this optimistic outlook hinges on the stabilization of broader macroeconomic conditions.
The report also noted that short-term dips remain a possibility. Despite this, the broader trend appears positive, especially if Bitcoin can maintain its price above critical technical levels like $95,000.
Will Bitcoin’s Price Rally Continue?
In its latest report, Bitfinex pointed out that Bitcoin’s performance in April exceeded the average return. In April 2025, BTC posted a monthly gain of 14.08%. This was higher than its historical average of 13% and the median return of 7.3%.
“While April has traditionally been a strong seasonal month for BTC, recent years have seen more muted results, making this yearʼs performance stand out more distinctly,” the report read.
Notably, the beginning of the month was challenging for Bitcoin. President Trump’s tariff announcements triggered a sharp downturn in the price, which dropped as low as $74,501.
However, amid dollar depreciation and inflation concerns, Bitcoin found new ground. By the second half of the month, the price rallied again and recovered 32% from its previously low to local highs of $97,900.
This strong close underscored its resilience amid macroeconomic uncertainty and reflected renewed investor optimism in its future potential. On-chain data further reinforced this.
The stability in miner reserves, for instance, signaled confidence in the market. The reserves increased slightly from 1,808,315 BTC in December 2024 to 1,808,674 BTC as of May 5.
Furthermore, the Puell Multiple, an indicator measuring miner revenue relative to historical averages, remains below 2. This implied that miners do not believe the current price is a market peak.
Miners typically sell during market rallies or extremes, but their continued holding despite recent gains supports the idea that Bitcoin may have more room to grow.
“The fact that they are still holding into this recent 32 percent recovery from the April lows supports the idea that, despite recent volatility and macro uncertainty, we may not have seen the final leg of the current bull cycle,” the report stated.
While the long-term outlook remains bullish, Bitfinex underlined a critical short-term challenge for Bitcoin: reclaiming the $95,000 level.
“The $95,000 level—currently under consolidation—is a critical pivot point, acting as the lower boundary of a three-month range that defined market structure between November 2024 and February 2025,” Bitfinex noted.
According to their analysis, flipping the $95,000 level into strong support would indicate a shift in the market towards a bullish trend. Furthermore, it could set the stage for a potential test of its all-time high prices.
“As such, the next several days will likely determine whether the recent strength evolves into a sustained breakout or resolves into a retest of lower support zones,” the report added.
Bitfinex also evaluated the strength of the current Bitcoin rally using the Short-Term Holder (STH) cost basis. It represents the average acquisition price of coins held by recent investors. According to them, this has
“Historically acted as a dividing line between bullish and bearish market phases.”
This cost basis is currently at $93,340. Bitcoin has successfully broken above this threshold, signaling short-term momentum. However, maintaining this level will be crucial in determining if the rally continues or loses momentum.
Speculation about Nvidia adding Bitcoin to its treasury reserves has surfaced recently. These unconfirmed reports lead to questions about the potential for increased institutional adoption of Bitcoin and the possible performance of such a move for Nvidia, whose stock value has fallen considerably this year.
BeInCrypto interviewed representatives from Banxe, FINEQIA, CoinShares, Bitunix, and Acre BTC to discuss Bitcoin’s potential benefits for Nvidia and explore whether such an investment would ultimately benefit the company in the long run.
Rumors of Nvidia’s Potential Bitcoin Investment
Over the past few weeks, several reports have surfaced across social media suggesting that Nvidia, a pioneer in GPU-accelerated computing, is considering adding Bitcoin to its balance sheet.
These reports remain purely speculative at the time of press, given that Nvidia has not made any official statements on the topic. When BeInCrypto reached out for clarification, an Nvidia spokesperson declined to comment.
Even as rumors, these reports highlight the significant impact of such a decision on Bitcoin’s public perception. Given Nvidia’s current economic circumstances, marked by a substantial drop in stock value, an announcement of this nature would not be completely unexpected.
As such, Nvidia’s stock price has taken a hit. According to recent reports, Nvidia stock has fallen 35% since its latest price peak in January.
Nvidia’s stock reacted especially poorly to the news that China’s Huawei Technologies is testing a new AI chip potentially more powerful than Nvidia’s H100.
Given these circumstances, Nvidia can mitigate current economic challenges by diversifying its treasury assets.
Should Nvidia Consider Adding Bitcoin to Its Balance Sheet?
Such a move would significantly alter how other institutional investors view Bitcoin, potentially encouraging more companies to adopt a similar strategy. The crypto community would likely celebrate the news, believing it would solidify Bitcoin’s legitimacy as an asset class.
However, the extent to which Nvidia requires Bitcoin for stability remains controversial.
Risks of Adding Bitcoin to Nvidia’s Treasury
As it is, Nvidia already has other strategies that help the company hedge against volatility and inflation. Adding Bitcoin into the mix may seem excessive.
This becomes especially true when considering just how volatile Bitcoin itself can be. Though the asset can generate significant gains during bullish periods, the losses it can cause are equally severe.
As such, Bitcoin might not be the natural choice to defend Nvidia from its current stock declines. An investment of this kind would need to reflect a long-term strategy rather than an impulse decision.
Would BTC Even Make a Difference on Nvidia’s Share Price?
Bitcoin has demonstrated high returns over the long term, though with considerable volatility. For companies able to withstand the associated risks, including large price fluctuations, it offers the potential for significant future profits.
With its substantial financial resources, Nvidia could absorb Bitcoin’s volatility without a major impact on its balance sheet. In this sense, the company has little to lose, but also little to gain.
Ultimately, Nvidia’s decision to invest in Bitcoin hinges on timing and urgency, particularly given recent developments that have alleviated some pressures on the company.
Easing Export Restrictions: A Boost for Nvidia
Last week, the Trump administration announced its plans to roll back certain Biden-era export restrictions on advanced semiconductor chips.
Biden’s ‘AI Diffusion Rule’ established these restrictions to enhance US technological leadership by preventing advanced chips from being diverted to countries of concern, especially China. Given that China was Nvidia’s main buyer, the rule significantly hampered its sales.
A rollback would be highly advantageous for Nvidia’s sales, especially amid this new wave of chipmakers.
Similarly, the recent US-China tariff pause led to Nvidia’s stock price rise. Despite its temporary nature, the news is a positive sign for the company, promising reduced uncertainty and potential gains in sales and supply chain stability.
Considering these developments, adding Bitcoin to Nvidia’s balance sheet may no longer be urgent. If Nvidia were to make such a decision out of haste, it might also drive away traditional investors and long-time buyers.
Many areas of traditional finance remain highly skeptical of Bitcoin due to its short history and highly volatile nature. If Nvidia adds Bitcoin as a treasury asset, traditional investors might view it as a poor decision, potentially alienating long-time clients.
