Binance has just released its 2025 annual summary, from which we can see that Binance is transitioning from the symbiotic relationship between "platform & users" to a broader, more comprehensive symbiosis.
┈┈➤"Platform & Users" Symbiosis
╰┈✦ Value Symbiosis and Flywheel
First of all, as a trading platform, the most essential aspect is trading volume. Users' total trading volume on Binance in 2025 reached 34 trillion US dollars.
The massive trading volume and growth in trading activity are not only a source of Binance's revenue and a foundation for stable operations, but also ensure deep market liquidity for users. This guarantees a high-quality trading experience for users and serves as proof of that experience. It is precisely because of the excellent trading experience that a large number of users are attracted.
This is the value symbiosis between Binance and its users.
On this foundation of value symbiosis, Binance's data growth has stood out remarkably.
• Average daily trading volume across products increased by 18%,
• VIP user trading volume grew by 18% year-on-year,
• Institutional trading volume increased by 21% year-on-year,
• OTC fiat trading volume surged by 210% year-on-year.
This means Binance's trading environment has evolved further, and the symbiotic value between Binance and users has grown stronger. Binance has established a continuous value flywheel with retail users, major clients, and institutional users.
╰┈✦ On-chain Symbiosis Expansion
The biggest product change Binance made in 2025 was launching Binance Alpha, aimed at early-stage, aggressive project hunters.
Binance Alpha started primarily with market order trading, gradually introducing more advanced capabilities like limit orders. Today, it has evolved into a relatively mature product system.
In fact, the relationship between Binance's main platform and Alpha is similar to that between Coinbase's main site and Coinbase Pro. Coinbase serves mainstream coin traders, while Coinbase Pro lists more niche altcoins for advanced traders.
Binance Alpha differs from Coinbase Pro in three key ways:
First, Binance Alpha connects to on-chain liquidity rather than being limited to platform users, expanding market reach and trading depth.
Second, Binance Alpha lists projects at an earlier stage—many enter Alpha around or shortly after TGE, giving users earlier access.
Third, Binance Alpha charges no listing fees. Application and evaluation are free. Instead, Binance converts most of the listing costs into airdrops or IDOs, distributing benefits directly to Alpha users.
This expands the symbiotic relationship between Binance and users: Binance gains more users, while users receive greater benefits.
In 2025, Binance Alpha 2.0 saw trading volume surpass $1 trillion, added 17 million new Alpha users, and distributed $782 million in rewards through 254 airdrops.
Additionally, Binance blocked 270,000 users attempting improper gains through risk controls, reinforcing fairness in Alpha events and maintaining the healthy operation of the 'platform & user' symbiotic relationship.
╰┈✦ Trust Anchor for Symbiotic Relationship
In 2025, Binance's reserve proof verified user asset total reached $16.28 billion, covering 45 assets (up 32%).
After logging into the browser, users can access this URL: https://generallink.top/zh-CN/my/wallet/verification
to view daily custody proof reports.
Clicking the right arrow allows users to clearly see their various token assets on Binance at the snapshot time of each custody report.
This standardized, transparent, and trustworthy custody proof has built a solid foundation of trust in the Binance-user symbiotic relationship.
┈┈➤ 'Platform & User & Industry' Symbiosis
╰┈✦ Compliance is fundamentally about enhanced standardization and reduced risk
In 2025, Binance made significant progress in compliance.
Compliance is not just a gimmick. Laws and regulations reflect social values and user interests, and most are mature systems tested over time. Binance’s improved compliance has made its product and operational systems more robust and secure.
Since 2023, Binance has reduced the risk of direct exposure to major categories of illicit funds by 96%.
Binance prevented 5.4 million users from potential fraud and scam losses totaling $6.69 billion.
The essence of compliance is enhanced standardization and reduced risk. Binance, users, and the entire industry are closely linked in risk—pull one thread and the whole system moves.
╰┈✦ Bridging Crypto and Everyday Life
Another major upgrade in Binance's 2025 product lineup was the launch of OTC Select and a compensation mechanism, further improving the OTC environment in the industry.
In 2025, Binance's fiat and C2C trading volume increased by 38%, payment users grew by 30%, and the number of Binance merchants exceeded 20 million.
In 2025, Binance distributed $120 million in rewards to users who earned through principal-protected investment products.
┈┈➤ 'Platform & User & Industry & Society' Symbiosis
One of the most heartbreaking events in 2025 was the Hong Kong fire. In response to the suffering of fellow citizens, Binance promptly donated HK$10 million.
Throughout 2025, Binance’s charitable donations totaled approximately $5 million, benefiting 270,257 people.
The term 'corporate social responsibility' may sound outdated, but its essence lies in social and economic externalities. Binance invested $5 million, and society will benefit far more than that in the long term—this is the power of externalities. Companies can gain larger markets by giving back to society and contributing to its future progress—this is essentially a symbiotic relationship.
┈┈➤ In Closing
From an industry pioneer to a global digital infrastructure, Binance is becoming an indispensable lifeline in the social ecosystem—just like Google and Amazon.
On the product front, Binance’s biggest change in 2025 was blurring the boundaries of CEX. Through Binance Alpha, it integrates CEX with on-chain; through OTC and Binance Pay, it integrates CEX with everyday life.
On the ecosystem level, Binance completed its transition from 'platform & user' symbiosis to 'platform & user & industry' symbiosis, and is now advancing toward a higher-dimensional 'platform & user & industry & society' symbiosis.
The essence of this integration and symbiosis is Binance’s evolution alongside Web3. Users are the seeds, the industry is the soil, and society is the ecosystem.
Binance, the crypto market—both are integrating into a larger ecosystem in 2025, forming a symbiotic relationship that goes beyond mere survival ('life'), but embodies the continuous, ever-renewing 'life'.
In this endless cycle of renewal, Binance is no longer just a simple CEX; Web3 is no longer an isolated island, but instead is becoming integrated into everything, reshaping the world.
