YZi Labs Invests in Genius Trading to Transform Onchain Ecosystem

Investment Highlights the Importance of Execution Tools in Crypto Trading

YZi Labs, an independent investment firm led by Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, has invested in the onchain trading terminal, Genius Trading, emphasizing the increasing investor focus on cross-chain trading infrastructure. While the financial terms have not been disclosed, YZi Labs announced on Tuesday that it has made a substantial double-digit investment in this context.

Zhao also joins the Genius Trading team as an advisor. This investment suggests that cross-chain trading terminals are increasingly seen as essential market infrastructure as trading activity expands across multiple blockchains and liquidity venues. Genius Trading is not a decentralized exchange but a trading interface designed to aggregate executions across blockchains and decentralized venues.

Genius Trading announced that it has already processed over $160 million in trading volume across ten blockchains before its official launch. Tuesday’s announcement also marked the public debut of the platform, which supports spot trading, perpetual futures, and copy trading. YZi Labs manages approximately $10 billion in assets and focuses on venture-stage investments in Web3, artificial intelligence, and biotechnology.

As decentralized financing has expanded across multiple blockchains, cross-chain trading has become increasingly important, enabling traders to manage their assets across different networks. YZi Labs highlighted this shift in its announcement, noting that a growing proportion of trading activity is moving from centralized exchanges (CEX) to decentralized venues (DEX).

Although this transition offers greater transparency and self-custody, the firm also pointed out a “transparency error,” referring to the difficulty of executing large transactions on public blockchains without signaling intentions to the market. The DEX-to-CEX trading volume ratio peaked in June last year but continues to rise as more crypto trading volume is facilitated on decentralized exchanges.