The unsecured, three-year facility ranks as Asia's second-largest loan of the year and shows how far Chinese tech giants are willing to lever up to compete in AI infrastructure.
The extension pulls in BNP Paribas, Coinbase Ventures and Nasdaq alongside S&P Global, signaling deepening institutional appetite for round-the-clock market data infrastructure.
The exchange will repurchase its CET token before shutting down entirely, becoming the second major platform to exit the market in three months after BitMEX's July closure.
