Crypto trading volume dropped in Q2 to lowest since 2019
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Trading volume in the first quarter fell 40 per cent from the first quarter, and was down 62 per cent year on year.
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PORTLAND, Oregon - Trading volume on cryptocurrency exchanges in the three months ended June was the lowest since the final quarter of 2019 despite a jump in activity in the final weeks of June.
Volume on so-called centralised exchanges rose 16.4 per cent to US$575 billion (S$778 billion) in June, the first increase in three months, according to a report from researcher CCData.
Trading volume in the second quarter fell 40 per cent to US$1.7 trillion from the first quarter, and was down 62 per cent year on year, the researcher said.
Meanwhile, Binance’s market share of non-derivatives trading volume fell for the fourth straight month, dropping 1.4 percentage point to 42 per cent in June.
The biggest crypto platform’s market share fell the most among centralised exchanges, and it has registered the lowest market share since August 2022.
Binance.US also saw its market share decline by 0.86 point to 0.36 per cent, according to CCData.
Binance stopped offering some popular trading pairs, contributing to the decline.
At the start of June, the US Securities and Exchange Commission sued Binance, its chief executive Zhao Changpeng and Binance.US,
Binance has called the complaint “disappointing”, and said it plans to mount a vigorous defence.
Coinbase Global’s market share declined the least among major exchanges, dipping 0.08 point to 5.36 per cent, “hinting at increased US institutional trading activity on the exchange following BlackRock’s ETF (exchange-traded fund) filing” late in the month, the researcher said.
Coinbase has been listed as providing market surveillance, custody or other services to the flurry of recent ETF applicants.
Coinbase represents 61 per cent of the Bitcoin trading volumes among exchanges registered in the United States, according to CCData.
It accounted for 5.83 per cent of the global Bitcoin trading volumes, the researcher said.
The SEC also sued Coinbase for securities violations in June. BLOOMBERG
