Exchange Review

CryptoCompare’s monthly Exchange Review captures the key developments within the cryptocurrency exchange market. The report includes analyses that relate to exchange volumes, crypto derivatives trading, market segmentation by fees, fiat trading, and more.

  • March 7, 2023
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Exchange Review

CryptoCompare’s monthly Exchange Review captures the key developments within the cryptocurrency exchange market. The report includes analyses that relate to exchange volumes, crypto derivatives trading, market segmentation by fees, fiat trading, and more.

  • March 7, 2023

Report Summary

CryptoCompare’s Exchange Review aims to capture the key developments within the cryptocurrency exchange market, focusing on analyses related to exchange volumes, crypto derivatives trading, market segmentation by exchange fee models, crypto to crypto vs fiat to crypto volumes and more.

February Highlights

  • In February, total spot trading volumes increased 10.0% to $946bn, the second month of consecutive volume increases.
  • Top-Tier spot volumes increased 9.23% to $873bn, and Lower-Tier spot volumes increased 20.4% to $72.1bn. Despite the increase, trading volumes remain at historically low levels.
  • Binance’s spot market share across Top-Tier exchanges grew for the fourth consecutive month, increasing from 59.4% in January to 61.8% in February. This is an all-time high market share for the exchange.
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