Crypto trading volumes down 48%, but Binance still dominates – Report
The continuing crypto rout has slashed total buying and selling exercise by practically half for the reason that October 2025 crash.
In line with CryptoQuant, complete crypto buying and selling quantity throughout centralized exchanges (CEXes) has declined by 48% to $4.3 trillion in March 2026.
Notably, the October crash marked the native peak of exercise at about $8.2 trillion, with CryptoQuant noting that the downtrend was ‘clear market cooling’ after the 2024 cycle peak.
It’s at its lowest stage since October 2024, indicating a transparent cooling in market participation after the prior cycle’s peak.
Curiously, perpetual buying and selling has dominated CEX buying and selling. Perpetuals (generally referred to as perps) permit merchants to commerce with leverage to amplify potential positive aspects with no expiries like Choice contracts.
As of March, perps accounted for $3.5 trillion of CEX buying and selling exercise. In distinction, Spot exercise solely drove $0.8 trillion, implying perps have been over 4x greater than Spot volumes.
In the meantime, the perp volumes have additionally seen a sharp decline for the previous 5 consecutive months. This was not stunning, although, as speculative curiosity has dropped through the crypto winter.
Binance’s share drops by 5%, however it nonetheless leads
From a platform perspective, Binance has maintained its business lead regardless of mounting competitors.
CryptoQuant famous that Binance led the market in cumulative Spot buying and selling volumes with a 32% market share.
Binance complete Spot buying and selling quantity thus far in 2026 is nearly $1 trillion, in comparison with $263 billion of MEXC, and $206 billion for Bybit.
Bybit and HTX practically tied in market share at 7%, whereas Coinbase ranked fifth at 6.6% in market dominance.
Regardless of its sturdy dominance, Binance’s broader Spot market share slipped from final October’s 37.5% to the present studying of 32%—a 5% drop amid intensified crypto winter and growing competitors from rival platforms.
Even so, Binance’s share of derivatives buying and selling remained unchanged at 40%. In line with a separate report by CoinGlass, Binance has maintained its lead within the futures markets due to its deep liquidity.
Total, the broader sector might be removed from fronting a powerful restoration regardless of BTC hovering close to $70K. With geopolitical tensions extending into Q2, it stays to be seen whether or not the sector will reverse the continued downtrend.
Remaining Abstract
- Binance’s market share has dropped by 5% since October, however it nonetheless retained its lead within the Spot crypto buying and selling exercise.
- Perps has overtaken Spot buying and selling exercise by greater than 4 occasions, underscoring sturdy speculative curiosity in leveraged buying and selling.
