{"id":79584,"date":"2023-06-01T12:20:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T09:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=79584"},"modified":"2025-09-11T11:52:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T08:52:52","slug":"activity-on-cryptocurrency-exchanges-falls-to-the-lowest-since-october-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/activity-on-cryptocurrency-exchanges-falls-to-the-lowest-since-october-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Activity on cryptocurrency exchanges falls to the lowest since October 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trading volumes on centralized cryptocurrency exchanges in May fell to the lowest since October 2020, around $424 billion. The data is from<a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.theblock.co\/post\/232689\/crypto-exchange-volumes-plummet-to-lowest-monthly-level-since-2020\\\"> The Block<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-full\\\"><img decoding=\\\"async\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-350.webp\\\" alt=\\\"image-350\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-208241\\\"\/><figcaption>Data: The Block.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For comparison, a year earlier this figure stood at $1.4 trillion, two years ago at $4.25 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>The publication attributes the trend to the departure of large market makers from the market and investors&#8217; reorientation toward<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-is-a-decentralised-exchange-dex\"> DEX<\/a>. An additional factor was the narrowing of the range of price fluctuations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\">\n<p><em>\u201cVolatility tends to decline during a correction after reaching<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-price-breaks-through-30-000\"><em> annual maximum<\/em><\/a><em> in March. We consider the average daily ranges for Bitcoin and Ethereum at $818 and $57 respectively,\u201d<\/em> \u2014 said the analysts at LMAX.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\\\"wp-block-image\\\">\n<figure class=\\\"aligncenter size-full\\\"><img decoding=\\\"async\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-348.webp\\\" alt=\\\"image-348\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-208237\\\"\/><figcaption>Data: The Block.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Earlier this week, the media reported<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/media-reports-of-binance-layoffs\"> layoffs at Binance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Previously ForkLog drew attention to the rise in the share of trading volume on DEX relative to <span data-descr=\\\"centralized platforms\\\" class=\\\"old_tooltip\\\">CEX<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/cex-trading-volumes-dip-as-meme-token-mania-grows\"> to a record 22%<\/a>. This occurred amid the popularity of meme cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p>In May, Ethereum&#8217;s share of the total supply on centralized platforms<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/ethereum-on-exchange-balances-near-record-lows\"> fell<\/a> to a July 2016 low of 14.85%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trading volumes on centralized cryptocurrency exchanges in May fell to the lowest level since October 2020, around $424 billion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1166,787,1145],"class_list":["post-79584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-centralized-exchanges-cex","tag-dex","tag-market-analysis"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"15","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79584"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79586,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79584\/revisions\/79586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}