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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe six largest centralized exchanges now control over 60% of spot activity as overall market participation contracts.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
Crypto trading activity has fallen to its lowest level of 2026.<\/p>\n
This is according to data from Kaiko, which shows daily spot volumes across tracked exchanges dropping to around $15 billion last week.<\/p>\n
According to the Kaiko numbers shared<\/a> by The Kobeissi Letter, daily trading volumes across 44 spot crypto exchanges have dropped 70% from peak levels in January, with the average daily volume trend also falling 50% since December 2025 to about $20 billion. Furthermore, the six largest exchanges now account for more than 60% of total trading activity.<\/p>\n However, not everyone agrees that crypto liquidation is disappearing, with pseudonymous crypto researcher Emperor Osmo arguing<\/a> that the drop in trading volume on CEXs mostly reflects changing exchange dynamics.<\/p>\n Data from The Block shows decentralized exchange volume has been climbing all year relative to centralized platforms, going from a ratio near 20% in April to about 24% in July and above 46% so far in August, although the figures from this month are still incomplete.<\/p>\n \u201cCentralized exchanges are simply losing market share to DEXs,\u201d the analyst wrote.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Trader Jeff made a related point from a different angle, noting<\/a> that stablecoin volume and active addresses are both up from last month and that holders of tokenized real-world assets jumped 51% in 30 days to 1.57 million. \u201cThe traders left, but the users stayed,\u201d he wrote, with Wintermute head of OTC Jake O calling<\/a> the shakeout healthy and arguing that \u201cvolume consolidating on the stronger venues is a net positive for the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n That drop has come with major cryptocurrencies trading well below their highs. Bitcoin (BTC), for instance, is changing hands near<\/a> $64,000, up by about 2% in 24 hours but nearly 50% lower than its October 2025 all-time high. Ethereum (ETH) was trading close to $1,900, down 62% from its peak. XRP and Solana (SOL) are faring even worse, having dropped 70% and 75% from their ATHs, respectively.<\/p>\n Some critics have taken the decline as evidence of a longer-term move away from crypto, with AI becoming a stronger competitor for investor attention and capital. But other participants, including Korean trader Frontier Bet, believe<\/a> that regulatory development such as approval of the CLARITY Act could attract capital back into crypto markets.<\/p>\n The odds for the bill\u2019s approval have continued to drop, especially after the White House failed<\/a> to respond to a key counterproposal from Thom Tillis and Ruben Gallego, who are pushing for stronger ethics provisions.<\/p>\n\n
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