<p>According
to CryptoCompare’s latest report comparing <a href=”https://www.financemagnates.com/terms/c/cryptocurrency-exchange/” class=”terms__main-term” id=”601e2e5f-0c28-4253-9ad4-5e6b251ba2fa” target=”_blank”>cryptocurrency exchange</a> activity in
February 2023, Binance confirmed its dominant role by achieving record market
share in the spot and derivatives markets. Binance’s popularity grew despite
declining volumes at other major exchange offerings and the US legal issues
with the BUSD stablecoin.</p><p>Binance Crypto Exchange with
Record-Breaking Market Share</p><p>CryptoCompare
revealed on Wednesday that Binance’s spot market share across the most popular
crypto trading platforms increased for a fourth month in a row, from 59.4% reported
in January to 61.8% last month. In the said period, Binance saw a substantial
increase in its trading volumes in spot and derivatives markets. The spot
transaction’s turnover increased by 13.7%, reaching $540 billion.</p><p>”The
increase was a surprising divergence from the performance of other exchanges,
with Coinbase, Bitfinex, and Bitstamp all seeing a decline in volumes.
Similarly, Binance’s market share across derivative exchange also grew to
62.9%, its highest-ever recorded monthly market share,” <a href=”https://www.financemagnates.com/tag/cryptocompare/” target=”_blank” rel=”follow”>CryptoCompare’s
</a>report commented.
</p><p>In
February, total spot trading volumes increased 10% to $946 billion, which is the
second month of consecutive volume increases. Top-Tier spot volumes increased
9.23% to $873 billion, and Lower-Tier spot volumes increased 20.4% to $72.1
billion. Despite the increase, trading volumes remain at historically low
levels. By comparison, two years ago, the value of monthly volume came in at $3
trillion.</p><p>BUSD Has No Impact on Binance
Performance</p><p>Two weeks
ago The Wall Street Journal reported that the cryptocurrency firm, Paxos is
facing a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit <a href=”https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/binance-talks-about-compliance-gaps-and-expects-to-pay-penalties/” target=”_blank” rel=”follow”>over violations</a> of
user protection regulations regarding the issuance of Binance’s <a href=”https://www.financemagnates.com/terms/s/stablecoin/” class=”terms__secondary-term” id=”e84b040e-4d12-499b-99bf-8ba75ea058ca” target=”_blank”>stablecoin</a> dubbed
BUSD. </p><p>The company <a href=”https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/paxos-stops-busd-mint-after-sec-action-binances-cz-calms-funds-are-safe/” target=”_blank” rel=”follow”>decided to halt mint of new BUSD tokens</a>, and the cryptocurrency exchange’s Chief
Executive, Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao, calmed clients by saying that the funds were
safe. However, the information caused a market panic and resulted in a collapse
of BUSD’s market capitalization. </p><p>With new
tokens not being minted and holders of existing tokens exchanging them for
traditional dollars or other stablecoins, the total market capitalization of
the BUSD in February slipped from $15.6 billion to $10.6 billion, which is down 32.6%. </p><p>”However,
volumes have not reacted in a similar fashion, with BUSD remaining the second
most used stablecoin/fiat option across all centralized crypto exchanges,”
CryptoCompare report added.</p><p>BUSD
trading volumes in February slid only 2.43% to $176 billion, which is far less than
expected after the regulatory pressure that US institutions have begun to exert
on cryptocurrency exchanges.</p><p>In the
meantime, Binance took a renewed step towards obtaining a license to offer its <a href=”https://www.financemagnates.com/cryptocurrency/binances-ceffu-looks-for-corporate-crypto-licsense-in-singapore/” target=”_blank” rel=”follow”>digital asset services in Singapore</a>. However, it wants to focus on corporate,
not retail, clients this time. The company plans to leverage its custody
division to shift its focus from retail customers to corporate clients. This
move comes after the exchange’s retail operations in the country were suspended
last year under pressure from local regulators</p>
This article was written by Damian Chmiel at www.financemagnates.com.
