•You encounter Binance, a leading cryptocurrency trading platform. A 5% decline in market share in 2023. However, despite challenges caused by regulatory events and the resignation of CEO Changpeng Zhao. The trading platform has managed to maintain its dominant position. While the cryptocurrency trading platform is witnessing intense competition from OKX and Bybit as they recorded an increase in their market share.
•Binance maintains first place despite a significant decline in market share. However, Binance is still the largest cryptocurrency trading platform in the world. It ended the year with a market share of about 50.4%. A decrease of 5.5% from 55.9% recorded at the beginning of the year. This drop in market share is due to the conclusion of Binance's no-fee trading promotion in March. According to the latest report by Token Insight, a prominent cryptocurrency research firm.
•Moreover, the subsequent legal audit. Including a 27-page lawsuit filed by the SEC in June. That could have made it worse. However, the report also highlighted Binance's resilience as its market position faced severe turmoil following CZ's departure. Its market share fell to 32%. But it stabilized quickly and gradually rose again to above 45% by the end of the year.
•On the other hand, OKX and Bybit have expanded their presence in the market. OKX and Bybit saw their market shares increase by 4.3% and 2.2%, respectively. OKX ranked second with a market share of 15.7%. While Bybit ranked third with a market share of 11.6%. Meanwhile, Binance maintained its position as the top trading platform with a 53.7% share in spot and derivatives trading.
•How have Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) and other competitors fared? The Token Insight report also confirmed Coinbase's improved performance in the market. Despite the slight decline in trading volume during the second and third quarters. Coinbase trading volume rebounded by the end of the year. Hence, trade volume exceeded its levels at the beginning of 2023.
•While Gate.io, another cryptocurrency trading platform, has emerged. With the listing of 362 new tokens in 2023. Bringing the total number of tokens listed to 1,871. This exceeded the number of tokens listed on other centralized trading platforms.
•In the derivatives market, the top 10 trading platforms saw a significant increase in open interest. The amount of open interest reached $35 billion by the end of 2023. This reflects a growth of 60% compared to the beginning of the year. Moreover, it led cryptocurrency trading platforms like Bitfinex. and Kraken, Deribit, and Bybit growth, each recording an increase of more than 100%.
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