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Centralized exchange Binance was responsible for $3.8 trillion in spot trading volume, with 52.6% dominance over the centralized exchange market in 2023, according to a Jan. 30 report by CoinGecko. The year-on-year growth in market share got close to 4%.
On December 2023, Binance registered over $427 billion in spot trading volume and managed to recover almost 3% of its monthly market share. Analyzing the month-by-month period, the exchange showed an increase of 37.5% in trading volume, reaching 43.7% dominance in 2023’s last month.
Binance secured good momentum despite the regulatory turbulences experienced by the company last year. The exchange found itself at the center of a landmark settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), agreeing to a $4.3 billion fine to resolve allegations of financial misconduct.
This period also saw Changpeng Zhao (CZ), one of the most influential figures in crypto, stepping down from his role as the company CEO.
Upbit took its chance to also raise its market share in 2023, boasting a spot trading volume of $687 billion in 2023 and a 2.2% year-on-year growth in dominance. Last year’s Q4 was particularly fruitful for Upbit, which saw its trading volume surge by 93.5% quarter-over-quarter to $238.2 billion.
A significant driver of Upbit’s success, according to CoinGecko’s report, can be attributed to the ‘Kimchi Premium’, a phenomenon rooted in the high local demand for cryptocurrencies in South Korea, leading to higher prices on the exchange.
OKX rounded out the top three, capturing 6.7% market share with $485.9 billion in trading volume throughout 2023, and also reporting a 1% rise in its market dominance. The final quarter was especially notable for OKX, marking a 152% increase in trading volume quarter-over-quarter to $177.9 billion.
The exchange showed a consistent upward trajectory in market share, starting the year at 5.1% and closing at 8.9%. Despite being momentarily overtaken by HTX in the third quarter, OKX managed not only to reclaim its position but also to outperform HTX’s growth.
The final quarter of 2023 also highlighted MEXC as the most significant gainer among the top 10 centralized exchanges, with a growth rate of 204%, translating to over $90 billion in trading volume. Bybit and KuCoin followed closely, with growth rates of 162% and 161%, respectively.
KuCoin, in particular, made a notable comeback, securing the ninth position at the end of December with a 3.3% market share, after briefly dropping out of the top 10 in the third quarter.