Q3 Crypto Volumes up by $155 Billion as Defi Hype Drives DEX Growth by 197%
The latest data from Coingecko shows that the combined trading volumes of cryptocurrency exchanges went up by $155 billion between July and September, from $175.7 billion to $330.6 billion. The new total volume represents a 88% increase which Coingecko attributes to the decentralized finance (defi) hype and yield farming frenzy that peaked in August. In the report, Coingecko also observes that from the start of Q3, traded volumes on decentralized exchanges (dexs) grew much faster than those of centralized exchanges (cexs). For instance, in Q3, “the monthly average dex trading....
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