DEX volumes pumped over 1,000% in Q3 before October saw the DeFi craze cool
Despite pullback, trading volumes on decentralized exchanges are still significantly higher than Q2. The trading volume on decentralized exchanges, or DEXs, reached $42.6 billion during Q3 2020, marking an increase of 1,132% on the previous quarter, according to a recent industry report from TokenInsight.However, October saw figures pull back a little from September highs, as Bitcoin (BTC) prices started to pump, re-capturing traders' attention following the previous few months' decentralized finance, or DeFi, boom.Volumes in July alone reached $5 billion, which was up one third on the....
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