2025 Trading Platform Rankings: CEX Spot Trading Volume Sees Slight Increase, Binance Maintains Absolute Dominance
In 2025, the cryptocurrency market saw a reshuffle in its competitive landscape. Spot trading volume on centralized exchanges (CEXs) increased slightly by 3.6% year-over-year, while derivatives trading volume rose more significantly by 27%, with HTX and Kucoin each growing over 60%.
Binance maintained its dominant position as the industry leader, with a spot trading volume of approximately $7.3 trillion and a derivatives trading volume exceeding $27 trillion—nearly equivalent to the combined total of the second to fourth-ranked exchanges. Derivatives trading continued to outpace spot trading as the core business of CEXs.
However, user engagement metrics such as app downloads and web traffic did not fully align with trading volumes. Overall, app downloads for major CEXs declined by 35.47% year-over-year. Despite this, Binance led in both app downloads (around 50.52 million) and web traffic (over 600 million visits), reflecting its broad global user base. Coinbase, though lower in trading volume, ranked second in both app downloads and web visits, indicating strong influence in regulated markets and among new users.
In the Perp DEX sector, trading activity and user traffic showed asymmetry. Hyperliquid led in perpetual contract trading volume (close to $3 trillion) but had relatively low web traffic, suggesting a user base dominated by high-frequency and professional traders. While Perp DEX user numbers remain smaller than those of CEXs, they saw significant growth compared to the previous year.
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