Wu Says learned that GSR research head Frank Chaparro said that cryptocurrency spot trading volumes have continued to stay at low levels. Data shows that the 7-day moving average of daily spot trading volume on centralized exchanges has fallen to about $21.4 billion, down nearly 80% from the peak of roughly $104.3 billion in October 2025. Charts show that spot transaction volumes have generally fluctuated downward since the fourth quarter of last year; although they briefly rebounded at the start and middle of 2026, they failed to reverse the ongoing contraction trend.

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ObvStream
· 12h ago
That spike at the end of 2025 looked like a fleeting flash in hindsight; in 2026, it struggled twice and still couldn’t hold up. Market sentiment is even harder to predict than the weather.
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StableDebtHunter
· 15h ago
With trade volume dropping this much, it feels like exchanges are starting to “retire” early.
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AllInAvoider
· 16h ago
Data is data, but every time this happens I think of that old saying: others are fearful and I’m greedy—though now entering the market might bury you even deeper.
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VolGambler
· 16h ago
There’s no volume in the spot market, so the futures side should be dead too, right? Everyone doesn’t want to hold coins—they only dare to keep entering and exiting quickly.
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BondRebel
· 16h ago
The seven-day moving average has fallen from 100 billion to 200 billion—at this rate of liquidity drying up in the crypto market, even market makers have started to cry poor.
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Counterparty
· 16h ago
What does it mean when GSR’s research director posts this—are they implying that institutions should take advantage and buy the dip, or are they warning retail investors to keep waiting?
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