In October 2025, the global cryptocurrency market saw a significant increase in spot trading. The total trading volume on leading cryptocurrency exchanges rose by 36% compared to the previous month, reaching $2.36 trillion.
This is reported by Business • Media
Leaders and Laggards Among Cryptocurrency Exchanges
The platform KuCoin demonstrated the highest growth in spot trading volume, with an increase of 240%. Bitfinex (+67%) and Gate (+45%) also achieved strong results. However, not all exchanges managed to maintain positive dynamics: Upbit recorded a 1% decrease in its volume, while Bitget and Bybit showed moderate growth of 16% and 22% respectively.
“In October 2025, activity on cryptocurrency exchanges noticeably increased. According to Wu Blockchain, the total spot trading volume on leading platforms rose by 36% compared to September, amounting to $2.36 trillion.”
Dynamics of Derivatives and Traffic Changes
The derivatives segment of the crypto market also showed positive results: the trading volume of derivatives increased by 27%, reaching $8.3 trillion. KuCoin once again emerged as the leader with a growth of 185%. Significant growth was also noted on Deribit (+66%) and Crypto.com (+41%). Meanwhile, Bitget (-2%), Gate (+21%), and Binance (+26%) showed more modest results.
Additionally, user activity on the platforms increased in October: the total traffic on cryptocurrency exchange websites rose by 5%. The highest growth was recorded by Gate (+22%), Bitfinex (+18%), and Upbit (+17%). At the same time, the most significant decline in traffic was observed at HTX (-32%), BitMart (-16%), and MEXC (-9%).
Furthermore, Bitcoin spot trading on Binance reached $174 billion in October.