In the third quarter of 2025, the cryptocurrency exchange Binance maintained its leadership among centralized platforms (CEX) in terms of net inflow of funds from users, receiving $14.8 billion. This is 158 times greater than the combined figures of the next ten largest cryptocurrency exchanges, whose net inflow amounted to only $94 million.
This is reported by Business • Media
“The inflow of funds to Binance was approximately 158 times larger than the total of the ten closest competitors combined — a fact that underscores the exchange’s dominance as the primary point of new capital influx in the market, representatives of the crypto service emphasized.”
Key Factors Behind Binance’s Leadership
Analysts identified several key factors that have ensured Binance’s dominance in the market:
- Scale of Operations: Binance serves over 290 million users in 180 countries worldwide. Over eight years, trading on the platform has exceeded $125 trillion. The share of stablecoins on the exchange’s balance exceeds $31 billion (in USDT and USDC), providing significant liquidity advantages.
- Regulatory Compliance: Binance holds 22 regulatory licenses and certifications, as well as a large compliance team (22% of staff, over 1,280 specialists). The platform employs a 24/7 market monitoring system, which enhances trust among institutional and retail clients.
- User Protection: The exchange supports a SAFU fund with reserves exceeding $1 billion for customer security. Over the past 2.5 years, Binance has helped prevent fraudulent transactions totaling over $10 billion and facilitated the recovery of stolen assets worth $230 million since 2022.
- Innovation and New Products: Binance Alpha programs and Web3 tools provide users with early access to promising projects. Since launch, there have been 152 Alpha listings, with daily trading volume in this segment reaching $3.8 billion, and over $6.7 billion in value distributed through airdrops.
- Liquidity and Accessibility: The platform offers over 500 coins and 1,500 trading pairs. The order matching system processes up to 1.4 million transactions per second. The Earn and Binance Pay services demonstrate accumulated benefits of $5 billion and $230 billion in transactions, respectively.
- BNB Reward System: From January 2024 to September 2025, holding 1 BNB provided users with over $200 in additional rewards through various programs, contributing to customer retention and attraction.
User Trust and Market Trends
In a press release, Binance emphasized that the high volumes of capital inflow indicate not only short-term activity but also sustained trust from both retail and institutional investors. Analysts note that significant accumulations of stablecoins on the exchange are an indicator of market participants’ readiness to respond promptly to volatility, particularly for entering positions during corrections.
In contrast to Binance, other major centralized cryptocurrency exchanges showed zero or even negative net inflows in the third quarter of 2025, indicating a significant asymmetry in capital redistribution in the market.