In December, the mainstream CEX spot trading volume decreased by 35% compared to the previous month, and the futures trading volume decreased by 26%.
BlockBeats News, January 9th. According to BlockBeats data, the spot ="/wiki/article/trading-volume-267">trading volume of mainstream CEXs in December 2025 decreased by 35% compared to November, with HTX (-16.48%), Bybit (-16.67%), and Bitget (-16.98%) experiencing relatively smaller volume drops. Kucoin (-39.85%), Binance (-40.85%), and Upbit (-43.75%) were significantly affected by the market downturn.
The perpetual contract trading volume decreased by 26% compared to November, with Bybit (-29.40%), Crypto.com (-29.93%), and Kucoin (-40.11%) being heavily impacted by the bearish market.
In addition, in December, the perpetual contract trading volume of mainstream Perp DEXs decreased by 30% compared to November, and website traffic decreased by 20%.
Detailed data has been published on the site in "December Trading Platform Rankings: CEX and DEX Simultaneously Weakened, On-chain Perpetual Contract Trading Volume Down 30%".
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