March Exchange Rankings: Market Shrinks Overall, Spot Trading Volume Sees Rare Over 20% Decline
According to BlockBeats data:
In March 2026, the spot trading volume of mainstream CEXs decreased by 21.35% compared to February 2026, and the perpetual contract trading volume decreased by 6.14% compared to February 2026.
Among the top five overall ranked exchanges:
-Binance's spot trading volume decreased by 20.9% from February, and its futures trading volume decreased by 5.5% from February.
-OKX's spot trading volume decreased by 17.7% from February, and its futures trading volume decreased by 7.8% from February.
-Bybit's spot trading volume decreased by 16.4% from February, and its futures trading volume decreased by 12.7% from February.
-Bitget's spot trading volume decreased by 35.1% from February, and its futures trading volume decreased by 6.1% from February.
-Gate's spot trading volume decreased by 15.2% from February, and its futures trading volume decreased by 6.9% from February.

In March, the website traffic of mainstream CEXs decreased by 0.89% compared to February 2026, and the app downloads of mainstream CEXs increased by 5.53% compared to February 2026.

In March, the perpetual contract trading volume of mainstream Perp DEXs decreased by 9.35% compared to February 2026, and the website traffic increased by 26.58%.

Note: Some data may involve significant volume manipulation/bot activity. Spot and derivative data source: Coingecko; Traffic data source: Similarweb; Download data source: Dot platform.
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