Where Is Crypto Trading Concentrated?

See which markets take the trading, what remains without the leader, and how current buying and selling depth compares.

24-hour trading through 2026-10-10T06:54:29 UTC. One venue: Binance spot. Values are USDT, not US dollars. Current books were captured separately. Each market has its own rolling 24-hour window, ending between 10 Oct 2026 06:49:32 UTC and 10 Oct 2026 06:54:29 UTC.

Where each 100 USDT of trading went

USDC 45.9%

BTC 13.4%

ETH 5.3%

SOL 2.4%

NEAR 1.9%

All remaining markets 31.1%

Fixed shares. Motion traces the distribution; it is not a live feed.

6.70bn USDTTrading in 24 hours

Gross turnover, not new money.

500Markets in the comparison

USDT-quoted spot pairs with current trades.

45.9%Largest market: USDC

Share of the same tracked total.

64.6%Top three markets

How much the headline depends on a few.

75.4%Top ten markets

The rest share the remaining trading.

8Markets above 1% each

A count of meaningful shares, not users.

21.20mReported trades

Repeated trades can reuse the same capital.

316.28 USDTAverage turnover per trade

Weighted across all covered markets.

A few markets can carry the whole reading.

USDC takes 45.91% of tracked turnover. The three largest markets together take 64.62%. A busy headline need not mean broad activity.

Bars use the full 0–100% scale. Each share has the same denominator: all 500 covered USDT spot markets.

Charlie’s view. 8 markets each clear a 1% share. Read that breadth alongside the top-three share: the count shows how many markets matter, while the share shows how heavily activity leans on the leaders.

Remove the obvious driver.

Trading can be concentrated in a major coin or in a dollar-linked pair. Those are different stories. Neither is proof of new demand.

Without USDC

3.63bn USDT

54.09% of the original trading total remains. This removes the largest market, without changing the time window.

Without identified dollar-linked and euro pairs

3.46bn USDT

Those identified pairs account for 48.42% of tracked turnover. Their trading is included in the headline, not silently removed.

The exclusions overlap when the leading market is in the identified group. They are separate tests and must not be added together.

Does busy mean easy to trade?

Not necessarily. Recent turnover has already traded. The book shows orders waiting now, and those orders can disappear. Compare like-sized trades, not just the loudest market.

BNB / USDT

747.8450 USDT

Midpoint between the best buying and selling prices. It is a reference price, not an executable quote.

Book observed 2026-10-10T06:54:30 UTC.

0.134 bpBuyer–seller price gapOne basis point is 0.01%.
630.71k USDTBuying orders within 0.25%Full captured band.
1.05m USDTSelling orders within 0.25%Full captured band.
0.412 bp100k USDT buying costAbove the midpoint; before fees.

Buying and selling depth covers prices within 0.25% of each book’s midpoint. These are current snapshots, not liquidity growth.

Same size. Different friction.

A 100,000 USDT buy is walked through the displayed selling orders. For the sale, the token quantity is worth 100,000 USDT at the midpoint. Lower costs mean less movement from that reference price.

BNB
Buy
0.412 bp
Sell
2.562 bp
BTC
Buy
0.001 bp
Sell
0.426 bp
ETH
Buy
0.020 bp
Sell
0.170 bp
SOL
Buy
2.465 bp
Sell
1.316 bp

Buy: cost above midpoint. Sell: cost below midpoint. Basis points; 1 bp = 0.01%. Each side uses the same displayed book for that asset. No fees, hidden orders or market response are included.

Charlie’s view. High turnover and low execution cost answer different questions. A busy market may still have little size close to its current price. This snapshot checks that distinction; it cannot tell us whether depth has improved.

Look past the market total.

Turnover per trade helps distinguish many smaller executions from fewer larger ones. It is an average, not the size of a typical trader, and does not identify new money.

25 largest covered markets · rolling 24-hour windows; latest end 10 Oct 2026 06:54:29 UTC
MarketTrading USDTShareTradesUSDT / trade
USDCUSDT3.08bn45.91%541,7305.68k
BTCUSDT895.98m13.36%1,733,718516.80
ETHUSDT358.52m5.35%1,839,401194.91
SOLUSDT161.92m2.41%477,839338.86
NEARUSDT126.70m1.89%536,382236.21
ZECUSDT111.63m1.66%303,507367.78
USD1USDT107.18m1.60%222,948480.75
XRPUSDT105.66m1.58%373,762282.68
MAGICUSDT55.15m0.82%507,062108.76
BNBUSDT55.08m0.82%367,268149.96
SUIUSDT49.75m0.74%366,010135.92
UNIUSDT44.52m0.66%200,095222.47
STRKUSDT44.13m0.66%549,78780.26
RLCUSDT42.16m0.63%457,67592.11
KAIAUSDT39.84m0.59%304,019131.05
ADAUSDT38.87m0.58%159,652243.44
DOGEUSDT37.98m0.57%232,277163.51
WLDUSDT35.26m0.53%240,593146.55
RLUSDUSDT30.61m0.46%4,4156.93k
ENAUSDT30.49m0.45%187,824162.36
AVAXUSDT30.01m0.45%197,498151.93
XAUTUSDT27.08m0.40%47,479570.30
ATOMUSDT26.09m0.39%168,538154.78
ONDOUSDT24.32m0.36%114,459212.49
TRXUSDT23.63m0.35%52,366451.25

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This is market activity on one venue, not a measure of exchange reserves, solvency or the whole crypto market. Resting orders can be cancelled; simulated fills are not guaranteed. Saved edition: 2026-10-10T06:54:30 UTC.

Research by for Charlie Quant Lab · Updated