July Exchange Rankings: Spot Market Down 35%, Derivatives Trading Shows Resilience

In July 2026, the spot trading volume of mainstream CEXs decreased by 35.51% compared to June 2026, while the perpetual futures trading volume decreased by 19.59%. The spot trading decline was significantly greater than that of futures, indicating an overall market cooldown. However, the demand for leveraged trading showed relative resilience.

In July, the website traffic of mainstream CEXs increased by 3.00% compared to June 2026, but the website download volume decreased by 2.09%. User engagement did not translate into synchronous trading activity, signaling a predominant market observant sentiment.

In July, the perpetual futures trading volume of mainstream Perp DEX decreased by 26.88% compared to June 2026, with a 10.57% decrease in website traffic.

Note: Some data may suffer from severe wash trading / bot activities. Spot and derivative data sourced from Coingecko; traffic data sourced from Similarweb; download data sourced from DotDot platform.

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