Liquidity

Crypto OTC Volumes on Wintermute Soared 400% in 2023
The market maker said the uptick in over-the-counter trading was due to volumes moving off-exchange.

Arthur Hayes Foresees 30% Bitcoin Crash Amid 'Vicious Washout.' Here's Why
Markets may relive last year's U.S. banking crisis as a crucial funding program is set to expire, Hayes said.

Fresh Money Flows to Crypto as Stablecoin Market Expands After 18-Month Downtrend
Tether's USDT added $7 billion to its market cap since September, a sign of capital entering the crypto market, Matrixport noted.

Trading Crypto on Binance Becomes Challenging as Order Book Liquidity Tanks 25%
Order book liquidity refers to the capacity to trade quickly at quoted prices.

Bitcoin Is Up 70% a Year After FTX Debacle, but 'Alameda Gap' in Liquidity Persists
The 'Alameda gap' refers to the worsening of order-book liquidity following the collapse of the FTX group a year ago.

Bitcoin Cash Sees Biggest Liquidity Jump in Q3, Bitcoin and Ether Lag: Kaiko
Liquidity refers to market's ability to absorb large orders at stable prices.

Crypto Liquidity Heavily Concentrated on Handful of Exchanges: Kaiko Data
Liquidity, as measured by trade volume and market depth, appears to be heavily concentrated on just a handful of platforms, according to Kaiko data. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

Uniswap Liquidity Signals ETH Optimism
Decentralized exchange Uniswap says that when we look at the distribution of liquidity across different price ranges in the Uniswap pool, liquidity providers (LPs) are currently supplying the most liquidity above ether (ETH)'s current price tick. This could mean Uniswap LPs are expressing an expectation of optimism and market upside for ETH on the whole. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

Synthetix Posts 12.5% Gain Amid Binance Outflows, Bucks Bearish Bitcoin Trend
One newly-created wallet withdrew $7.7 million of SNX and $3.9 million of LPT to prompt the tokens to surge.

Binance Is Contacting Low-Cap Crypto Projects in Bid to Boost Trading
The crypto exchange is conducting a "risk management initiative" targeting some crypto projects with a relatively small market capitalization or whose tokens form lower-liquidity trading pairs.
