Uniswap V3 liquidity grew 208% in Q1 as Coinbase and Binance noticed declines: CCData report

• Uniswap V3 recorded a 208% leap in liquidity in Q1.
• Coinbase and Binance noticed declines of – 6.35% and -13.4% respectively amid regulatory pressures.
• The depeg of USDC and collapse of Silicon Valley Financial institution additionally highlighted the strain occasions within the quarter.

Uniswap, the most important decentralised alternate (DEX) platform, recorded a big enhance in liquidity in the course of the first three months of 2023, in comparison with main centralised alternate (CEX) platforms Binance and Coinbase.

Different insights from a brand new market report embody Bitcoin dominance rising to above 45%, Ethereum persevering with its dominance within the DeFi house and Tether (USDT) accounting for over 60% of stablecoin transactions within the quarter.

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✔️ $BTC‘s market dominance rises to 45.2%, highest since April 2021

✔️ $ETH dominates DeFi, TVL rises 52% to $76.8bn, market share will increase to 72%

✔️ Centralised alternate…

— CCData (@CCData_io) April 14, 2023

CCData: impression of regulatory pressures on liquidity

The market outlook report by CCData highlights how market liquidity suffered from regulatory strain in Q1, with the impression being on lowered liquidity for the world’s largest CEX platforms.

The primary quarter was suffering from varied enforcement actions, lawsuits and settlements involving crypto exchanges. Coinbase reached a $100 million settlement with the NYDFS in February earlier than receiving a Wells Discover from the SEC in March, whereas Binance was sued by the CFTC in March.

Different landmark regulatory strain occasions within the quarter concerned Gemini, Kraken, KuCoin and CoinEx, and additional market uncertainty because the stablecoin USDC briefly depegged sucking liquidity from centralised exchanges.

Unswap V3 noticed a 208% leap in liquidity as CEX platforms registered declines

Evaluating ETH liquidity on Uniswap to that of Binance and Coinbase in the course of the quarter as an example, exhibits Uniswap V3’s liquidity elevated considerably. CCData, of their 2023 Quarter 2 Outlook Report, discovered that Uniswap V3 recorded a formidable 208% surge in liquidity.

In the meantime, Coinbase and Binance registered declines of – 6.35% and -13.4% respectively. In keeping with CCData, the enhance in liquidity for the DEX platform could be attributed to prevailing market circumstances that noticed members attempt to capitalise on USDC’s depeg by pushing liquidity into swimming pools just like the ETH-USDC.

On-chain information exhibits a noteworthy drop within the 1% market depth for the highest buying and selling pairs BTC-USD and BTC-USDT. Liquidity declined to its lowest degree for USD and USDT on 26 March because the impression of the collapse of Silvergate Financial institution, Signature Financial institution and Silicon Valley Financial institution (SVB) hit the crypto business.

CCData researchers additionally word that low liquidity and buying and selling volumes had a noticeable impression on centralised alternate reserves. Uncertainty noticed alternate reserves fall to the bottom degree since 2020, earlier than seeing a slight enchancment in March, in line with the report.