Global liquidity radar: Exchanges add 498 BTC as Asia volume falls 16%, US drops 68%

Bitcoin balances across major exchanges recorded net inflows over the daily and weekly periods, while monthly outflows continued. Trading volume declined across all three regional sessions.

Exchange Bitcoin holdings totaled about 2.45 million BTC as of Oct. 18.

Net inflows reached 498 BTC over 24 hours and 7,992 BTC over the past week. By contrast, exchanges posted net outflows of 32,127 BTC over the past month, showing a divergence between short-term inflows and the broader trend.

Coinbase Pro held 837,726 BTC, the largest balance among major exchanges. It recorded net outflows of 678 BTC over 24 hours and 1,860 BTC over the past week.

Binance ranked second with 663,271 BTC. It posted a daily net outflow of 73 BTC but a weekly net inflow of 6,539 BTC.

Bitfinex held 427,606 BTC, the third-largest balance. It recorded a daily net inflow of 9 BTC and a weekly net outflow of 388 BTC.

Largest daily net inflows ▲OKX (905 BTC) ▲Kraken (265 BTC) ▲Gate (85 BTC) Largest daily net outflows ▲Coinbase Pro (–678 BTC) ▲Binance (–73 BTC) ▲Coinone (–20 BTC)

Binance BTCUSDT trading volume totaled $174.47 million during the Asian session, $209.16 million during the European session and $123.10 million during the US session on Oct. 17.

Compared with Oct. 16, when volume stood at $206.99 million in Asia, $968.12 million in Europe and $379.91 million in the US, Asian-session volume fell about 16%. European-session volume declined about 78%, while US-session volume dropped about 68%.

Europe led regional activity with $209.16 million in volume, followed by Asia and the US.

This article is based on market data and analysis and does not constitute investment advice.