Centralized Exchange Spot Volume Falls 9.7% in October 2026

Centralized exchanges handled $1.02 trillion in spot trades in October 2026, while derivatives took a larger share of combined trading as spot volume contracted more sharply.

Spot volume fell 9.7% from September, ending two consecutive monthly gains. The October figure was 60.6% below the same period last year.

Derivatives volume declined 1.7% to $3.87 trillion. Its share of combined centralized exchange trading rose to 79.1%, up from 77.6% in September, as spot trading fell more sharply.

On decentralized exchanges, spot volume dropped 20.7% to $213 billion, while futures volume gained 5.26% to $659 billion. Real-world asset perpetual volume grew 24.1% to $611 billion, with Binance accounting for 73.1% of that volume.

Coinbase moved its international perpetuals business to Deribit. Deribit volume reached $195 billion, up 490%. Gate’s spot share also climbed 0.56 percentage point to 4.86% in October, a gain amid the broader decline in centralized exchange spot trading.