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For Altcoin Whales Trading May be Easier on Bitget Than Binance, CoinGecko Research Finds

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Crypto whales looking to trade large orders in Solana’s SOL SOL, dogecoin DOGE and XRP XRP might want to consider new research by Coingecko, which shows Bitget as the industry leader in altcoin liquidity, outpacing Binance.

«CEX [centralized exchange] liquidity for the top 5 major crypto assets is generally healthy across various market depths, with Binance offering the most liquidity for BTC, while Bitget is the most liquid platform for altcoins within the 0.3%-0.5% interval,» Coingecko’s research said.

The firm researched global order books for the top five coins, bitcoin BTC, ether ETH, SOL, XRP and DOGE, over the 61 days from March 19 to May 18.

Liquidity reflects the depth and size of buy and sell orders at different prices, representing the ease of trading large orders without causing significant price changes.

The standard measure of liquidity is market depth, which refers to the collection of buy and sell orders at different price ranges (e.g., within 0.3%-0.6 %, 1%, 5%, or 10%).

A tight liquidity closer to the going market rate indicates lower slippage for traders. Slippage refers to the difference between the price at which a trade is expected to be executed and the actual price at which it is executed.

Bitget’s leadership stems from its infrastructure, Gracy Chen, CEO of Bitget, said in an email responding to the research.

“Altcoin liquidity is a measurement for market depth, and this ranking shows how far Bitget has come. Today, institutions drive 80% of our spot volume, futures activity from professional firms has doubled, and 80% of top quant funds trade on Bitget. Liquidity is infrastructure — and we’re building it where the market needs it most,» Chen said in an announcement shared with CoinDesk.

In XRP’s case, Bitget was dominant at the 0.3% (with a variance of $0.006) depth range, with Binance and Coinbase catching up at the 1% (with a variance of $0.006) depth level.

A similar pattern was observed in SOL, where Bitget led major exchanges with a 32% share of liquidity at the 0.6% range, only to lose ground to Binance at the wider 2% level. Bitget was also the leader at small intervals in ETH and DOGE.

However, for Bitcoin, Binance was the leader at all levels of market depth, with $8 million on both sides at a spread of $100 from the market price.

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Coinbase Outpaces S&P 500 With 43% June Rise as Stablecoin Narrative Grows: CNBC

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Shares of Nasdaq-listed cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) rose 43% this month, making the firm the top performer in the S&P 500 since it joined the index at the end of last month.

June’s run is already the stock’s best since November and caps three straight monthly gains. Coinbase’s shares reached their highest level since their public debut.

COIN hit a $382 high this week before enduring a slight correction, ending the week at $353 and seeing a slight 0.7% drop in after-hours trading to $351.

The wider S&P 500 index rose roughly 5% in June as geopolitical tensions eased.

Washington’s progress on the GENIUS Act, Congress’s first rulebook for dollar-pegged stablecoins, helped shift investor focus from trading fees to stablecoin revenue.

The bill brightened the outlook for Circle, whose shares hit a record high and saw its market cap near that of Coinbase this week.

Coinbase keeps all yield on USDC balances held on its platform and nearly half of other USDC income, equal to about 99 percent of Circle’s revenue, giving shareholders indirect exposure at no added cost, CNBC reported Friday, citing analysts including Citizens’ head of financial technology research Devin Ryan.

Trading, however, remains subdued. Average daily volume on Coinbase has drifted lower since April.

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Robinhood Launches Micro Bitcoin, Solana and XRP Futures Contracts

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Robinhood (HOOD) has introduced micro futures on bitcoin (BTC), solana (SOL) and XRP in the United States., expanding its existing crypto futures offering for its nearly 26 million funded accounts.

Micro contracts need far less collateral than full-size futures, letting traders take directional positions while committing a smaller slice of capital.

The contracts offer traders more flexibility to bet on a cryptocurrency’s future price direction or hedge current positions given their smaller size.

The launch rounds out a futures suite that began with BTC and ETH in January. It also comes weeks after the firm closed its $200 million purchase of Bitstamp and finalized a $179 million deal for Canada’s WonderFi.

Robinhood’s data shows that crypto notional volumes have exploded upward over time, reaching $11.7 billion in May. The figure marks a 36% rise month-over-month, and a 65% growth year-over-year.

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Why is XRP Up Today? Trio of Catalysts Sees Token Outperform Wider Crypto Market

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XRP climbed 5.5% to $2.19 in the last 24 hours after a trio of catalysts converged to help the cryptocurrency outperform the wider cryptocurrency market.

One of the catalysts was launch of XRP micro futures on Robinhood. The contracts offer traders more flexibility to bet on the cryptocurrency’s future price direction or hedge current positions given their smaller size.

Regulatory fog also thinned. On Friday, Ripple withdrew its cross-appeal in its long-running U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit. The SEC sued Ripple back in 2020 over its XRP sales, alleging these violated securities laws. The SEC is expected to drop its own appeal, leaving last year’s ruling, ordering Ripple to pay a $125 million civil penalty to the SEC, intact. The move could lift a lid that had kept some investors on the sidelines.

On-chain data rounded out the bullish setup. The XRP Ledger logged over a 1.1 million active addresses over the past week according to crypto analyst Ali Martinez, who cited Glassnode data.

XRP’s rise saw it outperform the wider crypto market, with the broader CoinDesk 20 (CD20) index rising 1.7% in the last 24 hours.

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