Nearly 1 in 5 crypto spot trades now happen on DEXs as centralized exchange volume collapses

Centralized crypto exchanges lost 31.2% of their spot crypto trading volume in July, falling to $727 billion and marking the lowest monthly total since October 2023. Decentralized exchanges also lost volume, but only 9.82%, settling at $176 billion.That gap pushed DEXs to a record 19.5% share of combined spot volume.Venue typeJuly spot volumeMonthly changeWhat the number showsCentralized exchanges$727B-31.2%CEX spot activity collapsed to the weakest level since Oct. 2023Decentralized exchanges$176B-9.82%DEXs also fell, but proved more resilientDEX share of combined spot19.5%Record highShare rose because the denominator shifted, not because DEX volume surgedWhere the CEX collapse concentratedBlockBeats' July crypto trading-platform ranking shows spot volume on major CEXs fell 35.5% month over month, while perpetual futures volume fell a smaller 19.6%.The gap suggests spot was the weakest part of centralized crypto trading, while demand for leveraged trading proved relatively more resilient. The same dataset showed major CEX website traffic rose 3.0% even as app downloads slipped 2.1%, pointing to caution.Robinhood's app recorded $18 billion of crypto trading in the second quarter, d...