15 Facts & Stats about crypto in May 2023

This is the first edition of our random Facts and Statistics about crypto. We will cover anything that could give insight and general knowledge about crypto.

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This is the May 2023 edition, so the stats and facts are either as of the day of writing or referencing to the month of April.

Update May 6 2023: Added 1 more Facts making our list 16 Facts & Stats

World biggest crypto exchange for Spot trading (by volume)

Binance is sitting in 1st place for the crypto exchange with the most volume in the world for Spot trading.

Binance currently have more than 7x the volume of the 2nd biggest exchange. (Coinbase)

Binance is the biggest spot exchange in the world with more than 7 time the trading volume than its closest competitor

World biggest crypto exchange for Futures trading (by volume)

Binance is sitting in 1st place for the crypto exchange with the most volume in the world for Futures Trading.

Binance currently have more than 4x the volume of the 2nd biggest exchange. (Bybit)

World biggest decentralized crypto exchange (by volume)

dYdX is sitting in 1st place for the decentralized crypto exchange with the most volume in the world.

dYdX own more than 20% of market shares.

Very close 2nd is Uniswap v3 with only 0.6% difference in volume versus dYdX.

dYdX world biggest decentralized cryptocurrency exchange

World biggest Crypto Lending platform (by volume)

Aave is sitting in 1st place for the Crypto Lending Platform with the most volume in the world.

Total NFT value sold (USD)

Over 61 Billion USD worth of NFT has been sold up until May 2023.

Most Traded NFT (By volume)

The most traded NFT during the last 30D as of May 2023 is Terraform with 4.5 million ETH in Volume on Average.

ETH is currently 1900$ USD

World biggest DEFI coin (By Market Cap)

Avalanche (AVAX) is the world largest Defi coin by market cap as of May 2023

Coin worth the most on the BNB chain (By Market Cap)

Tether (USDT) is the coin with the largest market cap on the Binance Chain as of May 2023.

USDT currently has a market cap of over 82 Billion USDT on BNB chain alone.

Most used Stable Coin in the world (by Market Cap)

Tether (USDT) is the world most used Stable Coin.

Currently standing in 3rd positions in the overall Crypto Ranking. USDT is #1 coin be market cap. on the BNB Chain, Avalanche (AVAX), and Solana (SOL) networks.

Tether USDT is the most used stable coin in the world in May 2023

World biggest Bitcoin (BTC) mining pool

Looking at the last 6 months, Foundry USA is standing #1 in the amount of Block mined on the Bitcoin Blockchain.

Total Bitcoin (BTC) currently in circulation

There are currently 19,363,929 BTC circulating out of the 21 million that will ever exist.

Total Bitcoin (BTC) Market Cap

Bitcoin Market cap is currently 566,788,059,638$ USD. That is 566 Billion U.S Dollar

Unique Bitcoin (BTC) active. (avg. 30D)

During the last month, there’s been an average of over 680 millions daily active BTC wallets.

Bitcoin average transaction per day

During the last 30 days, the Bitcoin network had an average of over 378,000 transactions per day.

The amount of time Bitcoin (BTC) has been declared dead.

Bitcoin has been declared dead 474 times. And counting…

Bitcoin BTC declared dead counting

Amount of Halal cryptocurrencies

There are currently 265 sharia compliant (Halal) cryptocurrencies that Muslim can buy.

Quick Facts Overview

Here’s a quick resume of all the fact and stats about crypto that we just covered. If it can be helpful to you:

FactInformation
World’s biggest crypto exchange for Spot tradingBinance is in 1st place with the most volume
More than 7x the volume of the 2nd biggest exchange (Coinbase)
Binance has over 7 times the trading volume of its closest competitor
World’s biggest crypto exchange for Futures tradingBinance is in 1st place with the most volume
More than 4x the volume of the 2nd biggest exchange (Bybit)
World’s biggest decentralized crypto exchangedYdX is in 1st place with the most volume
dYdX owns over 20% of market shares
Very close 2nd is Uniswap v3 with only 0.6% difference in volume compared to dYdX
World’s biggest Crypto Lending platformAave is in 1st place with the most volume
Total NFT value sold (USD)Over $61 billion worth of NFTs sold
Most Traded NFT (By volume)Terraform with 4.5 million ETH in volume on average
Current ETH price$1,900 USD
World’s biggest DEFI coin (By Market Cap)Avalanche (AVAX) is the largest Defi coin by market cap
Coin with the largest market cap on the BNB chainTether (USDT) has the largest market cap on the Binance Chain
USDT has a market cap of over 82 billion USDT on BNB chain alone
Most used Stable Coin in the world (By Market Cap)Tether (USDT) is the most used Stable Coin
USDT is currently ranked 3rd in the overall Crypto Ranking
World’s biggest Bitcoin (BTC) mining poolFoundry USA is ranked 1st in blocks mined on the Bitcoin Blockchain in the last 6 months
Total Bitcoin (BTC) currently in circulation19,363,929 BTC out of 21 million in existence
Total Bitcoin (BTC) Market Cap$566,788,059,638 USD (566 Billion USD)
Unique Bitcoin (BTC) active (avg. 30D)Over 680 million daily active BTC wallets
Bitcoin average transactions per dayOver 378,000 transactions per day on average
Number of times Bitcoin (BTC) has been declared deadBitcoin has been declared dead 474 times and counting
Number of Halal cryptocurrenciesThere are currently 265 Sharia-compliant (Halal) cryptocurrencies available for Muslims to buy

Sources

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