{"id":166848,"date":"2022-11-14T19:37:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T19:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=166848"},"modified":"2022-11-14T19:37:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T19:37:21","slug":"ethereum-daily-trading-volume-on-uniswap-up-80-amid-ftx-contagion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/ethereum\/ethereum-daily-trading-volume-on-uniswap-up-80-amid-ftx-contagion\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethereum Daily Trading Volume On Uniswap Up 80% Amid FTX Contagion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ethereum volumes for the ETH\/USDT pair on Binance rose some 9.49% at $1.1 billion, per Coingecko data. Dune Analytics also reported a 178% boom in weekly ETH volumes on DEXs like Uniswap and Curve Finance. ETH traded around $1,200 on Monday, data pulled from TradingView showed. <\/p>\n
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Ethereum users and crypto traders alike flocked to decentralized trading venues after FTX\u2019s crash left billions in retail deposits and balances in limbo. Unlike centralized exchanges (CEX) where third-party custodians –<\/strong> the exchanges themselves like Binance and Coinbase –<\/strong> store user assets, decentralized exchanges (DEX) like Uniswap offer a trading venue and access to liquidity.<\/p>\n DEX users maintain greater custody of their digital tokens via web3 wallets like MetaMask and other self-custody solutions. <\/p>\n Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao –<\/strong> like other prominent crypto proponents –<\/strong> stressed the need for self-custody in the wake of FTX\u2019s collapse. \u201cNot your keys, not your crypto\u201d, the so-called rallying cry for DeFi proponents pushing for greater decentralization and transparency in crypto.\u00a0<\/p>\n