As of February 27, the monthly volume figure stood at $1.05 trillion. That represents an increase of $143.9 billion — or 15.9% — from January when the previous monthly high was registered. Two-thirds of the trillion-dollar volume comes from Binance, with 10.6% from Coinbase and 5.3% from Kraken.
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