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CoinDesk's subsidiary and affiliate Bullish reported a 42.9% year-over-year drop in July trading volume even as its company-defined average trading spread widened 72.4%.<\/p>\n

The two figures produced a derived volume-times-spread proxy that remained slightly below its level a year earlier, so the wider spread did not fully counter the loss of activity on that calculation.<\/p>\n

The exchange operator reported\u00a0a\u00a0total trading volume<\/a>\u00a0of $30.7 billion in\u00a0unaudited monthly metrics<\/a> released Aug. 6, down\u00a039.7% month over month.<\/p>\n\n

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Average trading spread rose to 2.62 basis points from 2.56 basis points in June and 1.52 basis points a year earlier. Multiplying each period\u2019s volume by its spread gives over $8 million for July, compared with $13 million in June and $8.2 million in July 2025.<\/p>\n

The derived proxy fell 38.3% month over month and 1.6% year over year. July\u2019s wider spread came close to balancing the year-over-year volume decline in this calculation, but the much larger drop from June remained.<\/p>\n

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July 2026 volume fell 42.9% year over year to $30.7 billion as average spreads rose 72.4% to 2.62 basis points.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Those dollar values result from multiplying two rounded inputs in the filing and cannot establish the company\u2019s profitability.<\/p>\n

Bullish defines average trading spread from commissions relative to volume and says it also reflects changes in the fair value of perpetual futures and rebates. It is consequently broader than a conventional quoted bid-ask spread or a pure fee rate.<\/p>\n\n

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Total spot volume fell to $29.1 billion in July from $45.5 billion in June and $48.8 billion a year earlier, declines of 36% and 40.4%, respectively. Within spot trading, Ethereum volume<\/a> dropped to $3 billion from $4.9 billion in June and $11.1 billion in July 2025, a 73% year-over-year decline.<\/p>\n

Bullish defines trading volume as the dollar-equivalent notional value of matched buyer-seller trades executed through its platform. The figure excludes customer assets, balances, and deposits, so the decline alone does not demonstrate customer flight or financial stress.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s annual report<\/a> provides the CoinDesk<\/a> relationship used to identify Bullish, and its July package remains the source of the operating data.<\/p>\n\n

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Bullish said the monthly package is unaudited and that figures for months in the latest fiscal quarter are preliminary estimates subject to closing procedures.<\/p>\n

Final quarterly results may differ, so the July data should be viewed as an early indication of activity rather than of reported financial performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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