April Exchange Rankings: Spot and Derivatives Trading Volumes Both Decline, with the Largest Drop Exceeding 13%
According to data from BlockBeats:
In April 2026, the spot trading volume of mainstream CEXs decreased by 9.96% compared to March 2026, and the perpetual futures trading volume decreased by 13.61%. The contract decline was greater than that of spot trading, indicating a significant contraction in market leverage demand.
User-side cooling off: In April, the website traffic of mainstream CEXs decreased by 14.61% compared to March 2026, and the website download volume decreased by 1.85%.
The cooling off in the on-chain derivatives market was more significant: In April, the perpetual futures trading volume of mainstream Perp DEX decreased by 21.10% compared to March 2026, and the website traffic decreased by 5.7%.
Note: Some data may be subject to significant wash trading / bot suspicion. Spot and derivatives data from Coingecko; traffic data from Similarweb; download data from DappRadar.
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