Crypto Market Consolidation and Key Trends in Q2 2023

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According to the CoinGecko report, the entire cryptocurrency market saw a slight increase of 0.14%, with the total market cap rising from $1.238 trillion on March 31, 2023, to $1.240 trillion on June 30, 2023. This period was characterized by a consolidation of gains, following the exuberance of Q1

Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH), the two leading cryptocurrencies, experienced growth during this quarter. Bitcoin prices rose by 6.9%, increasing from $28,517 to $30,481, outperforming the total crypto market cap. This growth was despite a 58.7% decline in average daily trading volume from $33.4 billion in Q1 to $13.8 billion in Q2. Ethereum also saw an increase of 6.0% in Q2, with prices hovering around $1,900.

The report also highlighted a 3.5% shrinkage in the stablecoin market, with USD Coin (USDC) and Binance USD (BUSD) being the biggest losers. In contrast, Tether (USDT) strengthened its foothold, adding 4.4% ($3.48 billion) to its market cap and ending Q2 with a 66% market share of the stablecoin market.

A significant trend in the Ethereum ecosystem was the growth of ETH staking by 30.3% in Q2 2023, reaching 23.6 million ETH staked. This represented a gain of 5.6 million and was facilitated by the enabling of withdrawals.

Despite the growing popularity of Bitcoin Ordinals, the non-fungible token (NFT) trading volume saw a 35.0% drop, from $4.84 billion in Q1 to $3.15 billion in Q2. Ethereum remained the dominant platform for NFT trading in Q2, capturing 83.0% of the volume.

Trading volumes on both centralized and decentralized exchanges fell by 43.2% and 28.1% respectively. Binance, the leading centralized exchange, saw its market share drop to 52%. In the decentralized exchange market, Uniswap maintained its