REPORT | 97% of Global Finance Professionals Believe Blockchain will Transform P...

Binance, the leading crypto exchange globally, has experienced a significant decline in its market dominance compared to international competitors that do not provide support for the United States dollar in 2023, according to data gathered by the Block Research.

In 2022, Binance concluded the year with a 75% market share within an analysis of platforms that includes prominent Asian participants such as Upbit, Huobi, Bybit, and OKX. Nevertheless, this percentage experienced a consistent decline over the course of the year, reaching 54% in August 2023.

Partial data for the month of September 2023 indicates that Binance’s market share is on track to decrease even further, potentially dropping below 51%, the researchers said.

The world’s largest exchange has faced a challenging year [2023] in terms of regulatory issues, particularly in the United States, where it has been subjected to lawsuits from both the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Furthermore, it has attracted regulatory attention in other parts of the world, notably in France, where it is currently under investigation, and it has opted to withdraw completely from certain markets, including The Netherlands.

In June 2023, the Securities Exchange Commission in Nigeria declared the exchanges’s operations in the country illegal, despite denials from Binance.

“Binance Nigeria Limited is neither registered nor regulated by the Commission and its operations in Nigeria are therefore illegal. Any member of the investing public dealing with the entity is doing so at his/her own risk.”

The decline in market share for Binance coincides with a broader decrease in trading volumes across the industry. In August 2023, spot trading volumes across all exchanges amounted to only $423 billion, marking the lowest figure observed since 2020.

This comes as decentralized exchange, Uniswap, strengthens against centralized exchanges. In Q2 2023, Uniswap facilitated approximately $110 billion worth of trades in the second quarter of 2023, $20 billion more than the $90 billion Coinbase handled during the same period.

The CEX’s appear to have faced a more difficult time in the bear market with Coinbase spot trading activity declining 83% from around $540 billion in the fourth quarter of 2021. In contrast, Uniswap’s trading volume decreased by 50%, going from $235 billion during the same period.

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As per a recent 2023 report, blockchain technology has the capability to reduce cross-border payment expenses for financial institutions by approximately $10 billion by 2030.

The report, published by digital payments network, Ripple, in collaboration with United States Faster Payments Council (FPC), surveyed 300 finance professionals from diverse sectors, including fintech, banking, media, consumer technology, and retail across 45 countries.

Out of the participants surveyed, which included analysts, directors, and CEOs, an overwhelming 97% expressed a strong belief that blockchain technology will be instrumental in enabling faster payment systems within the coming three years.

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Moreover, more than half of the respondents acknowledged that the most substantial advantage of cryptocurrency lies in its potential to reduce costs.

“In the survey, over 50% of respondents believe that lower payment costs – both domestically and internationally – is crypto’s primary benefit,” the report notes.

The report anticipates significant cost savings for banks in the next six years due to the adoption of blockchain technology in global transactions.

“Juniper Research supports this notion, pointing to blockchain’s potential to significantly increase savings for financial institutions conducting cross-border transactions – an estimated $10 billion by 2030.”

With the e-commerce landscape continuously expanding and businesses increasingly focusing on international markets, cross-border payments are projected to grow in the years to come. The report emphasized a notable anticipated surge in international payment transactions by the year 2030.

“Global cross-border payment flows are expected to reach $156 trillion – driven by a 5% compound annual growth rate,” the report noted.

Nevertheless, opinions among the participants were divided regarding the timing of when a majority of merchants would adopt digital currency payments. The survey results revealed that 50% of the participants were optimistic that most merchants would adopt crypto payments within the next three years. However, confidence levels varied significantly when considering whether this adoption would occur within the next year.

Among the participants, those from the Middle East and African regions displayed the highest level of confidence, with 27% of them believing that a majority of merchants would embrace crypto as a payment method within the next year.

Leaders in the Asia-Pacific region exhibited the least confidence, with only 13% foreseeing the adoption of crypto payments within the next year. On the other hand, across all 300 participants surveyed globally, 17% expressed their belief that such widespread adoption could take place within the next year.

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