Posted 10/17/2023, 5:34:00 AM
Binance Liquidity Plummets During Bitcoin Volatility While Kraken and Coinbase Maintain Stability
- Binance's bitcoin liquidity plummeted during the recent ETF rumor rollercoaster according to data from Kaiko.
- The 0.1% ask depth, a measure of buy-side liquidity, crashed from 100 BTC to just 1.2 BTC on Binance as volatility spiked.
- Kraken and Coinbase outperformed other exchanges in maintaining liquidity during the event.
- Several traders experienced high slippage up to 20% on Binance and other exchanges due to vanishing liquidity.
- Binance's sophisticated market makers were not able to sustain liquidity compared to Kraken and Coinbase.