r exchanges have become increasingly prominent.output: title: The Core Driving Forces of the Cryptocurrency Market in 2024

In 2024, the cryptocurrency market experienced a resurgence and structural transformation, with a total market capitalization exceeding $3.8 trillion

of major exchanges have gradually stabilized. Among them, Binance ranks first with a Trustpilot score of 4.2, indicating a good overall user reputation. OKX follows closely with a score of 3.9, also maintaining a positive user reputation. In contrast, Bybit's Trustpilot score is 2.6, indicating a lower overall user satisfaction rating. This divergence in reputation is closely related to each platform's user service capabilities, handling of user complaints, and overall platform governance. A higher score signifies greater user satisfaction and trust in the platform.

Security Transparency Performance

Major exchanges have made continuous efforts to enhance their asset transparency and security measures, aiming to build a safer and more trustworthy trading environment for users. Among them, OKX takes the lead with a DefiLlama net capital inflow of $4.602 billion, an asset clean ratio of 99.5%, and a total asset scale of $28.86 billion. These data indicate that the platform has maintained a high level of capital safety throughout 2🧃4, with a net capital inflow that ranks among the highest in the industry. Moreover, the platform's assets are largely unencumbered or unborrowed, reflecting a strong ability to withstand risks and maintain platform liquidity.

After a year of market turbulence and adjustment, the cryptocurrency market has entered a new phase of development. In 2024, the total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies exceeded $3.8 trillion, a year-on-year increase of 110%. Among them, the price of BTC broke the $100,000 mark this year, setting a new historical high. This is not only an important milestone in the development of the crypto market but also a year of the comprehensive rise of the derivatives market.

Multiple favorable factors in the industry contributed to this "milestone" data. In January, the SEC approved the listing of 11 Bitcoin spot ETFs, including products from asset management giants like BlackRock and Fidelity Investments. In July of the same year, the approval of Ethereum spot ETFs further enriched investors' choices and injected more liquidity into the market. At the same time, Tesla CEO Elon Musk's public support at the "Bitcoin 2024 Conference" further boosted market confidence. He referred to Bitcoin as "the gold of the digital age" and reiterated his long-term belief in DeFi. This statement further solidified the position of crypto assets as a mainstream investment category.

Driven by macroeconomic benefits, the derivatives market became another important growth engine for the crypto industry in output 2024. According to Coinglass data, the global crypto derivatives market trading volume surged in 2024, with the total open interest reaching a historical high, indicating investors' high interest in leveraged products and market price fluctuations. Major exchanges demonstrated unique competitiveness in both derivatives and spot markets, including Binance, OKX, Bitget, and Bybit. These platforms not only drove the growth of trading volume but also provided valuable observational samples for the global crypto market. As an industry-leading contract data analysis platform, Coinglass will deeply analyze how major exchanges gain advantages in the global landscape based on data from the derivatives market, spot trading volume, asset transparency, and trading fees, providing forward-looking insights and reflections for investors and the industry regarding the core driving forces of the crypto market in 2024.output

In 2024, the cryptocurrency derivatives market experienced historic growth, becoming an important component of the cryptocurrency market. The global crypto derivatives market set new records, with average daily trading volumes exceeding $100 billion and monthly trading volumes surpassing $3 trillion, far exceeding spot market trading volumes. This significant growth reflects an increasing demand for leveraged products among investors, especially during periods of high market volatility. As the market matures and regulatory frameworks improve, more institutional investors—such as hedge funds and asset management companies—are entering the derivatives market, further driving its development. Additionally, retail investor participation is also rapidly increasing, as user-friendly trading platforms lower the entry barriers, and the high leverage characteristics of derivatives attract a large number of retail users seeking short-term gains.

By the end of 2024, the total open interest in BTC contracts in the global crypto derivatives market exceeded $60 billion, indicating a sustained demand for risk management tools and leveraged products. The impact of derivatives trading on the market cannot be ignored. First, it significantly enhances market liquidity, allowing traders to leverage smaller amounts of capital to control larger market sizes, reducing the impact of large trades on spot prices, thus making market operations more efficient. Second, the derivatives market plays an important role in price discovery, especially during periods of market volatility, where the prices of futures and perpetual contracts often guide the price trends of the spot market. Furthermore, derivatives provide institutional investors with hedging tools, reducing the volatility of asset portfolios and attracting more long-term capital inflows. Ultimately, the trading behavior in the derivatives market promotes the