Indian Crypto Market Sees Surge Amid Bitcoin Rally
India's cryptocurrency market has seen increased activity following Bitcoin's recent rally. As of August 23, BTC was trading around $79,000.
CoinDCX reported a significant surge in spot and futures trading volumes, with its average daily volume increasing to approximately 11.7 million USDT by August 23.
Sumit Gupta, co-founder and CEO of CoinDCX, stated that BTC trading volume rose from around $300,000-$700,000 during the earlier period to $2 million on August 21.
Mudrex reported a 20% week-on-week increase in spot volumes, indicating stronger participation from traders seeking exposure to the rally. WazirX saw daily futures volumes increase almost sevenfold between August 16 and August 22.