Institutional spot crypto currency exchange LMAX Digital, part of London’s LMAX Group, has announced that trading volumes hit a record $61 billion in January 2021. That marks a significant increase from last year, when in Q1-2020 LMAX Digital reported a total of $20 billion of volumes, or just $6.7 million monthly. The $61 billion figure also represented a 114% increase over December 2020 activity. In January LMAX Digital facilitated 8.75 million trades (54% MoM increase), with a total of 1.37 million BTC traded. The company saw a daily record $3.8 billion of trading volume on January 8. LMAX Digital is the ... (full story)