What Are Cryptocurrency Liquidity and Trading Volume?
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Liquidity describes how easily an asset trades near prevailing prices without large slippage. Volume counts how much traded in a period—but reported volume can be inflated or fragmented across venues.
Depth and spreads
Order book depth shows available bids and asks. Tight spreads and deep books usually mean better execution for size, though conditions change rapidly.
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