While Major Crypto Exchanges Flourish, Minor Platforms Struggle

The world’s largest crypto brokerage Coinbase is reportedly close to finalizing a $500 million funding round at a valuation of $8 billion, and Binance has started to become more active in the investment sector, funding blockchain startups internationally.

While major cryptocurrency exchanges like Coinbase, Binance, and BitMEX are seeing their businesses flourish with lucrative business models and high profit margins, minor exchanges are struggling in the bear market.

This week, the UK’s oldest exchange, Coinfloor, has slashed the number of its employees after recording a decline in its revenues as a consequence of the drop in daily trading volume of major cryptocurrencies and the emergence of many cryptocurrency exchanges in the local market.

Hard to Deal With Competition

As CCN reported, on Sept. 6, Coinbase integrated the British pound sterling into its exchange, officially expanding into the UK cryptocurrency market.

Coinbase entered the local cryptocurrency exchange…