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Do Block Trades Affect the Calculation of a Cryptocurrency’s 24-Hour Trading Volume?

No, block trades on private OTC desks are usually excluded from publicly reported exchange 24-hour trading volume.
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Do Block Trades Affect the Calculation of a Cryptocurrency’s 24-Hour Trading Volume?

Generally, block trades executed on private OTC desks are not included in the publicly reported 24-hour trading volume of centralized exchanges. The reported volume usually only includes trades executed on the exchange's public order book.

This exclusion is a reason why the true liquidity and volume of a cryptocurrency market are often underestimated by public data aggregators.

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