1) has been rolling out lots of new stuff recently!
Their liquidity score is pretty cool and a big improvement. Their new web traffic score... leaves something to be desired.
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2) One problem is that it's now the default ordering, and I think it's significantly worse than e.g. ordering by real volume or OI or liquidity. But that's pretty subjective and I understand arguments in favor of it.
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3) The ranking is somewhat reasonable--but definitely whiffs some. E.g. Coinbit--a fake Korean exchange--is right between Upbit and Bithumb, the two largest real Korean exchanges, at #7. No self-respecting ranking of crypto exchanges should put Coinbit 11 spots above Huobi.
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4) I wonder whether Coinbit is showing up because people mistype "bitcoin". As evidence, here's a google Trends search for 'coinbit', 'bithumb', and 'coinsbit'. Note that 'coinsbit' does slightly better than 'coinbit' despite not being a real thing!
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5) Note that if you filter for Korea--where most of the intentional traffic for each of them come--bithumb pulls safely ahead of misspelled bitcoin.
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