Have you noticed that recently the market trading volume has been decreasing? Has the slippage also increased when placing orders? Thinking about it carefully, this situation is actually quite interesting.

It turns out that overseas partners are on holiday during this time, with Christmas holidays lasting until January, taking almost half a month off. With fewer traders and institutions on break, the market liquidity naturally dries up. Especially for cryptocurrencies mainly driven by overseas funds, trading volume drops sharply, and the depth becomes as thin as paper.

Think about it, no matter how many retail investors there are, they can't match the trading volume of professional trading teams. No one is placing orders, no one is taking the other side, and large transactions can easily cause market crashes. Not to mention, market makers are also on holiday, leaving the order book empty, and smaller coins are even less attended to.

So this isn't a sign of a bad market or that the crypto space is doomed; it's just a matter of timing. Once mid-January when foreigners return to work, the market will become active again. This is important to understand so you won't be scared by the market conditions.