According to coinmarketcap (which we all know is owned by Binance too), binance.com has the biggest volumes for cryptocurrency futures...
https://coinmarketcap.com/rankings/exchanges/derivatives/I'm just wondering if we're supposed to believe that they're actually ahead and also ahead by that much.
I mean for sure a big part of these volumes must be wash trading or outright fake, but binance does indeed appear to be the most liquid exchange if you have ever traded on it. By looking at the order book while trading it's obvious that there's a lot of activity with orders being filled all the time. However Binance isn't all that known for having the fastest mechanism or most sophisticated engine.
I tend to like to trade on BitMex but it's obvious by the price spikes that their volumes are very much inferior to Binance. So while BitMex has a good engine liquidity is an issue. If the volumes are anything close to resembling the truth, Binance is the undisputed champion in that. Which is a big plus for futures.
But also this is a catch22 issue kind of... People don't trade at futures platforms with a better matching engine due to low volumes, Binance continues to dominate, volumes in other platforms remain low...