Pancakeswap’s DEX Hits Record $22 Million Weekly Trading Volume

Pancakeswap, a platform that enables users to transact digital assets on the BSC, has announced that it has experienced a tremendous rise in transaction volume this week. The platform said its transaction activity reached a record high of $22 million this week.

Pancakeswap’s trading volume and TVL rise

Pancakeswap has boasted an incredible increase in trading volume and recorded a significant surge in its Total Value Locked (TVL), currently $1.902 billion. This reflects an overall monthly DEX trading volume hitting a whopping $462 billion in December 2024, outperforming November’s $374 billion by 23.5%. This rise marked the highest monthly trading volume that Pancakeswap has ever reached.

Uniswap outperformed all other blockchains, after recording the highest volume of $106.4 billion, equivalent to 23% of the entire trading volume in December. Pancakeswap came second with $96.4 billion, bagging 20.9%. Raydium, the biggest DEX on the Solana blockchain, followed with $58 billion, constituting 12.6%. Other top gainers involved Aerodrome processed $31 billion and Orca also had $22 billion. Hyperliquid, Curve Finance, and Lifinity processed an aggregate of $43.6 billion combined. More than 1.26 billion transactions happened in December across all DEXs, a high from 980 million in November.

Pancakeswap’s victory links to BSC

Pancakeswap’s success coincides with the significant growth of decentralized apps on the Binance Smart Chain (BSC). Several dApp sectors including NFTs, gaming, DeFi, and others have enticed a huge and proactively customer base, contributing to the greater success of the blockchain.

BSC remains one of the top chains as its affordable transaction fees and quick speed significantly attracted large numbers of users to the network. The blockchain is renowned for tremendously lesser transaction costs and more rapid processing speed than Ethereum. This makes it a great alternative for developers and users looking for a more affordable and powerful protocol.

Furthermore, BSC’s interoperability with the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) enables developers to seamlessly anchor apps running on Ethereum to the Binance Smart Chain network. This has enabled a quick surge of the Binance Smart Chain ecosystem, luring huge quantities of projects and developers.

BSC’s capability to link with other protocols through varied bridge chains allows users to cross-move their assets through various networks, developing the network’s application and reach.

Lastly, BSC leverages growth from its exchange, which has huge resources, liquidity, and customer base. This has been a great support to Binance Smart Chain’s growth and adoption.