Mar 03, 2020
Ether-Dollar Reference Rate posts 23.2% return in Feb'20 amidst record breaking volumes
- Best monthly return for ETH-USD Reference Rate since May'19 and second best month on record
- Aggregate volumes in Feb'20 (534,707 ETH, $130.5M) smash all previous records - Dec'18 (457,417 ETH) and May'18 ($79M)
- Feb 15th 2020 saw all-time record dollar volume of $15.9M, topping the previous high of $11M set on Nov 21st 2019
- Month high of $279.94 (Feb 19th) is highest since July 10th 2019
- Volumes recorded surged 127.8% vs Jan'20
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