That s what puzzles me. If Factom s really that good and this potentil s been recognized by several great names in the industry, how come XMR volume s 5x Factom or even more. It s gotta be related to the Polo margin lending which makes people keep their Factoids on the exchange, lending them for peanuts which supresses the price and consequently volume. Exodus s gonna change that big time and then we ll see the real market value of Factom. I ve got no other sane explanation.
The question why XMR has more volume than Factom: It gets more attention. One reason is: The idea behind is easy to understand. XMR is a cryptocurrency with a focus on anonymity and it might very well be that it's the one with the highest potential since there are a lot of doubts about ZCash.
Factom: Many don't understand what it is about. We, who are kind of focused on this and following since some time believe that the whole Crypto-space should react on all the good news, but I believe that just a minority even is aware of it. They don't look into this thread, they don't look into the Factom-Sub-reddit, they don't follow it on Twitter. And if one has no overview about this - it's not possible to understand how much potential Factom has.
But, is that positive or negative if we focus on the question how future prices may look like? It's positive, because it's potential. More and more people will pay attention and more and more people will understand it's potential. And since some months it even became obvious that more and more people have an eye on this.
And what also may be significant: Since many people don't like the GUI, don't have the patience to read the how-to's - they hold it on Poloniex. Once there is a more "easy-to-use-Factom-wallet" plus Exodus, that also might change.
Another important element re miners. Almost all high volume coins on Polo re mineable. Miners create volume, buy/sell/trade. Factom does not have that element.