Following a slow start, the number of IPv4 address blocks traded is surely picking up, though it is below the peak trading times of 2018. By August last year, the quantity of IPv4 numbers flowing from and to companies in the region that falls under ARIN was over 27 million. 2018 was still the most active period in the history of the IPv4 market. 2019 is not quite shaping up to be just as active. Through July 2019, just above 17.50 million IPv4 addresses have been transferred, representing a decline of 35% from 2018 over the same period of time. The high volumes last year were the outcome of an increased stock of big address blocks getting into the market.[…]