Decentralized exchange dYdX has integrated its trading engine into the Crypto.com Onchain app, aiming to deliver a seamless self-custodial experience for trading perpetuals.

For the modern digital native, life happens on a phone. Banking, investing and socializing are all powered by slick apps that work instantly. Yet, for years, the world of onchain, self-custodial trading has often felt like a step back in time, featuring a disjointed experience of browser extensions, app-switching and clunky interfaces.

A pocket-sized advanced trading engine

Decentralized trading platform dYdX has announced a new collaboration with Crypto.com Onchain to close the​​ gap between user expectations and onchain trading reality. The DeFi platform has integrated its infrastructure directly into the Crypto.com Onchain mobile app. Launched on June 30, the partnership aims to deliver a fluid, self-custodial, advanced trading experience directly from a user’s phone.

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Users can trade over 200 perpetual markets with a full-featured interface designed for clarity and precision, complete with intuitive controls and charting tools. The key is its native feel and deep market access: no switching between platforms or creating additional accounts.

This approach combines dYdX’s infrastructure with the Crypto.com Onchain wallet to create a user experience that is powerful and simple. Commenting on the collaboration, the project teams noted that advanced trading “can be mobile, onchain, self-custodial and feel just as good.”

$60,000 battle royale for onchain traders

To celebrate the new collab, the teams are announcing “Onchain Royale,” a trading competition with a $60,000 prize pool. Registration for the event opens on July 10 and closes on July 14, with the competition running for two weeks from July 15 to July 29.

To participate, traders must register via the Crypto.com Onchain Wallet and deposit at least $100 into their dYdX perps account.

Onchain Royale is unique because it offers two paths to victory:

  • Top traders by ROI climb the main leaderboard and compete for a share of $40,000

  • Smaller traders with a positive ROI at the end of the competition unlock a share of the $20,000 profitability pool

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The competition is split into two distinct categories to reward different types of traders:

  • Performance pool: A $40,000 prize pool is reserved for the top 50 most skilled traders, ranked by their return on investment (ROI). The top trader will take home a reward of $8,000. To be eligible, traders must generate at least $10,000 in volume, execute a minimum of three trades during the competition period and end the competition with a performance baseline of at least $100.

  • Participation pool: A $20,000 prize pool will be shared equally among participants who trade responsibly. Eligibility requires ending with a positive ROI, trading a minimum of $2,000 in volume and starting with at least $100 in equity.

All participants must begin with a minimum equity of $100 in their perpetuals account and use the Crypto.com Onchain wallet for all trades. Should a trader qualify for both pools, they will be awarded the prize with the higher value. Rewards will be distributed directly into the winners’ dYdX chain Perpetuals accounts within 2 weeks of the end of the competition.

This integration signals a maturing phase for decentralized finance (DeFi). By embedding trading infrastructure directly within an intuitive self-custodial wallet, the gap between the promise of onchain finance and its practical everyday use gets significantly smaller. It’s a step toward a future where decentralized trading is powerful and accessible to anyone, anywhere, right from their pocket.

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