Decentralized Exchange News

In one of their first moves in two months, the Bitcoin whale returned to short Bitcoin and Ether for hundreds of millions of dollars, betting on their short-term price decline.

ShapeShift reintroduced support for Zcash’s shielded transactions, marking its return to privacy-focused cryptocurrency after transitioning into a DEX aggregator.

DEX wars are heating up as Hyperliquid, Aster and Lighter battle for dominance; lasting success depends on tech, not token perks.

DeFi TVL reached a record $237 billion in the third quarter of 2025, but DApp wallet activity fell 22% as SocialFi and AI DApps lost momentum.

Aster’s removal from DefiLlama shows how data credibility has become a new battleground for DEXs.

The decentralized finance analytics platform said that perpetual trading volumes on Aster were almost perfectly correlated to Binance volume.

Analysts were eying a “quick” Bitcoin breakout to $150,000, as ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood compared the Hyperliquid token’s performance to Solana during the previous crypto cycle.

1inch co-founder Sergej Kunz said centralized crypto exchanges will gradually fade and serve only as frontends for decentralized finance.

Despite the nearly $9 million loss, Machi and other large investors are betting on the price of the XPL token recovering.

ASTER eyes a 35% rebound from key support, with a breakout setup that could send the token back toward record highs in October.

Aster CEO Leonard said the team is weighing how to balance benefits for existing holders and upcoming airdrop recipients.

Retail and quants are fueling DEXs like Hyperliquid, while CEXs hold institutional ground. Aster’s rise adds new pressure to the onchain race.

Bitwise is looking to launch an exchange-traded product tracking Hyperliquid’s token, amid volumes on crypto futures exchanges hitting all-time peak volumes.

The update promises major changes to improve user experience and introduces a modular design, replacing Aave's monolithic architecture.

Transaction reversibility may help stablecoins become an intrinsic part of the legacy financial system, according to the president of Circle.