Opinion
Initial DEX offerings have strayed from their retail-first promise, becoming dominated by institutions and high barriers to entry. IDOs could reclaim their promise.
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Latest DEX News
A decentralized exchange (DEX) is a peer-to-peer marketplace where users can trade cryptocurrencies directly with each other without the need for a centralized intermediary like a traditional exchange.
DEXs operate using smart contracts on blockchains, facilitating greater autonomy, transparency and potentially lower fees. DEXs are crucial to the growing decentralized finance (DeFi) landscape.
Stay informed with Cointelegraph’s latest news and analysis on DEXs.
- Market Analysis
Despite strong ETF inflows, ETH traders remain cautious as competitive pressures and weak network activity persist.
4480 - Spotlight
This volume-leading Telegram-based crypto trading bot brings speed, advanced tools and a user-first approach to the DeFi trading space.
13114 - Opinion
Web3’s current trading infrastructure fails to offer institutional participants privacy, scale and sophistication. It lags behind market maturity, leaving institutional and large-scale traders underserved.
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Despite the rising DEX-to-CEX ratio, centralized exchanges still lead in the crypto spot market, posting $3.9 trillion in trading volume, compared to $877 billion for DEXs.
2140 - Recap
A programmable, inclusive financial infrastructure like Velo’s can solve challenges of cross-border settlements and access to liquidity.
17654 - Feature
Crypto criminals are using crosschain tools such as bridges, DEXs and coin swappers to obscure $21.8B in illicit flows across multiple blockchains.
6196 - Newsletter
Solana’s memecoin race gets a shakeup as LetsBonk overtakes Pump.fun in daily revenue, while TradFi and DeFi move closer to convergence.
7278 - Recap
Status Network is redesigning L2 economics around free transactions, native yield, and community-driven funding.
19999 - Analysis
Key metrics on Solana remain flat despite LetsBonk’s recent surge, but supporting data suggests memecoins may be staging a comeback.
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PancakeSwap posted $325 billion in June trading volume, its highest ever, as crosschain swaps and Solana expansion fueled growth and dominance on BNB Chain.
4179 - Altcoin Watch
Solana increased its DEX market share and moved ahead of Ethereum, but will SOL price follow anytime soon?
5584 - Market Analysis
HYPE is up 300%, and Hyperliquid leads the DEX perp market. But with a $38B valuation and just 21 validators, some question whether the rise is sustainable.
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OKX partners with Consensys to integrate its DEX aggregator into MetaMask, giving users access to more than 500 DEXs and new MEV protection via SERVO.
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Ethereum layer-2 growth and $830 million in spot ETH ETF inflows show investors’ true feelings even as the wider crypto market crumbles.
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