DEX


Finance

Decentralized Exchange Bluefin to Roll Out Token After Securing $17M in Total Funding

The exchange says it has already seen more than $25 billion in trading volume since the start of the year, with monthly revenues topping $1 million.

Bluefin v2 (Bluefin)

Tech

Solana DEX Drift to Airdrop 100M Tokens in Weeks

Some surprise winners in Drift's road to decentralization include MetaDAO.

DRIFT is airdropping over 100 million tokens. (Drift Protocol)

Finance

Crypto Exchange Figure Markets Has a Plan to Democratize Finance

What appears to be another post-FTX trading-and-custody play with institutions in mind, is really all about visionary disruption.

Figure Technologies CEO Mike Cagney (CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Solana Leapfrogs Ethereum on DEX Volume

The meme coin frenzy seems to have catalyzed higher volumes on the Solana blockchain, which also boasts greater capital efficiency than Ethereum.

Top blockchains by DEX volume. (DefiLlama)

Markets

Billion-Dollar Volumes and Then a Steep Drop Prompts Allegations of Wash Trading on Aevo

In response, Aevo says customers suddenly traded more on its decentralized exchange to try to get some of its airdrop.

Aevo volume (DefiLlama)

Tech

PancakeSwap Decentralized Exchange Unveils Version 4 to Make Trading More Efficient

The DEX plans to add four features designed to make trading faster, cheaper and more customized in the third quarter.

Pancakes.(Mae Mu/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Trading Platform Avantis Opens Perpetual Swaps DEX on Base Network

Avantis said it saw over $5 billion in trading volume from 50,000 wallets during its two-month testnet run.

Base booth at ETHDenver (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Markets

Jupiter’s JUP Rallies On With Solana Supporters Leading the Charge

One of the most-anticipated airdrops faced social media ire over its novel token distribution plan.

Planet Jupiter and its great red spot

Finance

Fintech Provider Portal Raises $34M Seed Round for Bitcoin-Based Decentralized Exchange

Portal aims to offer a decentralized infrastructure for peer-to-peer swapping of BTC across different blockchains without the need for intermediaries, which heighten the risk of hacks.

16:9 Portal, door, entrance (Tama66/Pixabay)

Tech

Solana Trading Aggregator Jupiter Sees Trading Volumes Jump Ahead of JUP Issuance

The platform settled over $500 million in trades on Sunday, briefly becoming the biggest on-chain trading platform.

Planet Jupiter and its great red spot