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Updated April 17, 2026 · 11:30 AM UTC

The latest in decentralized exchange innovation, liquidity trends, and on-chain trading data.

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DEX trading volumes spike as users leave CEXs en masse

The market crisis caused by the FTX fallout put the security of user funds into question and could have pushed retail traders away from centralized exchanges.

3 years ago

Bear Market

KuCoin CEO addresses rumours surrounding FTX, FTT exposure

Johnny Lyu, KuCoin's CEO, attests to the transparency of the exchange, discloses KuCoin holdings, and denies FTX, FTT exposure

3 years ago

DEX

BNB surges 20% in 2 hours after news of Binance’s planned acquisition of FTX, but plummeted later

Based on the current FTX situation, the Binance CEO also predicted that FTX's FTT would be extremely volatile in the near future.

3 years ago

DAOs

Sushi DAO approves proposal to evolve into 3 legal entities

Sushi's new legal structure will include a Cayman Island-based DAO foundation, a Panamanian foundation, and a Panamanian corporation.

3 years ago

Adoption

Financial web3 project userbases decline; blockchain gaming has 5x user retention versus web2

According to on-chain data compiled by Cluster the majority of web3 projects saw a decline in YoY user growth. Yet - web3 gaming records better user retention than the average web2 games

3 years ago

Adoption

USDC, Axelar’s new protocol has bridge-free cross-chain swaps; does away with bridged tokens

Cross-chain swaps can now be routed through USDC and transferred via CCTP to a new chain without the need for a traditional web3 bridge

3 years ago

Hacks

Mango Markets DAO set to approve $47 million bounty for hacker

Under the proposal, the hacker will return up to $67 million and keep the remaining $47 million as a bug bounty.

4 years ago

DeFi

What Features Differentiate the Top Perpetual Futures DEXs?

In the financial system, a perpetual futures contract, also known as a perpetual swap, is a transaction representing an agreement to buy or sell an asset at an unspecified point in the future. It also allows users to trade using margin or leverage (using borrowed funds).

4 years ago

DEX

Sushi price rises 6.6% following $5.3M investment from GoldenTree

SUSHI spiked 6.6% in the last 24 hours, according to CryptoSlate data. The digital asset has been able to maintain a positive price performance over the last seven days, rising 24.4%.

4 years ago