Part 1 Advanced The Market Maker’s Exchange Checklist (Liquidity, Latency, and Risk Controls) Market makers and HFT desks: evaluate exchanges on execution quality, liquidity, latency, fees, margin, and security — with a WhiteBIT walkthrough. Open guide DEX News
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DeFi
Miss this warning and you too could lose 99.9% in one swap while Ethereum bots walk away with the rest
Aave and CoW Protocol defend platforms, emphasizing user error and highlighting the need for enhanced DeFi safeguards.

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

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





















