Bisq DEX Launches DAO on Testnet as Developers Seek to Decentralize Governance

Decentralized cryptocurrency exchange Bisq has upgraded its open source software. The revamped platform includes a new user interface in addition to marking the launch of the Bisq Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) on testnet. Also Read: Indian Bank Forcing Customers to Agree to Anti-Cryptocurrency Policy Bisq Launches Decentralized Autonomous Organization on Testnet The latest version of Bisq’s … Read more

GOLD.IO – A Decentralized Exchange With Built in Self-Governance

Exchanges have always been an integral part of the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Whether the trading of coins happened on forums, centralized platforms or decentralized exchanges, trading cryptocurrency is one of the first things anybody who is introduced to crypto does. We have seen many models of exchanges and have seen evidence of the difficulties that come … Read more

Crypto Price Watch: Waves, Tezos and Maker See Green Despite Dwindling Market Prices

Even as a majority of the top 10 altcoins within today’s crypto market continue to see red, there are digital currencies like Waves, Maker, and Tezos that have witnessed an upward surge of 9%, 3%, and 2.5% respectively over the course of the past 24 hours. Waves Continues Its Strong Performance As can be seen … Read more

‘Decentralized’ Exchange IDEX to Introduce Full KYC

IDEX, the world’s most popular decentralized exchange, is to transition to a full verification model. The move comes days after the platform began excluding residents of New York State as part of its compliance efforts. Its latest measure, described by IDEX as “pragmatic decentralization” has drawn ire from a segment of the cryptocurrency community. Also … Read more

Wrapped Bitcoin Is Coming to Ethereum

Bitcoin core is poised to make its Ethereum debut. An initiative involving several decentralized exchanges (DEXs) as well as crypto-custodians Bitgo will see BTC become WBTC, with the W standing for “wrapped.” When WBTC launches in January 2019, it will enable ethereum-based bitcoin to be traded on DEXs, boosting liquidity and opening the Ethereum ecosystem … Read more

IDEX Blacklists New York Residents, Setting a Worrying Precedent

IDEX, the supposedly decentralized exchange, plans to start blocking traders who reside in the state of New York. The decision sets an alarming precedent for decentralized exchanges (DEX), which have traditionally given short shrift to regional regulations in their pursuit of censorship-resistance. Also read: Circle’s USDC Stablecoin Added to Coinbase World’s Largest Censorship-Resistant DEX Starts Censoring … Read more

A Review of the New Stellarx Decentralized Exchange

This week, Stellar launched its long-awaited decentralized exchange. Stellarx offers trading of a range of assets including cryptocurrencies from multiple blockchains, using stellar lumens (XLM) as the base currency. The exchange differs significantly from existing decentralized offerings, which are limited to tokens pertaining to a single blockchain – usually Ethereum. With Stellarx, however, users can … Read more

Top 5 Up-and-coming Decentralized Exchanges to Check Out

Competition is heating up in the world of decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges. That is a good thing, as this industry needs more players to improve liquidity and provide a more appealing service. The following five projects are not as well-known among the community, yet they all seem to offer individual potential to bring cryptocurrency to the … Read more

Exchanges Roundup: Ledgerx Readies ETH Futures, Coinbase Partners With Caspian

In recent news pertaining to cryptocurrency exchanges, anonymous sources have stated that Ledgerx is preparing to launch ETH futures trading, Coinbase has announced a partnership with Caspian intended to target institutional investors, and the chief executive officer of Binance has shared his opinions regarding “trans-fee mining” and decentralized exchanges. Also Read: European Regulator Renews Restrictions on … Read more

Review: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Decentralized Exchanges

Decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges are getting better. They’ve still some way to go before they match the UX of the best centralized exchanges, or facilitate cross-chain trades for that matter, but they’ve come a long way since the Etherdelta days at least. In a week where Ethfinex Trustless debuted, we review four of the top ERC20 … Read more