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Decentralized dYdX Went Down Due to Reliance on Centralized Cloud Services

The dYdX Decentralized Exchange (DEX) was down for 9 hours from noon Monday through Tuesday morning due to a major outage in Amazon's Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud services network, again sparking controversy over decentralization. Some…

Initial Dex Offering

An initial dex offering (IDX) is an alternative to an initial coin offering (ICO).What Is an Initial Dex Offering?Initial dex offerings, or IDOs, are tokens that represent any type of asset hosted on a decentralized exchange (DEX) — an IDO…

Dex Aggregator

DEX aggregators are a relatively new type of blockchain-based service that allow cryptocurrency traders to benefit from a large variety of financial tools in a single interface, often providiWhat Is a DEX Aggregator?Cryptocurrency exchanges…

Decentralized Exchange (DEX)

A peer-to-peer exchange allowing users to trade cryptocurrency without the need for an intermediary.What Is a Decentralized Exchange?Traditionally, trading cryptocurrency requires the use of a centralized exchange. CEXs match the orders of someone…