DeFi has a market structure problem. DeFi solutions focus on incremental improvements in speed, or adding liquidity through LP programs. This addresses symptoms rather than the root causes of a failure to compete with centralized finance.

A new 🗞️ post from Aditya Palepu makes the case that institutional and retail traders are both required for a healthy, robust marketplace -- and meeting the needs of institutional traders improves outcomes for all market participants. learn.derivadex.com/blog/Market-St…

Privacy is just one necessary pillar of a successful market structure. learn.derivadex.com/blog/Market-St…

Trade privacy is 🔑key to enabling traders to capture the full value of their orders. Payment for order flow, MEV, frontrunning need to be transparent and managed whether an exchange is centralized or decentralized.

As the DeFi ecosystem matures, an increasing range of participants -- at all different capital scales and trading behaviors -- are taking decentralized trading seriously. ♻️But to break out of a cyclical pattern, and retain sustainable, long-term liquidity, we need more.

DerivaDEX prioritizes the needs of users equally, creating a positive feedback loop between traders seeking liquidity, and traders providing liquidity. This results in a healthy market structure. You can learn more about DerivaDEX's objectives here: learn.derivadex.com/blog/Market-St…

In short: The next decade won’t just be about speed alone, it will be about building markets that are both ⚡️ lightning fast and 🤝 fundamentally fair.

What is a "guarded launch"? DerivaDEX's guarded launch features a number of guardrails intended to test, validate, and learn from the protocol as it grows, while protecting users and participants. Some of the notable elements 👇

These elements are in addition to trading-related safety features, such as price banding, maxes on order notional value, and sane leverage limits. These guardrails protect users, harden the platform, and are responsive to governance-based change when appropriate.

Fascinating analysis from Art of The CMS on market dynamics 🎯 The truth is crypto keeps building for the same audience it already has... ...then wonders why capital just recycles through meme cycles instead of expanding the pie 🤔