Decentralized Exchanges

Exchanges

Why Litecoin’s Creator Is Buying Into a Bank (And How It Could Go Wrong)

If all goes according to plan, TokenPay and Charlie Lee's Litecoin Foundation will transform a tiny German bank into crypto's smoothest on-ramp.

Business  ·  13 July 2018
Exchanges

Decentralizing Popular Dapps Isn’t Just a Scaling Problem

The most popular dapps face unique barriers to full decentralization that don't have much to do with the normal scaling complaints about ethereum.

Tech  ·  28 June 2018
Exchanges

Watch Out Crypto Exchanges, Decentralization Is Coming

With regulatory uncertainty looming over the industry, incumbents should not feel too comfortable at the top.

Markets  ·  31 May 2018
Exchanges

The Next Generation of Crypto Exchanges Has One Big Missing Piece

Decentralized exchanges could unlock the potential of blockchains, but they face pragmatic issues today in gaining the marketshare of alternatives.

Business  ·  7 May 2018
Exchanges

Olympic Medalist Apolo Ohno Has a Problem with Crypto

Olympian Apolo Ohno may have just launched a cryptocurrency exchange, but he isn't pulling punches when talking about his industry vision.

Policy & regulation  ·  20 March 2018
Regulation

Ex-CFTC Commissioner Joins Crypto Exchange as Adviser

Bart Chilton, the former CFTC commissioner, is now taking his regulatory expertise to decentralized cryptocurrency exchange Omega One.

Business  ·  25 January 2018
Exchanges

Ledger-to-Ledger? Hardware Wallet Integrates with Decentralized Exchange

Decentralized exchange Radar Relay has partnered with Ledger to allow for hardware wallet-to-wallet direct transfers.

Tech  ·  18 January 2018
Exchanges

Buying Bitcoin? Hedge Funds Will Use Blockchain, Too

The future of tokenized monies calls for a tokenized investment fund. The road there is being paved, but it's not so cut and dry.

Markets  ·  22 December 2017
Exchanges

UC Berkeley, KyberNetwork Partner for Decentralized Exchange Research

KyberNetwork is teaming up with a University of California blockchain group for research on ways to improve the decentralized exchange model.

Markets  ·  23 November 2017
Exchanges

Former Virtu Trader Plans Decentralized Cryptocurrency Exchange

A former trader at the high frequency trading (HFT) firm Virtu Financial is launching a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange.

Markets  ·  28 September 2017
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Meets Zcash: Developers Test Tool for Trustless Trades

A new tool showcases how the future of cryptocurrency trading might look with the introduction of cross-blockchain atomic swaps.

Tech  ·  29 August 2017
Exchanges

Solving the Liquidity Challenge of Decentralized Exchanges

Entrepreneur Loi Luu discusses why he believes liquidity is a key challenge keeping decentralized exchanges from going from concept to production.

Markets  ·  13 August 2017
Decentralized Exchanges

A Cypherpunk Dream: Blockstream Developer Departs to Build Bitcoin Web

Eric Martindale's new project is a trustless, decentralized exchange with smart contract functionality the developer claims is superior to ethereum.

Markets  ·  2 July 2017
Exchanges

Changing Exchanges: Will the Coinbase of Tomorrow Be Decentralized?

A new wave of decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges that exist almost entirely on a blockchain could do away with middlemen.

Business  ·  24 June 2017
Ethereum

Striking Twice? Lightning’s Joseph Poon Takes On Ethereum Exchange Project

Lightning's Joseph Poon is now building an ethereum-based decentralized exchange in an effort to eliminate third parties from trades.

Business  ·  10 June 2017