Decentralized exchanges
A decentralized exchange (DEX) is a cryptocurrency exchange which operates in a decentralized way, without a central authority.
GMX
GMX is a decentralized spot and perpetual exchange that supports low swap fees and zero price impact trades and let you trade top cryptocurrencies with up to 30x leverage directly from your wallet.
Hyperliquid
Hyperliquid is a decentralized perpetual exchange with best-in-class speed, liquidity, and price. Trade crypto in one click, without wallet approvals.
dYdX
dYdX is a trading platform for crypto assets, built with open-source protocols, enabling decentralized margin trading. dYdX - Decentralized Platform for Advanced Financial Products, interview with Antonio Juliano
1inch.exchange
1inch.exchange split the order to several decentralized exchanges like UniswapExchange, KyberNetwork, Bancor and RadarRelay to avoid high price slippage. Interview with 1inch CTO. 1inch alternatives.
Aevo
Aevo is a decentralized derivatives exchange, focused on options. The exchange runs on a custom EVM roll-up that rolls up to Ethereum. Aevo operates an off-chain orderbook with on-chain settlements.
AirSwap
Peer-to-peer token trading on Ethereum, without trading fees. Interview with AirSwap team.
Balancer
Balancer Exchange allow you to swap ERC20 tokens trustlessly across all Balancer’s liquidity pools.
Bancor
Bancor is an on-chain liquidity protocol that enables automated, decentralized token exchange on Ethereum and across blockchains. Bancor Protocol History and Bancor v2 Details.
Bisq
Bisq is an open-source, peer-to-peer desktop application that allows you to buy and sell cryptocurrencies.
CowSwap
CowSwap is a trading interface built on top of Gnosis Protocol v2. It allows you to buy and sell tokens using gas-less orders that are settled peer-to-peer among its users or into any on-chain liquidity source while providing MEV protection.
Curve
Curve is an exchange liquidity pool on Ethereum designed for extremely efficient stablecoin trading. Interview with Curve Finance founder.
Dodo
DODO is a on-chain liquidity provider which leverages the Proactive Market Maker algorithm (PMM) to provide on-chain and contract-fillable liquidity for everyone. DODO: Capital-Efficient Decentralized Exchange, Interview with co-founder Diane Dai.
Drift Protocol
Drift Protocol is an open-sourced, decentralized exchange built on the Solana blockchain, enabling transparent and non-custodial cryptocurrency trading.
IDEX
IDEX is a non-custodial exchange that integrates with any custody solution and allows users to trade with one another without giving up control to a third-party custodian. Interview with IDEX Exchange CEO, Alex Waern.
Jupiter
Jupiter is a decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator on the Solana blockchain that provides the best swap rates by combining liquidity from multiple sources.
KyberSwap
KyberSwap is a multi-chain decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator which provides traders with the best token prices by analyzing rates across over 60 DEXs across 12 chains. Interview with Loi Luu, CEO and co-founder of Kyber Network.
Matcha
Matcha is a crypto trading platform with smart order routing powered by 0x. Matcha aggregates liquidity from multiple sources, including 0x, Kyber, Uniswap, Oasis, Curve, and others. Matcha Alternatives
Orca
Orca is a decentralized protocol that facilitates trades on Solana, as Orca is non-custodial when you trade tokens the protocol will interact directly with your wallet.
Osmosis
Osmosis is an automated market maker (AMM) protocol that allows developers to build customized AMMs with sovereign liquidity pools. Built using the Cosmos SDK, Osmosis utilizes Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) to enable cross-chain transactions.
PancakeSwap
PancakeSwap is a Binance Smart Chain based AMM exchange with liquidity incentivized through farming mechanics, lottery, and collectibles gamification.
ParaSwap
ParaSwap is a decentralized exchange aggregator that provides the best prices over multiple DEXs on the Ethereum, and many others EVM blockchains. Interview with ParaSwap CEO and founder, Mounir Benchemled.
Quickswap
QuickSwap is a permissionless decentralized exchange based on Polygon Layer 2 scalability infrastructure
Raydium
Raydium is an automated market maker (AMM) built on the Solana blockchain which leverages the central order book of the Serum decentralized exchange (DEX) to enable lightning-fast trades, shared liquidity and new features for earning yield
Saber
Saber is a cross-chain stablecoin exchange on Solana that provides a liquidity foundation for stablecoins
SushiSwap
The SushiSwap exchange allows users to swap any ERC20 token into any other ERC20 token through automated liquidity pools
Trader Joe
Trader Joe is a one stop decentralized trading platform on Avalanche that helps users swap between two tokens
Uniswap
Uniswap is an automated fully decentralized token exchange on Ethereum. Uniswap Explained - In-Depth DeFi Guide. Uniswap Alternatives.