The crypto market cap rose to $2.14 trillion over 24 hours, with BTC, ETH, and SOL posting gains and NFPrompt surging more than 103%. Market sentiment, however, remained in Extreme Fear as the index improved only to 19.

A DEX lets users trade crypto directly through smart contracts and liquidity pools without handing assets to a third party. This article breaks down how DEXs work, how they differ from CEXs, common models, fees, leading platforms, and risks.

Kevin Warsh told senators that digital assets are already part of U.S. financial services and should be integrated with safeguards, while calling a U.S. CBDC a bad policy choice.

Seven perp DEX tokens launched via TGE in the past year. Only ASTER (+269% FDV) and EDGE (+114%) succeeded; the other five lost 32%-55%. Failure rate hits 71%, as the market quickly separates strong protocols from weak ones.

BlockDAG listing date speculation intensifies as BDAG trades at $0.0828, down 17% intraday. Coinstore launches a $3,000 futures competition, WEEX kicks off a 10,000 USDT airdrop, and ecosystem expansion accelerates ahead of a potential Q2 2026 full rollout.

BEAT soared 52%, HMSTR gained 49% in 24h; Raydium exploited for ~$1.34M; Coinbase wins perpetuals approval; Fear & Greed Index sits at 12 (Extreme Fear).

2025 forced crypto markets to mature: the October perp crash exposed ADL risks, funding arbitrage became low-margin, and decentralized perps like dYdX achieved institutional-grade execution. Venue selection overtook narrative as the key edge.

Remittix Markets adds perpetual futures to the RTX ecosystem, offering a limited 300% RTX bonus (code PERPS300). The presale has raised over $30.87 million; RTX is priced at $0.18, with a launch price of $0.35. Listing begins on Uniswap DEX, followed by BitMart, LBank, and MEXC.