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Crypto’s Unfulfilled Dreams Get a Tailwind From U.S. Crackdown on Binance, Coinbase
The crypto revolution was supposed to make finance more decentralized, but much of the industry is centralized. Regulatory pressure could change that.
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DYdX Passes Vote to Reduce Trading Rewards by 45%, Sending Token Up 29.89%
The DYDX token is up by 121% since the turn of the year.
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Crypto Startups Are Increasingly Postponing Token Launch Plans as Alameda Research's Contagion Effects Linger
Data from CoinMarketCap shows a precipitous decline in applications for token listings as liquidity dries up.
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The dYdX proposal has 90% of voters in favor, but the discussion is polarized.
DYdX DeFi Grants Renewal Proposal Spurs Polarized Community Discussion
Nearly 90% of voters favor the grants proposal, but many in the community pointed out controversial limitations.
The dYdX proposal has 90% of voters in favor, but the discussion is polarized.

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DYDX Token Surges as Unlock Gets Delayed Until December
Next month's 150 million-token unlock has been reduced, with 83 million tokens allocated to investors being locked until December.
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Bullish Token Unlocks Buck Bear Market Trend in Spur to Altcoin Season
Bearish token unlocks are now a thing of the past as astute traders attempt to squeeze short positions in the lead up to supply increases.
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Crypto Analysts Warn Against Shorting DYDX Ahead of $200M Token Unlock
The token unlock, which will take place on Feb. 2, will release 150 million coins worth about $200 million and 15% of the total supply.
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Where Is the Ethereum Virtual Machine Headed in 2023? (Hint: Beyond Ethereum)
With apps like Uniswap exploring Layer 2s, dYdX building on Cosmos and the rise of appchains on Cosmos next year seems fit for an explosion of EVM experimentation.
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What Is dYdX? Understanding the Decentralized Crypto Exchange
The DEX was designed specifically for perpetual swaps and works differently than other DEXs such as Uniswap.
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DeFi Protocols Are Winning Users as Centralized Crypto Exchanges Suffer Ether Outflows
In the wake of the downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX exchange, crypto traders are increasingly turning toward decentralized-finance (DeFi) protocols – as Ethereum tokens flow off big centralized crypto exchanges like Binance and OKX.
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