Hey everyone, we have big news to share today! Vertex’s contracts are now deployed on the Arbitrum mainnet! The API-only Beta marks the first phase of the launch sequence – allowing automated traders to trade on Vertex for the first time. This beta test, which is API-only, enables market participants

Vertex is pleased to announce an ongoing partnership with Perpy Finance to bring social copy trading to Vertex users in Q2 2023! Perpy will launch support for Vertex as part of their V2 vaults release in Q2 2023, which will incorporate HFT trading execution for Perpy vault traders, multiple new

All trading venues share a relatively simple goal – to enable cheap and efficient trading for users in the greatest volume possible. That means liquidity, defined as: 1. Tight spreads 2. Low slippage The differences between CEXs and DEXs force trade-offs between control and performance for traders in the context of

Vertex is pleased to announce a Security Partnership with OtterSec! OtterSec is a reputable blockchain security firm with an extensive track record of Web3 and traditional security expertise across a diverse range of notable clients with bespoke demands. “We’re thrilled to work with OtterSec directly on a comprehensive security

A $10 billion hole on a balance sheet. Untenable risk exposure fueling yields on customer deposits leading to insolvency. A daisy chain of contagion as retail users are left to pick up the pieces once again.   FTX, Celsius, and Crypto 2022. Centralized trust breaches are running rampant in crypto lately.

TLDR: Transparency, tokenomics, and DAO governance allow decentralized exchanges to reduce risk in financial markets. This series has introduced the concept that exchanges are public goods. We argue that for various reasons, we ought to prefer DEXs over CEXs. Much of what we covered has dealt with user experience on

Welcome to Basecamp, the start of your journey to Everest’s Summit. The Mission Today’s current market structure contains an amalgamation of competing interests. The narrative of crypto has not changed, yet the majority settle for less by surrendering power to the few. CEXs have held the market majority

TLDR: Making exchanges work in the best interests of their communities is essential. We advocate for user-driven control of exchanges to ensure value is kept within an ecosystem for long term growth. In Part 1 of our ‘Call to Arms’ series we discussed how exchanges are both public goods and

TLDR: The ideal exchange is- cheap, fast, fair, safe, and convenient. Because they are public goods, exchanges should be prioritizing community service over profits. Vertex aims to meet these ideals. In our call to arms we identified the monopolistic nature of CEXs and their adverse effects on the current market,

This series seeks to answer: Why should exchanges be decentralized? In our last article, we laid out a call to arms for Crypto users everywhere. In this article, we ask: What is an exchange? (and what does it do?) TLDR — Exchanges are: 1. A public good designed to help users

Quick recap — It’s been 4 weeks since we shared our last roadmap update. In that time we have: * Published our new Litepaper (and threads 1, 2, 3) * Rebranded (check out the website) * Attended Mainnet (have you seen our booth 😂 ) * Launched community initiatives (get paid to contribute) Next up: The

This is the first blog of a series aiming to ask WHY exchanges should be decentralized. (and why users should care) Here at Vertex, we are building a DEX. We think it’s special and once you see it, we think you will too. We will compete with centralized exchanges.

Here at Vertex, we are bear market busy… and whilst we build, we are ALSO rebranding! Our product will speak for itself – that we’re sure of – but we thought it was time for a makeover. The New Vertex showcases our commitment to accessibility and driving the adoption of DeFi

It’s that time of year again — Autumn is around the corner (“Fall” to our North American friends) and before you know it the holidays. So, like any normal person, the thought of dinner table crypto conversations with relatives may be on the mind… Not for us at Vertex. Instead,

As promised last week, the team at Vertex is proud to present our new Litepaper to the world. Link to litepaper docs: https://vertex-protocol.gitbook.io/vertex-litepaper-v2/litepaper/abstract Our paper seeks to highlight the core discrepancies of both CeFi and DeFi. From negligent centralized actors to sub-par performance, overly

It’s been three months since we last updated you and whilst you’ve been working on your tans (or not) and avoiding the crypto bear market, our engineers have been glued to their screens looking paler than ever after totally rebuilding our codebase and transferring our new trading platform