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