Category Archives: DEX

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Meme Coin History: How a 2013 Joke Became a $150B Market

Meme Coin History: How a 2013 Joke Became a $150B Market 1. Introduction: The $150 Billion Joke, Twelve Years On In December 2013 two engineers built a cryptocurrency to make fun of cryptocurrency. Eleven years later, in December 2024, the asset class they accidentally founded was worth more than $150 billion. Today, on 1 September…

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Hyperliquid

Hyperliquid: The New King of DEX Platforms – A Deep Dive into the Fastest-Growing DeFi Exchange of 2025

1.0 Introduction: The DEX Market Opportunity in the Wake of the FTX Collapse The dramatic collapse of FTX in late 2022 left an indelible mark on the digital-asset trading ecosystem. With users’ funds held in custodial wallets and managed by the exchange, the very foundation of trust was shaken. The failure served to highlight what…

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