Why Demex?

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Unique Features

Demex is designed for:

  • Deep Liquidity - Demex spot and perp order books are complemented with an automated market marker (AMM) system which is backed with liquidity pools. This creates a strong backstop of liquidity and minimizes slippage for traders.

  • Nitro Fast Trades - With a 1.8s blocktime, Demex finality is 400x faster than Ethereum, and comparable to the newest Layer-2 chains out there.

  • True Fairness - Demex's trading engine is MEV-resistant - all trades within a block are treated with the same time priority and are fairly matched through a with a single clearing price.

  • True Openness - List any token and create any market permissionlessly from any IBC, EVM and non-EVM chain on Demex.

  • One-stop shop - Demex supports sophisticated financial instruments not typically seen in most DEXs. This means you can deposit once and do everything you need on Demex!

Comparison

The following table details how Demex compares to other Perpetual DEXs and CEXs:

Exchange

Demex

dYdX

Bitmex

Binance

Matching

Up to 10,000 TPS in burst

10 TPS, dependent on ETH network

200 TPS in burst

Up to 100,000 TPS

Oracle

Carbon oracle

MakerDAO Oracle V2

Composite based on spot CEXs

Composite based on spot CEXs

Instruments

Spot,

Dated futures, Perpetual swaps, Money markets,

Options (upcoming)

Perpetual swap

Dated futures, Perpetual swap

Spot,

Dated futures, Perpetual swap

Market Maker

Constant product AMM + Community Market Makers

Paid corporate MMs

Bitmex trading team

Paid corporate MMs / Binance trading team

Liquidation

Insurance fund, ADL

Community liquidation

Insurance fund, ADL

ADL

Fees

Based on $SWTH stake

2.5 bps maker 7.5 bps taker

-2.5 bps maker 7.5 bps taker

2 bps maker 4 bps taker

Decentralization

Carbon - 23 validators

Starkware - single sequencer

Centralized

Centralized

Registration

Any Cosmos or Web3 Wallet

Any Web3 Wallet

Email + KYC

Email + KYC

Withdrawal / Deposit

Few seconds (IBC) to few minutes (L1 / L2)

Few minutes

Daily

Few minutes

Rewards

Demex token airdrop, referral incentives

Liquidation incentives

N/A

N/A

Team

Community Driven w/ Web3+Trader-centric core dev support

VCs

Corporation

Corporation

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