Decentralized Exchange (DEX)

On a Decentralized Exchange (DEX), users can trade digital assets such as cryptocurrencies cheaply and peer-to-peer without central intermediaries. The abbreviation DEX is also frequently used.

Decentralized exchanges can be located in the context of DeFi projects.

See also: Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Blockchain Explorer.

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