Embrace Rather Than Confront Is the Key to a Win-Win Situation for CEXs and DeFi

Embrace Rather Than Confront Is the Key to a Win-Win Situation for CEXs and DeFi

The question of whether DeFi will take over CeFi and DEXs replace CEXs keeps lingering in people’s minds, especially since the space has begun to rise so rapidly. Yet, simply observing how CEXs (especially industry-leading CEXs) are responding to the rise of DeFi is a great reference to the development of the industry as a […]


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