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Centralized (CEX) and decentralized exchanges (DEX) are natural competitors in the cryptocurrency market. It’s somewhat surprising that from the very beginning quite centralized structures – crypto exchanges – have grown into real giants in what initially was (and by definition is) such a decentralized industry as the cryptocurrency. However, blockchain technologies are evolving, and so…

The new “cryptospring” is here. Ever since the beginning of the year the graph for bitcoin rate in relation to dollar resembles a mountain range: starting at $ 20,000 in mid-December, the first cryptocurrency quickly reached 40,000$, slightly slower got to $ 65,000 and went down (though also unevenly). Now BTC price is hovering around…

Another surge in the value of BTC and the corresponding rise in interest, predictably entailed more than the next cryptocurrency boom. On top of that, the state bodies of different countries have become more active with their unending desire to regulate everything in sight. The official recognition of bitcoin as a legal tender was a…