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DYdX
dYdX offers decentralized perpetual trading with deep liquidity, high leverage, and non-custodial security on its dedicated blockchain.
Cayman Islands
Maintainer signals as of Aug 10, 2026
Description
dYdX operates a decentralized exchange specialized in perpetual contracts, enabling users to trade cryptocurrency derivatives with leverage up to 25x. Built on a dedicated Cosmos SDK-based blockchain, the platform features an off-chain order book maintained by validators, combining centralized exchange performance with decentralized security. Users maintain self-custody of assets while accessing advanced order types, funding rates, and cross-margin trading across various markets.Grant Funding
VC Funding
None
2017
2018
2021
$0
$87M
Technology & Skills
OPEN SOURCE
NETWORK PROGRAMMING
XARRAY
MOBILE
TRADING SYSTEM
DECENTRALIZED
GLUE
MARKET DATA
SQL
POSTGRESQL
KAFKA
BACKEND
PROTOCOL DESIGN
ARCHITECTURE
DATA INFRASTRUCTURE
REST API
INCENTIVE DESIGN
S3
RESPONSIVENESS
DATA VISUALIZATION
IOS
ORDER ENTRY
HTML
LOW LATENCY
SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING
EXCHANGE INFRASTRUCTURE
NODE.JS
COMMUNICATION
AMPLITUDE
USER BEHAVIOR
FEED HANDLER
TESTING
PROTOCOLS
NATIVE
MENTORING
MARKET STRUCTURE
BLOCKCHAIN
HFT
WALLETS
CSS
CODE REVIEW
DEFI
POSTGRES
ORDER BOOK
PERFORMANCE
EC2
API
DERIVATIVE
PANDAS
RISK SYSTEM
LIMIT ORDER BOOK
MANAGEMENT
REACT
TERRAFORM
ETHEREUM
MATCHING ENGINE
NETWORKING
WEBSOCKET
TRADING
METRIC
MECHANISM DESIGN
DUNE
REPRODUCIBILITY
PYTHON
FINANCE
ATHENA
OBSERVABILITY
DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS
DOCKER
PIPELINE
SASS
AWS
TYPESCRIPT
REDUX
RESEARCH
SECURITY
SMART CONTRACT
STATE
DEBUGGING
COSMOSSDK
JAVASCRIPT
TRADING ENGINE
REST
STATE MANAGEMENT
ANDROID
LESS
ACCESSIBILITY
REDIS
DATADOG
WEBPACK
EXPRESS
BIGQUERY
MODE