CeFi Dominates with 100x Volume

CeFi volumes still overshadow DeFi by a staggering 100x, with platforms like Hyperliquid driving the majority of the activity. Despite years of innovation, DeFi remains far from closing this gap. The core issue lies in limited market offerings and insufficient liquidity on DeFi venues, which stifle growth and fail to attract serious traders.

We are seeing an upward growth in DEX to CEX volume since our inception of DeFi markets and yet, we have barely captured the surface.

To compete at this scale, DeFi must deliver more than incremental improvements — it needs transformative markets that can rival CeFi in depth, efficiency, and accessibility. The time for half-measures is over.

Perhaps, it may also be due to the fact, earlier it was difficult to build such CeFi markets on DeFi due to the absence of chains to deliver similar performance as needed — but that excuse is not valid anymore, as we are seeing several high-performance chains in development now delivering the required performance.

So, the best time to compete with CeFi is now.