dYdX: A Standard for Decentralized Margin Trading and Derivatives
dYdX allows creation of entirely new asset classes which derive their value from underlying blockchain-based assets. Financial products such as derivatives and margin trades allow investors to achieve superior risk management with their portfolios, and open up new avenues for speculation. They also increase market efficiency for the underlying asset by aiding in price discovery and allowing individuals to express more complex opinions on price and volatility. dYdX provides advantages over traditional financial products by eliminating the need for a regulated central clearing house, providing global and equal access, and allowing users full control of their funds at all times.
dYdX offers a number of decentralized protocols implementing various types of crypto-asset financial products. These protocols are comprised of open source Ethereum Smart Contracts and standards.
● dYdX
○ Decentralized protocols for peer-to-peer derivatives and margin trading
○ Built on Ethereum and 0x
○ Open-source and free to use
○ Efficient markets are enabled using off-chain 0x orders and economic incentives for price discovery
○ Modular, extensible smart contracts allow continuous opt-in upgrades
● dYdX Margin Trading Protocol
○ Can be used to profit on downward price movements, or increase leverage
○ Providing low risk fully collateralized loans for margin trades can provide interest fee on long positions
○ Anyone can margin trade or lend any ERC20 token
● dYdX Options Protocol
○ Can be used to reduce risk or speculate
○ Anyone can create, write, buy, or trade any option on any ERC20 token
○ Each option is represented by its own ERC20 token to allow easy trading
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