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Coinbase's October 30 deadline raises concerns – Will stablecoin traders move to DEXs?
However, at the same time, it has also raised questions about whether these alternatives can offer the same access to liquidity and trading flexibility as centralized exchanges (CEXs).
In an email to AMBCrypto, Quinten van Welzen, Head of Growth at Zano, said, Coinbase's deadline shows why access to decentralized trading is becoming increasingly important, not just for privacy coins but for stablecoins too. Here, Welzen is expressing the broader concerns about the dependence on CEXs.
He believes that when platforms restrict certain assets to meet regulatory requirements, users often tend to lose access to familiar trading routes even if they continue holding those tokens in self-custody wallets. So, decentralized exchanges (DEXs) and peer-to-peer swaps offer alternative ways to trade without relying on a single centralized intermediary.
However, these options also come with challenges, including fractured liquidity, limited trading pairs, technical complexity, and their own regulatory exposure. Naturally this prompted a question on whether DEXs can provide reliable, liquid, and accessible alternatives as CEXs adapt to regulatory requirements or whether users will simply move their dependence to DEXs.
