Two worlds. One market.
But the rules couldn’t be more different.
CEXs — Centralized Exchanges:
Fast. Familiar. Trusted… until they’re not.
DEXs — Decentralized Exchanges:
Permissionless. Transparent. Resilient… but not without risks.
Everyone uses both.
Few understand either.
One offers speed.
The other offers sovereignty.
On a CEX, you trade convenience for custody.
On a DEX, you trade control for complexity.
And when things break — hacks, freezes, bankruptcies — you suddenly remember:
“Not your keys, not your coins.”
So ask yourself:
• Where does your trust actually live — in code or in corporations?
• What happens when regulation turns the screws on CEXs?
• And will the average user ever embrace the DEX world, or stay in the comfort zone?
Because soon, you’ll have to choose.
Not just where you trade —
but what you believe in.
Control or convenience.
Custody or customer service.
Decentralization or dependency.
The battle isn’t new.
But the stakes just got higher.