On Thursday, crypto derivatives platform dYdX, which is currently built on Ethereum Layer 2, announced that it would be moving to a standalone blockchain based on the Cosmos SDK and Tendermint proof-of-stake consensus for its V4 update.
The firm cites the Cosmos blockchain's decentralization and performance as reasons for being a "best fit" for building dYdX for V4.Currently, the existing dYdX protocol processes about 10 trades per second and 1,000 order placements and cancellations per second, with the goal to scale to magnitudes higher.
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