According to @dydxfoundation, during the September Analyst Call the COO at the dYdX Foundation said competitive advantage in perpetual trading comes down to performance as on-chain derivatives competition intensifies, source: dYdX Foundation. The foundation highlighted Designated Proposers and an Order Entry Gateway as initiatives that will significantly reduce latency and improve block times on the protocol, source: dYdX Foundation. These upgrades aim to advance toward a CEX-quality experience while maintaining decentralization for its perpetual trading platform, source: dYdX Foundation. The protocol reported more than 1.4 trillion dollars in cumulative trading volume, underscoring its focus on scalability, resilience, and execution speed, source: dYdX Foundation.