According to Paradex, crypto is the foundation of a new financial system and originated as an alternative to traditional finance, underscoring the DeFi narrative over app-level projects (source: Paradex on X, Oct 4, 2025). For trading context, the post highlights DeFi infrastructure segments such as decentralized exchanges, lending, and on-chain finance, though it does not name specific tokens or protocols (source: Paradex on X, Oct 4, 2025). No price targets, timeframes, or market metrics were provided in the post (source: Paradex on X, Oct 4, 2025).