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.

According to @AveryChing, the global trading engine’s performance trend is improving and is “headed toward the land of CEX,” signaling a push toward centralized-exchange-grade performance, source: X post by @AveryChing on Oct 21, 2025. He added that a component named “Velociraptor” is not fully live yet, indicating pending upgrades and an upcoming activation milestone for traders to monitor, source: X post by @AveryChing on Oct 21, 2025. For trading, watch continued improvement in the reported “downhill slope” and the full rollout of Velociraptor as concrete indicators of progress toward CEX-level execution, source: X post by @AveryChing on Oct 21, 2025.

According to @AveryChing, the global trading engine integrates a full stack infrastructure optimized for high-performance trading applications, featuring custom VM trading operations that seamlessly interface with Move composability. This architecture is designed to deliver superior scalability, reduced latency, lower operational costs, and robust security, all while maintaining consumer transparency (Source: @AveryChing, Twitter, June 1, 2025). For crypto traders, these advancements suggest the potential for faster and more reliable decentralized trading platforms, improved order execution, and increased trust, positioning Move-compatible chains as strong contenders in the evolving DeFi landscape.