6171876389ecdae3c6b1423e\_autonio-blog-motiv-p-1600.pngDEX’s have brought people financial freedom with benefits such as asset custody, lack of listing limitations, and trades that don’t rely on intermediary institutions. While these underlying concepts have in fact been around since the early days of crypto when Mt. Gox was a leading exchange, they have become popularized recently with the overall emergence of the DeFi (decentralized finance) movement. In particular, Uniswap’s introduction o...

6171876389ecdae3c6b1423e\_autonio-blog-motiv-p-1600.pngDEX’s have brought people financial freedom with benefits such as asset custody, lack of listing limitations, and trades that don’t rely on intermediary institutions. While these underlying concepts have in fact been around since the early days of crypto when Mt. Gox was a leading exchange, they have become popularized recently with the overall emergence of the DeFi (decentralized finance) movement. In particular, Uniswap’s introduction o...

6181195f8bb566ba35006575\_autonio-blog-decrypt-p-1080.pngThe function of market making plays a crucial role throughout the financial world. While some experts would argue that it is the fundamental engine in driving markets, little information is available to thoroughly explain how it works in simple terms. As it relates to the crypto landscape there are many misconceptions about market making and the role it plays for digital assets (like cryptocurrencies). Generally speaking, market makers ...

6181195f8bb566ba35006575\_autonio-blog-decrypt-p-1080.pngThe function of market making plays a crucial role throughout the financial world. While some experts would argue that it is the fundamental engine in driving markets, little information is available to thoroughly explain how it works in simple terms. As it relates to the crypto landscape there are many misconceptions about market making and the role it plays for digital assets (like cryptocurrencies). Generally speaking, market makers ...

619625d11a6a234f69fb88c1\_777522e6-p-1080.pngAs we count down the days until the beta launch of Smartdex 2.0, it’s time to wrap up our Smartdex 2.0 series! Our earlier posts highlighted three of the four core elements of Autonio’s elegant next-gen DEX: liquidity aggregation, cross chain bridge aggregation, and Smartpools. While each of these play an important role and address their own fundamental issues in the marketplace, the significance of successfully aggregating cross-chain liquidity ma...

619625d11a6a234f69fb88c1\_777522e6-p-1080.pngAs we count down the days until the beta launch of Smartdex 2.0, it’s time to wrap up our Smartdex 2.0 series! Our earlier posts highlighted three of the four core elements of Autonio’s elegant next-gen DEX: liquidity aggregation, cross chain bridge aggregation, and Smartpools. While each of these play an important role and address their own fundamental issues in the marketplace, the significance of successfully aggregating cross-chain liquidity ma...

6177486b97eef83daa03157a\_bird-p-1080.pngThe Emergence of Algorithmic Trading and Its Importance The overarching aim of algorithmic trading is about obtaining information quicker and executing a trade order faster, thereby leveraging speed and computational resources. Electronic communication in the 1990’s improved this capability, where smaller differences in the bid and ask offer were realized than previously before. An ongoing evolution of the digital age brought with it the ability to eff...

6177486b97eef83daa03157a\_bird-p-1080.pngThe Emergence of Algorithmic Trading and Its Importance The overarching aim of algorithmic trading is about obtaining information quicker and executing a trade order faster, thereby leveraging speed and computational resources. Electronic communication in the 1990’s improved this capability, where smaller differences in the bid and ask offer were realized than previously before. An ongoing evolution of the digital age brought with it the ability to eff...

6194db3296c3198c27ece1b6\_6181195f8bb566ba35006575\_autonio-blog-decrypt-p-1600-p-1080.pngAutomated Market Makers (AMMs) and their Purpose Automated Market Makers (AMMs) are decentralized asset trading pools that enable users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies without a middleman. They are autonomous trading algorithms that rely on users to pool liquidity, relying on on-chain smart contracts called liquidity pools rather than order books and order matching. Decentralized Exchanges (DEXs) are cr...

6194db3296c3198c27ece1b6\_6181195f8bb566ba35006575\_autonio-blog-decrypt-p-1600-p-1080.pngAutomated Market Makers (AMMs) and their Purpose Automated Market Makers (AMMs) are decentralized asset trading pools that enable users to buy and sell cryptocurrencies without a middleman. They are autonomous trading algorithms that rely on users to pool liquidity, relying on on-chain smart contracts called liquidity pools rather than order books and order matching. Decentralized Exchanges (DEXs) are cr...

617d874ac84236a81c550e2f\_smartdex-v2-ann-p-1080.pngLiquidity has always been a central concern for financial markets and without it trade orders risk having low throughput and poor user experience. It is a tedious process to manually search through the numerous DEX’s and even more CEX’s in order to get the best rates as many have different prices for the same asset. While fragmented, we've seen a huge increase in the available liquidity with the rise of AMMs and liquidity protocols. Bil...

617d874ac84236a81c550e2f\_smartdex-v2-ann-p-1080.pngLiquidity has always been a central concern for financial markets and without it trade orders risk having low throughput and poor user experience. It is a tedious process to manually search through the numerous DEX’s and even more CEX’s in order to get the best rates as many have different prices for the same asset. While fragmented, we've seen a huge increase in the available liquidity with the rise of AMMs and liquidity protocols. Bil...

6192786cb20c129fc7457241\_smartdex-chains-blog (1).pngAutomated Market Makers One of the most quintessential DeFi products is the Automated Market Maker (AMM), which provides the mechanism to incorporate and facilitate liquidity in a trustless, non-custodial manner. It accomplishes this through liquidity pools on decentralized exchange platforms (DEXs) that lock tokens in a smart contract, which consists of guidelines relating to asset pricing and swapping execution. Users who supply pools wi...

6192786cb20c129fc7457241\_smartdex-chains-blog (1).pngAutomated Market Makers One of the most quintessential DeFi products is the Automated Market Maker (AMM), which provides the mechanism to incorporate and facilitate liquidity in a trustless, non-custodial manner. It accomplishes this through liquidity pools on decentralized exchange platforms (DEXs) that lock tokens in a smart contract, which consists of guidelines relating to asset pricing and swapping execution. Users who supply pools wi...

619016c614d5d03aa3ddff9f\_Twitter post - 34 (1).pngAs our involvement with the proof-of-stake, peer-reviewed blockchain deepens, we are busy developing suitable solutions to integrate and implement the best features that each organization has to offer. On our end is the creation of an operational API working with the command line interface which will bridge assets between Ethereum and Cardano. Meanwhile, we have engineered a staking contract that will enable single-asset Cardano vaults to be ...

619016c614d5d03aa3ddff9f\_Twitter post - 34 (1).pngAs our involvement with the proof-of-stake, peer-reviewed blockchain deepens, we are busy developing suitable solutions to integrate and implement the best features that each organization has to offer. On our end is the creation of an operational API working with the command line interface which will bridge assets between Ethereum and Cardano. Meanwhile, we have engineered a staking contract that will enable single-asset Cardano vaults to be ...

61980c5e8de9cf14fb5c0c53\_6acdf237-p-1080.pngThe Final Countdown: Counting Down to the Beta Launch of Smartdex 2.0 While making Smartdex 2.0 we here at Autonio learned that it’s important to not only have all the right ingredients and a great vision, but also to master the art of timing. When Autonio announced the upcoming release of Smartdex 2.0 three months ago in August there was still a lot of work to do. To be completely honest we needed to dive much deeper into the details, and we were ...

61980c5e8de9cf14fb5c0c53\_6acdf237-p-1080.pngThe Final Countdown: Counting Down to the Beta Launch of Smartdex 2.0 While making Smartdex 2.0 we here at Autonio learned that it’s important to not only have all the right ingredients and a great vision, but also to master the art of timing. When Autonio announced the upcoming release of Smartdex 2.0 three months ago in August there was still a lot of work to do. To be completely honest we needed to dive much deeper into the details, and we were ...

6177486b97eef83daa03157a\_bird.pngThe egalitarian framework of blockchains has succeeded in ‘leveling the playing field’ to grant direct access to all who wish to participate and add value. This has transformed no industry more than the financial, where crypto has taken over the high level functions, which were previously reserved for only the likes of elite institutions such as hedge funds. One component in particular being market making, which has its roots in providing the essential elemen...

6177486b97eef83daa03157a\_bird.pngThe egalitarian framework of blockchains has succeeded in ‘leveling the playing field’ to grant direct access to all who wish to participate and add value. This has transformed no industry more than the financial, where crypto has taken over the high level functions, which were previously reserved for only the likes of elite institutions such as hedge funds. One component in particular being market making, which has its roots in providing the essential elemen...

With all the excitement around AI, it has yet to make a significant impact to date in the crypto marketplace. This is undoubtedly about to change as its combination with blockchain technology seems to be a mutually beneficial partnership. Blockchains possess the capability of scaling AI since it’s able to secure storage and share paths of data, whereas AI generates insights from this data in order to create further value. Moreover, AI’s ability to analyze large amounts of data and machine lea...

With all the excitement around AI, it has yet to make a significant impact to date in the crypto marketplace. This is undoubtedly about to change as its combination with blockchain technology seems to be a mutually beneficial partnership. Blockchains possess the capability of scaling AI since it’s able to secure storage and share paths of data, whereas AI generates insights from this data in order to create further value. Moreover, AI’s ability to analyze large amounts of data and machine lea...

618ab3bcec32ba206cb37b13\_autonio-ann-router-dfyn-p-1080.pngWelcome back to the third part of our Smartdex 2.0 Series! With only a few more weeks until the beta launch of Smartdex 2.0 , we’re looking forward to providing you with some more great information on how to use Smartdex to its fullest potential. What is cross-chain bridge aggregation and why does it matter? Interoperability between blockchains is likely to be a determining factor for the next wave of mass onboarding into the DeFi sp...

618ab3bcec32ba206cb37b13\_autonio-ann-router-dfyn-p-1080.pngWelcome back to the third part of our Smartdex 2.0 Series! With only a few more weeks until the beta launch of Smartdex 2.0 , we’re looking forward to providing you with some more great information on how to use Smartdex to its fullest potential. What is cross-chain bridge aggregation and why does it matter? Interoperability between blockchains is likely to be a determining factor for the next wave of mass onboarding into the DeFi sp...