dYdX is a decentralized exchange that provides users with key financial instruments, such as perpetuals, margin trading, spot trading, lending, and borrowing. It equips traders with off-chain order books and on-chain settlement, allowing them to short-sell tokens, increase exposure by leveraging long positions, and earn interest on deposited tokens for faster transactions.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the Philippines has issued an investor alert warning the public against investing on seven cryptocurrency trading platforms: dYdX, Aevo, gTrade, Pacifica, Orderly, Deriv, and Ostium. The SEC stated that these platforms are not registered with the Commission and have not obtained the necessary authorizations required under the Crypto Asset Service Provider (CASP) framework. The SEC also warned that individuals promoting these platforms within the Philippines may face criminal liability, including fines of up to PHP 5,000,000 (approximately USD 89,000) or imprisonment for up to 21 years.
According to on-chain analyst Onchain Lens (@OnchainLens), a whale opened a 20x leveraged long position of 13,000 ETH—valued at approximately $28.67 million—across two separate wallets, while also holding a 20x leveraged long position of 286,153 SOL and a small 5x leveraged long position in DYDX.