DEX: Spot Volume by Pair Category

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Pair Categories

The classification of pair categories is determined in a top-to-bottom manner.

  • Native-Stablecoin: the trade involves the native gas token on the blockchain and a stablecoin.
  • Bitcoin: the trade involves a Bitcoin-pegged asset. Some notable trading pairs are BTC-ETH, BTC-USD, and BTC-BTC (for example, cbBTC-WBTC).
  • Stablecoin Swaps: the trade has both the bought token and sold token as stablecoins.
  • LST Swaps: the trade involves a Liquid Staking token.
  • Tokenized Assets: the trade involves a tokenized asset. Examples include Gold, Equities, and Treasuries.
  • Composite Assets: the trade involves an composite asset. Examples include leveraged crypto tokens, portfolio of crypto tokens, and LP tokens.
  • Project Tokens: the trade involves tokens that are issued by projects. An example would be governance tokens and L1 tokens (excluding Bitcoin).
  • AI Agents: the trade involves an AI agent token.
  • Memes: The remaining volume from known memecoins as well as unclassified tokens.

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