DEX's market share exceeded 25% in May, setting a historical high. Is Decentralization trading becoming a trend?

Decentralized exchanges (DEX) reached a new high of 25% trading volume in May, and Hashed CEO Simon Kim predicts that DEX is expected to surpass CEX market share by 2030. (Synopsis: Hyperliquid's "price manipulation" active liquidation of JELLY's short orders was inflamed, Arthur Hayes: Bet that $HYPE will fall back to square one) (Background supplement: Binance CZ personal description: contact with meme ecological experience, future ideas on DEX, where is the industry breakthrough point... In May, decentralized exchanges (DEX) accounted for 25% of global spot cryptocurrency trading volume, a record high. This data not only marks an important milestone, but also strongly indicates that crypto asset trading is undergoing a critical structural shift from a centralized platform (CEX) to a more transparent, autonomous decentralized model. May Data According to The Block, spot trading on DEXs totaled more than $410 billion in May. Among them, PancakeSwap contributed the most, with a trading volume of $171.6 billion; Aerodrome and PumpSwap also stand out, with monthly trading volumes approaching $15 billion. The previous record market share of DEXs was 20% in January 2025, highlighting strong recent growth. Simon Kim, CEO and partner at cryptocurrency venture capital firm Hashed, noted that this is not just a change in market share, but: "a clear paradigm shift from centralized to decentralized, from trust-based to code-based trading systems." DEX Flip Reasons DEX has risen rapidly from the beginning to stagnation, and now regains growth may be due to multiple factors, first of all, technological progress has reached the threshold in recent years, DEX as a blockchain financial infrastructure, with inherent advantages such as composability, permissionless innovation and cross-chain interoperability. Market hotspots may be the focus in the near future, such as last year's on-chain meme coin (meme coin) boom, many well-known memecoins were the first to be issued on DEXs, significantly boosting trading volume. The popularity of personal crypto wallets driven by the meme coin boom lowered the threshold for DEX use, more users were able to transact directly through their own wallets, and users' trust in CEX declined, which may be partly due to past negative events and concerns about regulation, as well as concerns about the control of the next listed coin, which also prompted them to turn to DEX. The core advantages of DEX over CEX include: full user control over assets, transparency and verifiability of all transactions, high privacy without KYC for most DEXs, and a wider selection of tokens. Future outlook: Decentralization may reshape the market Simon Kim expects that DEX trading volume could surpass CEX in 2028 and dominate in 2030. He believes that Satoshi Nakamoto's vision of a peer-to-peer (P2P) electronic cash system is expanding into a complete financial ecosystem through DEX. According to DefiLLama data, the total lock-up volume of DEX (TVL) has also grown steadily, and many CEX brands have also begun to develop towards DEX, and whether the market share of decentralized machine exchanges will continue to grow in the future is worth paying attention to for all readers. Related reports Hyperliquid's "price manipulation" active liquidation of JELLY's short orders was inflamed, Arthur Hayes: Bet $HYPE will fall back to square one HyperLiquid slaughter record of $22 million, guilty of 50x leverage whale Seven mainstream DEXs Recent earnings at a glance: Jupiter, PancakeSwap earnings are stable, Raydium has declined significantly..."DEX May market accounted for more than 25% "record high" , Decentralized trading is trending? This article was first published in BlockTempo's "Dynamic Trend - The Most Influential Blockchain News Media".