"We are well past the halfway mark of 2025, and crypto swaps are everywhere. But is that just hype, or does the data back it up? And what exactly is a crypto swap, and how does it differ from bridging or exchanging? In Q2 2025, decentralized exchanges (DEXs) saw a huge 25.3% jump in spot trading volume, hitting over $876 billion."
"A crypto swap is a direct, wallet-to-wallet exchange of one digital asset for another no fiat currency, no order books and no third-party custody. Instead of selling your Bitcoin (BTC) for dollars and then buying Ether (ETH), you swap BTC for ETH in a single step. When people talk about converting crypto, they often mean selling into fiat or using a platform's internal conversion tool, which may add hidden fees, delays or intermediaries."
Decentralized swaps surged in 2025, with DEX spot trading volume rising 25.3% in Q2 to over $876 billion while centralized exchanges fell nearly 28% to $3.9 trillion. A crypto swap is a direct, wallet-to-wallet exchange of one digital asset for another, avoiding fiat, order books and third-party custody. Swaps replace the sell-into-fiat-and-rebuy cycle and can incorporate cross-chain bridge solutions to move assets between blockchains. Users favor swaps for lower fees, improved liquidity via automated market makers, non-custodial private-key control, no KYC requirements and faster on-chain settlement. Layered tools like Symbiosis, Uniswap v4 hooks and atomic-swap designs aim to optimize cost, efficiency and safety.
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