DEX聚合器0x宣布競爭洪水收購

0x是一家分散的交易基礎設施公司，宣布收購競爭對手洪水，該公司表示將幫助其參與超級競爭

"@0x_protocol has acquired rival DEX aggregator Flood in a move that will help the firm compete in the hyper competitive market for routing cryptocurrency trades, the two companies announced Thursday.

兩家公司週四宣布，“@0x_protocol已經收購了競爭對手DEX聚合器洪水，這將有助於該公司在超級競爭市場中競爭加密貨幣交易。

Decentralized exchanges — or DEXs — are a cornerstone of the decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem. They let blockchain users swap between assets without the need for an intermediary or middleman such as a centralized exchange.

分散交流（或DEX）是分散財務（DEFI）生態系統的基石。他們讓區塊鏈用戶在資產之間交換，而無需中間或中間人，例如集中式交易所。

Aggregators like 0x’s act as a one-stop-shop for traders, searching all the DEXs out there to find the one that offers the most cost-efficient trades, for a small fee. They are typically paid in a portion of the trading fee, or through a gas token that is used to pay for gas on the blockchain.

像0x這樣的聚合商是交易員的一站式服務，搜索所有DEXS，以少量費用找到提供最具成本效益交易的交易。它們通常是在交易費的一部分中支付的，或者通過用於支付區塊鏈的汽油的汽油令牌。

But with more and more aggregators launching and the competitive landscape heating up, several firms are now focusing on developing proprietary aggregation technology to offer the best prices and execution speed.

但是，隨著越來越多的聚合器的推出和競爭景觀的加熱，幾家公司現在專注於開發專有的聚合技術，以提供最佳的價格和執行速度。

It was Flood’s proprietary aggregation software that motivated the acquisition, Amir Bandeali, CEO of 0x, told Decrypt.

0x首席執行官Amir Bandeali告訴Decrypt，正是Flood的專有聚合軟件激勵了收購。

0x uses its own trade simulation technology to check how well its aggregation software works compared with its competitors, Bandeali said. “We were able to take a look at Flood as well and run similar types of tests and we were very impressed with the data that we saw.”

Bandeali說，0x使用自己的貿易模擬技術來檢查其聚合軟件與競爭對手相比的運作效果。 “我們也能夠看一下洪水並進行類似類型的測試，我們看到的數據給我們留下了深刻的印象。”

Flood’s small team of engineers built its aggregation software from scratch over the course of 18 months, said Francesco Baccetti, co-founder and CEO of Flood.

Flood的聯合創始人兼首席執行官Francesco Baccetti表示，Flood的小型工程師團隊在18個月的時間內從頭開始建立了匯總軟件。

“Everything got made from scratch,” Baccetti told Decrypt. “We rewrote the whole stack to get this level of performance that we now have.”

“一切都從頭開始，” Baccetti告訴解密。 “我們重寫了整個堆棧，以獲得現在的性能水平。”

The acquisition is 0x’s first since the firm’s founding in 2017. A spokesperson for 0x declined to share how much it paid for Flood, citing contractual obligations.

此次收購是自2017年成立以來的0x首次收購。 0倍發言人拒絕以合同義務為由分享洪水支付的費用。

Flood, which is currently in the process of shutting down its services, had previously raised $5.2 million from investors in a seed funding round back in February, according to Crunchbase data.

根據Crunchbase數據，目前正在關閉其服務的洪水以前曾在2月的一筆種子資金中從投資者那裡籌集了520萬美元。

DEX aggregators are a big business. Over the past week, the top 12 aggregators facilitated almost $10 billion worth of swap volume, around 10% of all on-chain trading, according to data compiled by Fredrik Haga, co-founder of Dune Analytics.

DEX聚合器是一項大生意。根據Dune Analytics的聯合創始人Fredrik Haga的數據，在過去一周中，前12名聚合商促進了近100億美元的掉期交易量，約佔所有鏈交易的10％。

Aggregators with tradable tokens are valued at a combined $2.3 billion, according to data from CoinGecko.

根據Coingecko的數據，具有可貿易令牌的聚合商的總價值為23億美元。

0x is one of the oldest DEX aggregators. But it’s not the largest.

0x是最古老的DEX聚合器之一。但這不是最大的。

On Ethereum and other compatible blockchains, 1inch and CoW Swap consistently handle the most trading volume among aggregators, while on Solana, Jupiter dominates.

在以太坊和其他兼容的區塊鏈上，1英寸和牛的交換始終處理聚合器之間最多的交易量，而在Solana上，木星占據了主導地位。

Bandeali said he’s hopeful that by combining the two companies' technologies, 0x will be able to win market share from larger aggregators on both Ethereum and Solana.

Bandeali說，他希望通過將兩家公司的技術結合起來，0x將能夠從以太坊和Solana上的大匯總者贏得市場份額。

‘Niche domain’

“利基領域”

Another motivation for the acquisition was Flood’s team of developers.

收購的另一個動機是Flood的開發人員團隊。

“This is a pretty niche domain,” Bandeali said, explaining that it's very difficult for his firm to find talented developers who specialize in aggregation and trade routing.

Bandeali說：“這是一個非常利基領域。”他的公司很難找到專門從事聚合和貿易路線的才華橫溢的開發人員。

Having the right developers is therefore crucial to an aggregator’s continued success.

因此，擁有合適的開發人員對於聚合者的持續成功至關重要。

“It sounds simple but it’s really complicated,” he said. “It gets more complicated as new chains and new tokens launch.”

他說：“這聽起來很簡單，但確實很複雜。” “隨著新連鎖店和新的代幣推出，它變得更加複雜。”

The reward for proving the best swaps is great. CoW Swap is set to bring in almost $11 million in revenue this year, according to DefiLlama data. (It’s unclear how much revenue 1inch makes, while Jupiter’s projected $162 million in revenue comes from more than just its aggregation services).

證明最佳掉期的獎勵很棒。根據DeFillama數據，牛交換將於今年帶來近1100萬美元的收入。 （目前尚不清楚1英寸1英寸的收入量，而木星的預計收入不僅僅是其匯總服務還不僅僅是其收入）。

0x has also expanded into other areas, such as providing APIs that integrate its aggregator into other products, and trading analytics.

0x還擴展到其他領域，例如提供將其聚合器集成到其他產品以及交易分析的API。

But improving its core aggregation product, which powers swaps in apps like Coinbase Wallet, Robinhood, Phantom and Farcaster, is still the main focus.

但是，改善其核心聚合產品，它可以在Coinbase Wallet，Robinhood，Phantom和Farcaster等應用程序中互換，仍然是主要重點。

And with DeFi getting more complex by the day, the demand for aggregators is likely to keep increasing.

而且，隨著Defi白天變得越來越複雜，對聚合器的需求可能會不斷增加。

“We’re just trying to abstract away the complexity faster than it’s created for our customers,” Bandeali said.

Bandeali說：“我們只是試圖比為客戶創造的更快地抽象複雜性。”