DEX聚合器0x宣布竞争洪水收购

0x是一家分散的交易基础设施公司，宣布收购竞争对手洪水，该公司表示将帮助其参与超级竞争

"@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.

两家公司周四宣布，“@0x_protocol已经收购了竞争对手DEX聚合器洪水，这将有助于该公司在超级竞争市场中竞争加密货币交易。

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）是分散财务（DEFI）生态系统的基石。他们让区块链用户在资产之间交换，而无需中间或中间人，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这样的聚合商是交易员的一站式服务，搜索所有DEXS，以少量费用找到提供最具成本效益交易的交易。它们通常是在交易费的一部分中支付的，或者通过用于支付区块链的汽油的汽油令牌。

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，随着越来越多的聚合器的推出和竞争景观的加热，几家公司现在专注于开发专有的聚合技术，以提供最佳的价格和执行速度。

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

0x首席执行官Amir Bandeali告诉Decrypt，正是Flood的专有聚合软件激励了收购。

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说，0x使用自己的贸易模拟技术来检查其聚合软件与竞争对手相比的运作效果。 “我们也能够看一下洪水并进行类似类型的测试，我们看到的数据给我们留下了深刻的印象。”

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的联合创始人兼首席执行官Francesco Baccetti表示，Flood的小型工程师团队在18个月的时间内从头开始建立了汇总软件。

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

“一切都从头开始，” Baccetti告诉解密。 “我们重写了整个堆栈，以获得现在的性能水平。”

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.

此次收购是自2017年成立以来的0x首次收购。0倍发言人拒绝以合同义务为由分享洪水支付的费用。

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.

根据Crunchbase数据，目前正在关闭其服务的洪水以前曾在2月的一笔种子资金中从投资者那里筹集了520万美元。

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聚合器是一项大生意。根据Dune Analytics的联合创始人Fredrik Haga的数据，在过去一周中，前12名聚合商促进了近100亿美元的掉期交易量，约占所有链交易的10％。

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

根据Coingecko的数据，具有可贸易令牌的聚合商的总价值为23亿美元。

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。但这不是最大的。

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区块链上，1英寸和牛的交换始终处理聚合器之间最多的交易量，而在Solana上，木星占据了主导地位。

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说，他希望通过将两家公司的技术结合起来，0x将能够从以太坊和Solana上的大汇总者赢得市场份额。

‘Niche domain’

“利基领域”

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

收购的另一个动机是Flood的开发人员团队。

“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说：“这是一个非常利基领域。”他的公司很难找到专门从事聚合和贸易路线的才华横溢的开发人员。

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

因此，拥有合适的开发人员对于聚合者的持续成功至关重要。

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

他说：“这听起来很简单，但确实很复杂。” “随着新连锁店和新的代币推出，它变得更加复杂。”

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).

证明最佳掉期的奖励很棒。根据DeFillama数据，牛交换将于今年带来近1100万美元的收入。 （目前尚不清楚1英寸1英寸的收入量，而木星的预计收入不仅仅是其汇总服务还不仅仅是其收入）。

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

0x还扩展到其他领域，例如提供将其聚合器集成到其他产品以及交易分析的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，改善其核心聚合产品，它可以在Coinbase Wallet，Robinhood，Phantom和Farcaster等应用程序中互换，仍然是主要重点。

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

而且，随着Defi白天变得越来越复杂，对聚合器的需求可能会不断增加。

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

Bandeali说：“我们只是试图比为客户创造的更快地抽象复杂性。”