dYdX Labs President Eddie Zhang said on August 26 that the core developer behind dYdX will change its name from dYdX Trading to dYdX Labs.
He announced the move in a blog post and said the company will focus on faster builds, bolder experiments, and deeper work on onchain technology.
The rebrand aims to support a shift from centralised exchanges to onchain trading and to speed up a set of planned upgrades and new features.
Why the change?
Zhang framed the rebrand as a step to match rising demand for decentralised trading. He argued that new onchain infrastructure now makes decentralised exchanges as usable as centralised ones for many traders.
The new name is meant to signal a sharper focus on engineering, product, and community-driven growth.
Three core goals
dYdX set out three guiding aims, the first is wider access to markets and financial tools. The team wants more people to reach markets for digital assets and real-world assets.
Second is a better user experience, the group wants trading to feel simple and fast across mobile, web, and messaging apps. Third is a stronger token utility, as the project plans to tie protocol success more clearly to its governance token and to reward users who support the network.
Progress so far
The team said recent work has already raised performance and access. A feature called Builder Codes lets wallets and apps connect to dYdX perpetuals and earn fees.
Crypto.com used that to generate more than 75,000,000 in trading volume. Reliability upgrades since April 2025 improved API performance by about 98%, helping programmatic traders and partners.
The exchange also reported a jump in onboarding and trading activity of over 50% after changes to mobile and web interfaces. Another change now makes deposits over 100 USD instant and free on chains like Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Polygon, and Avalanche.
New features coming soon
dYdX Labs says it will roll out several upgrades this quarter, and partners that bring liquidity can earn as much as 50% of protocol fees. Traders will get new order types, including scale orders and TWAP orders for breaking up large trades.
The team plans tools to cut latency and make order submission and cancellation actions more reliable. Telegram trading is set to go live in September 2025 after the Pocket Protector deal, with monthly rewards of over 3,000,000 available to participants.
Social login will let users sign in with Google or Apple, or use passkeys. Users will also be able to swap USDC for DYDX directly on the web via Osmosis. The plan includes staking options that give reduced fees to active token stakers.
Longer-term roadmap
dYdX said it will expand into new asset types, and the roadmap includes perpetuals for real-world assets such as public stocks and hot pre-IPO private firms.
Spot trading will arrive as well, starting with support for Solana and plans to make spot available in the United States. The team will add more deposit options over time, including USDT, Solana tokens, and fiat rails.
Community and execution
The post asked the community to weigh in on how dYdX can win more market share. The company tied each roadmap item to its three goals. The message stressed steady execution and regular updates to the community so members can track progress.
If the updates land as planned, traders will see faster execution, lower friction for deposits, and more choices in markets to trade. Partners might bring fresh liquidity if the fee share model proves attractive.
The focus on mobile and instant deposits could broaden access for newer traders.
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