FTX changed something permanently for me
not just about exchanges. about trust. about what it actually means to have crypto when someone else is holding it for you
after that i moved everything self-custodial. which meant going back to the painful side of DeFi managing wallets, gas, networks, all of it. the experience got worse to feel safer
that tradeoff always bothered me
the honest reason most people still use CEXs isn't laziness. it's that self-custody in DeFi has always felt like a punishment. slow, complicated, unforgiving
what @GeniusOfficial is trying to resolve is exactly that gap
non-custodial you keep your private keys throughout. the platform never holds your assets. but the experience is built to feel like a proper trading terminal. fast, clean, unified
the question the whole project is really answering is: does it have to be a choice
CEX = easy but you're trusting someone else with everything DeFi = you own it but the experience punishes you for it
most people have been forced to pick one. and after watching what happens when that trust breaks not just FTX, there's a long list the idea of not having to choose matters more than it used to
still early. still being built. but the problem they're solving is real