CEX and DEX at a glance
- Account: usually required on a CEX; a wallet connection on a DEX.
- Identity checks: KYC is common on centralized platforms, and not normally part of the DEX flow itself.
- Custody: a CEX can hold your funds, which means it holds the private keys; on a DEX you keep your own, which is what a self-custodial wallet means.
- Trading: order books are common on a CEX; DEXs typically use on-chain swaps and liquidity pools.
- Fiat support: often available on a CEX; DEXs are primarily crypto to crypto.
Where Bitcoin.com fits
Bitcoin.com gives you several routes rather than forcing everything into one model. The Bitcoin.com Wallet app supports self-custodial swaps, Verse DEX provides decentralized swaps, and OrangeRock provides non-custodial order-book trading.





