Originally founded in 2014 in China, OKEx is the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world by volume. Its Bitcoin future arm alone does nearly $1.5 billion in volume every day. OKEX has a comparatively high standard among cryptocurrency exchanges for exactly who can participate.See full review

Bytecoin is an open cryptocurrency. If you decide to start using the currency, you can voluntarily take part in the operation of the network. The only thing you need to do is download special software that creates a wallet for you. Using this software, you can start sending money to other users or receive payment from them.See full review

BitShares is mainly an open source and blockchain-based software that shields its users via cryptography with the aim of sustaining a ledger of transactions. This platform allows for a decentralized asset exchange that is very much alike to New York Stock Exchange, but this time, it is for cryptocurrencies and it is devoid of the need to put any trust in a central authority to oversee the handling of funds. This decentralized asset exchange improves trading by making use of computers that are inSee full review

Quantum is the Ethereum system without the Ethereum blockchain — instead it uses the Bitcoin blockchain. ny existing smart contract running on Ethereum can, through QTUM, be easily deployed on the Bitcoin blockchain as well. So things like Lightning Network and Raiden Network, where applicable, both benefit the QTUM blockchain.See full review

In many ways, Decred is a balance between extremes. With the use of the lighting network, Decred block confirmation times will not be issue anymore since we will have instant confirmation on LN. It does require on-chain transaction to open and close LN channels, but in everyday use we wil have instant confirmation. There are numerous projects that are similar and can easily crush their use case with less effort, so for me this is a no go area for investmentsSee full review

ZRX itself does not depend on any single exchange, but stands to benefit from the sum of all exchanges. Likewise, all exchanges built on it benefit from access to the entire liquidity pool. Zrx network effect is strong for both investors of ZRX, and those creating and using exchanges with it. the protocol is written in such a way that it can have its cake and eat it too. Generally there are limitations to decentralized exchanges- specifically the speed at which orders can be place and executed. See full review