OKX CEO Star Xu debates the differences between DEXs and CEXs with Binance's Changpeng Zhao over crypto token listings.
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Crucial Debate: OKX CEO Star Xu Counters Claims That DEXs and CEXs Are Identical

Global, May 2025: A fundamental debate over the role and responsibility of cryptocurrency exchanges has reignited, pitting the philosophies of centralized gatekeeping against decentralized permissionlessness. The catalyst was OKX founder and CEO Star Xu publicly pushing back on assertions that decentralized exchanges (DEXs) and centralized exchanges (CEXs) serve the same function or bear identical responsibilities. […]