Paradex DEX Maintenance Disrupts Trading Activities
Starknet-based Perp DEX Paradex announced a temporary maintenance on its website, which remains unfinished, disrupting operations and raising user concerns about forced liquidations due to high funding rates. The maintenance delay impacts Paradex's functionality and raises concerns about the decentralized protocol's reliability, underlining the complexities of managing perpetual contracts in a volatile crypto market.
Starknet ecosystem Perp DEX Paradex has been offline longer than planned due to ongoing maintenance, causing disruption to trading activities. The platform, developed in collaboration with StarkWare and Paradigm, was supposed to resume operations at 05:45 UTC but remains inactive.
The delay has resulted in heightened funding rates and forced liquidations impacting some users. As Paradex operates like its own chain based on Starknet's developer stack, issues like these spotlight operational risks. Users have expressed dissatisfaction, urging the team to improve transparency and restore services swiftly.
Wu Blockchain, a prominent crypto influencer, noted, "First official sign of downtime at 09:53 UTC from status page."
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So far, no key figures have commented publicly on the maintenance delay. Community sentiment reflects frustration over potential losses, while expectations build for an official response. Starknet's official channels remain silent on specific actions taken to address these issues.
Starknet Performance Review Amid Paradex Issues
The current Paradex maintenance echoes a previous Starknet outage on January 5, where block production halted for over 4 hours, stressing the need for robust system architectures.
Starknet, symbol STRK, is trading at $0.08. It has a market cap of $427.39 million, and its 24-hour trading volume has surged by 102.16% to $59.54 million. Recently, the token experienced a 1.81% decline in 24 hours, part of a broader 60-day drop of 69.54%.
Insights from the Coincu research team suggest future risks related to technical weak points. While decentralization is key for Starknet and Paradex, community expectations mandate resolute protocols to curb impacts from unforeseen system outages. Steps towards regulatory clarity in decentralized finance could fortify user trust in these essential infrastructures.