$202m is the paradex number i'm staring at
options OI reportedly went 2.6x after they plugged in Paradigm RFQ
crypto spent years assuming better exchange = better order book
for bigger trades the better product might just be letting you skip the book
1/ ask market makers for a quote
2/ trade the whole structure at once
3/ don't show everyone what you're trying to do first
i keep coming back to this for prediction markets too
a $500 election punt works fine on a CLOB
a fund trying to hedge $250k across 4 correlated outcomes probably doesn't want to leg into every market in public
the money will go to whoever can get someone on the other side to quote the whole thing
starting to think the moat is less “deepest book” and more who answers when you ask for size