EMDX Derivative Exchange
From CEX to Omnichain DEX: 4+ Years of Derivative Product Design
End-to-end product and growth design for an omnichain decentralized derivative exchange, covering crypto and RWA perpetuals, structured products, and marketing assets.
EMDX
4+ Years (Continuous Design)
Lead Product & Growth Design
Derivatives, DeFi, Growth & UI Kit
Platform Evolution: From CEX to Omnichain Derivative DEX Across 4+ Years
Over four years of continuous design, improvements, and redesigns for EMDX. The platform started as a centralized derivative exchange (CEX), pivoted to a decentralized perpetual exchange on Avalanche, expanded to Arbitrum, and evolved into an omnichain derivative platform for crypto and Real-World Assets (RWA). The design covered perpetual trading, prediction markets, structured products, lending, token sale funnels, investor decks, and daily marketing assets across multiple major blockchain updates:
Centralized Derivative Exchange (CEX)
Designed the original centralized derivative platform with high-speed order matching and perpetual contracts.
Avalanche Perpetual DEX
Redesigned the platform into a decentralized perpetual derivative exchange with non-custodial Web3 wallet logins.
Arbitrum Layer-2 Expansion
Optimized derivative order execution for low gas fees on Arbitrum, adding trading competitions, games, and lending.
Omnichain & Structured Products
Expanded across multiple blockchains with unified liquidity, structured products, RWA derivatives, and crypto prediction markets.
Core Trading Experience: Perpetual Derivative Terminal & Unified Wallet
We designed the trading interface to bring the speed and precision of centralized exchanges to decentralized derivative trading, with clear margin wallet management and transparent leverage controls.
Perpetual Derivative Trading Terminal
Clean candlestick chart, live order book, leverage sliders, percentage presets, and quick derivative trade execution without slow wallet popups.
Unified Multi-Chain Wallet & Token Wrap
Shows all user balances across derivative margin, perpetuals, and yield vaults, with an instant tool to wrap AVAX into wAVAX on-screen.
Fast In-Terminal Derivative Execution
We organized the derivative trading screen so traders can place orders in seconds. Percentage buttons, leverage adjusters, and instant gas fee estimates keep execution clear and fast.
Unified Balance & Instant Token Wrap
Traders no longer need to check multiple wallet apps. All collateral tokens across margin, perpetuals, and yield vaults are visible on one page with a built-in token wrapping panel.
New Products: RWA Derivatives, Dual Investment & Safe Lending
To serve both active traders and yield investors, EMDX introduced new derivative products: Real-World Asset (RWA) perpetuals for commodities and FX, dual investment options for structured yield, and collateral lending.
Dual Investment Wizard & Scenario Checker
Step 3 previews exact payout outcomes for Case 1 vs. Case 2 before the user commits any funds.
Lending Dashboard with Health Factor Meter
Circular gauge shows liquidation risk, available borrow limit, and total collateral supplied.
No-Math Dual Investment Previews
Instead of complex options formulas, users pick a target price and see the exact return in dollars and tokens for both outcomes. They always know what they receive before subscribing.
Visual Health Factor Meter
A prominent percentage dial shows loan safety in real time. It warns borrowers in green, yellow, or red before they get close to liquidation, keeping collateral safe.
Trading Tournaments: Bots vs Humans Competitions
To build active trader communities on a decentralized derivative exchange, we designed interactive tournaments with real-time prize pools, bot-versus-human leagues, and personal performance dashboards.
Trading Competition: Bots vs Humans
Live contest page with countdown timer, prize pool tracker, and registration schedule.
User Tournament Rank & PnL
Shows the trader rank, trade count, current prize, net profit in dollars, and percentage return.
Comprehensive UI Kit & Design System
Derivative trading applications cannot afford ambiguous buttons or unclear order statuses. Over the 4-year partnership, we created a massive, reusable component system in Figma with strict visual hierarchy and accessibility standards:
Trading Terminals & Order Book Elements
Standardized depth charts, buy and sell buttons, market selector search dialogs, and toast alerts for order confirmation.
Multi-Network Selectors
Clean network pickers for Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, BNB Chain, Polygon, and Avalanche with active wallet indicators.
Risk Sliders & Deposit Modals
High-precision leverage adjusters (1x to 10x), slippage tolerance toggles, and token wrap dialogs (AVAX to wAVAX).
Modular Component Library
Order books, leverage dialogs, toast states, network selection, and deposit modals shown in detail.
Growth Design: Social Badges, Marketing & Investor Decks
Growth design was essential to scale EMDX across its 4-year journey as an emerging derivative platform:
Viral Sharing & Growth Assets
Growth design was essential to scale EMDX into a recognized derivative brand with viral community reach:
Viral Trade & Trophy Badges
Custom visual cards generated automatically so traders can share their leveraged wins and prediction trophies on social media.
Investor Decks & Tokenomics
Built visual slide decks explaining protocol revenue, fee-sharing tokenomics, and market size for venture capital presentations.
Social Media & Community Assets
Created marketing graphics for Twitter/X, Telegram announcements, Medium blog posts, and Discord community events.
Trade Result & Trophy Badges
Custom visual cards generated automatically so traders can share their wins, losses, and prediction trophies on social media.
Results & 4-Year Impact
Over four years of continuous partnership, the design transformed EMDX into a recognized multi-chain derivative exchange with over 1 billion dollars in total volume:
4+ Years of Iteration
Successfully guided the platform from a centralized exchange to an omnichain derivative DEX across multiple blockchain pivots.
100+ Production Screens
Delivered the perpetual derivative terminal, prediction pools, lending, structured products, waitlists, and pitch decks.
Scalable UI Kit & Tokens
Built a modular design system that let developers add new blockchains and derivative trading pairs without design delays.
Brand & Investor Materials
Created high-impact pitch decks and daily social graphics that helped secure venture capital and community trust.
Gallery
All 8 decentralized derivative exchange, prediction market, marketing, and UI kit views designed for EMDX. Click any view to inspect full size: