Love @extendedapp, really impressed with their growth and performance. My 2 cents on why is Extended doing so well: It’s all about choosing the right design for their users (and of course the best tech -- @Starknet -- that makes these design choices possible). It's a User first approach -- prioritizing self-custody, low fees, fast operations, intuitive UX, building easy access. For example: - Smooth onboarding - users can deposit directly to Extended from 6 EVM chains and from Starknet wallets (This is a benefit of Starknet’s composability and interoperability) - Fast txs and low costs - Perps need scaling to keep txs fast and cheap. Starknet delivers *massive* scaling. - Self-custody: Another example of the Users First approach. @extendedapp chose a settlement layer that would preserve trustlessness for the users. It settles on Ethereum, via Starknet, to make sure that users’ funds and settlements are in the hands of a decentralized, unbiased, external party. Good choice. - Decentralized settlement layer - Extended is operating on Ethereum (which is fully decentralized) through Starknet (which is underway to true decentralization). This is all about empowering *users*, strengthening security, ensuring integrity -- decentralization is the only way to ensure all those. Choosing a decentralized settlement layer is good for users. - Better and larger computational power. Perps are complex and computation-hungry? Starknet can handle that, no problem. In short, @extendedapp prioritize user needs. And Starknet is the best tech to make this reality ;-) The result: (Amazing) growth