"The operator of IDEX announced the new changes on Nov. 1, stating that increased regulatory enforcement and recent statements from a CFTC commissioner had led the company to believe that it could not continue to operate without a robust KYC/AML framework but would attempt to introduce the new measures with “as little friction as possible for users.” https://news.bitcoin.com/decentralized-exchange-idex-to-introduce-full-kyc/

So this is the end of privacy and anonymous trading on DEX'es ?

Someone just sell a lot of btc, that make market drops, maybe this is bitcoin cash owners

Guys tell me what commissions in Litecoin?

https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/litecoin-transactionfees.html
Right now they very low

Even if they do it. So what?

I agree that interest in cryptocurrency is lost. HYIP is gone that was a year ago. I hope he did not kill the cryptocurrency)

Hype is definitely goes down, but if we would look at this situation like a wawes. Way deeper we fall - way higher we rise.

How you can compare them. This is different coins. Ethereum is all about their own blockchain and smart contracts, Ripple is about smart contracts and banks.

I think if IDEX makes changes, there will be new exchanges coming, which is better, currently, there are so many decentralized exchange projects, there will be competition in every DEX exchange.

new exchanges coming in meaning that they all gonna include KYC?

Nowadays looks like exists altcoins for everything. Specialty ERC20 tokens. On ethermium.com already trading more than 1500 tokens.