Cardano recently incorporated Hydra-Node, a technology from the Hydra family, a second layer (L2) network aimed at increasing the processing power of the main layer.
Following that update, DeltaDeFi, the first decentralized exchange (DEX) running through that technology, will arrive in the Cardano ecosystem.
The DEX was announced at the Cardano Summit 2025 event in Berlin, Germany on November 12th. This is released as a trial version.
As reported by CriptoNoticias, version 1.0 of Hydra-Node was released in early October. This could be a turning point in the evolution of the Cardano network.
This is because, according to participants in the Cardano community, Hydra-Node has reached the experimental stage. “1 million transactions per second”.
Therefore, for DEXs like DeltaDeFi, Hydra-Nodes can bring direct improvements to operational capabilities. Reduce congestion at the base layer, Improves confirmation speed It allows for a more efficient work flow, especially during times of high activity.
Details about the first Hydra-based Cardano DEX
DeltaDeFi is in the testing phase; I will keep it Certain participation restrictions.
In this case, the deposit per user is 100 ADA (approximately $50 as of this note) and 100 USDM (stablecoin issued by the DEX).
Additionally, an experience point system is also included (“Special XP”) is obtained when performing operations within the platform.
Finally, the team behind the DEX guarantees: Mobile access is available It is then managed through the vesprwallet application, a Cardano-compatible wallet.
Therefore, with this opening, the ecosystem will begin to really test the speed promised by Hydra in applications aimed at exchanging digital assets.