# About VDEX

#### What is VDEX?

VDEX is the global capital marketplace where you can trade anything, anywhere. For the first time, users can buy crypto, stocks, commodities, FX, and prediction markets all on the same platform.

#### Mission

Self-custody and privacy are inalienable human rights. These rights must be upheld without imposing costs or compromising experience. VDEX fulfills this vision by unifying the control of a DEX with the performance of a CEX:

<p align="center"><strong>An immutable dark pool with sub-millisecond finality and ZeroGas fees.</strong></p>

#### Core Contributors

Virtual Labs is a core contributor supporting the growth of VDEX, led by [José](https://x.com/josebetandcourt) and incubated by Binance Labs. José built Virtual Rollups, the underlying technology powering VDEX, while studying game theory at Yale University.


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