2025 June Crypto Archive: DeX Trends, Airdrops, and Token Launches

When you look at Decentralized Exchange, a peer-to-peer platform for trading crypto without a middleman. Also known as DeX, it's where real trading happens—no banks, no delays, just code and consensus. In June 2025, DeXs didn’t just grow—they evolved. Users moved away from clunky interfaces and started demanding faster trades, lower fees, and better liquidity. That’s why the top DeXs rolled out new routing algorithms and integrated cross-chain bridges. It wasn’t just an upgrade. It was a reset.

Behind every big DeX move was something else: crypto airdrops, free token distributions meant to reward early adopters and grow communities. This month, over 37 new airdrops dropped, mostly tied to Layer 2 networks and newly launched DeFi protocols. People weren’t just claiming them—they were stacking them, testing them, and turning small airdrops into serious positions. One user turned a $12 claim from a new zkEVM chain into a $4,000 portfolio in under two weeks. That’s not luck. That’s strategy.

And then came the token launch, the moment a new crypto project goes live on a DeX for public trading. June saw 12 major token launches, with three breaking into the top 50 by volume within 72 hours. Most were built on Ethereum L2s, but two came from Solana sidechains and one from a new Cosmos-based chain. These weren’t meme coins. These were tools—decentralized lending platforms, AI-powered arbitrage bots, and on-chain identity systems. The market didn’t just react to hype. It reacted to utility.

What does this mean for you? If you’re trading on DeXs, you’re not just buying tokens—you’re betting on infrastructure. The tools you use, the chains you swap on, the airdrops you claim—all of it shapes your position in this ecosystem. June 2025 proved that the smartest traders aren’t the ones chasing pumps. They’re the ones watching where the real tech is being built.

Below, you’ll find every post from this month that broke down these moves. Whether you missed the airdrop deadline, want to know which DeX had the lowest slippage, or need to understand how that new token’s smart contract works—this archive has it. No fluff. Just what worked, what didn’t, and what’s next.