The following breaking news about the successful atomic swaps between 3 Crypto currencies could pave the way for bypassing crypto exchanges altogether. This is particularly important as China has recently clamped down on the use of its exchanges as they consider the exchanges to be a weak link in the crypto arena.
"Decred is announcing support for on-chain atomic swaps, which will allow cryptocurrency holders to trade directly, without having to rely on external exchanges. The cryptocurrencies initially supported are Decred (DCR), Bitcoin (BTC) and Litecoin ( LTC )....". For more details, see the following link.....
This important development was first brought to my attention by the Crypto-bit brothers on uTube...please see link below.