'Fish In A Tank With Sharks'—Ouinex Hits $9M To Kill The Order Book

“It's like putting fish in a tank with sharks.” Ilies Larbi, CEO of crypto exchange Ouinex, used that line in a March 2025 post on the company's website to describe the central limit order book that runs nearly every crypto exchange. Larbi spent close to 15 years at FXCM before founding Ouinex in …