Bunni DEX Becomes Second Crypto Project to Shut This Week

Why It Matters

The shift could accelerate innovation and competition in decentralized exchange tooling, while reducing legal friction for projects that want to build on Bunni’s codebase.

Summary

Bunni DEX announced it will re-license its v2 smart contracts from a restrictive Business Source License to the permissive MIT license, effectively opening its full feature set to developers. The move removes prior usage restrictions and has drawn praise from the developer community for enabling free reuse, forks and integration. The shift could accelerate innovation and competition in decentralized exchange tooling, while reducing legal friction for projects that want to build on Bunni’s codebase.