Institutional investors are largely avoiding decentralized exchanges (Perp DEXs) offering perpetual contracts due to security concerns and KYC challenges, as discussed at the Consensus Miami panel. Industry insiders, including senior trader Wizard of SoHo, pointed to recent security breaches like Drift's multi-million-dollar hack as evidence of vulnerabilities in the DeFi ecosystem, which deter institutional capital. Anderson from Canary Labs highlighted the difficulties large institutions face in adopting decentralized exchanges compared to centralized platforms, citing DeFi's open design conflicting with strict KYC compliance requirements. This structural tension is seen as a significant barrier to widespread institutional adoption. Meanwhile, Michaël van de Poppe of MN Fund noted that AI trading tools represent an evolution of algorithmic trading, predicting a trend towards full automation in future trading.