I cant understand this newbies sometimes, how can anyone say that exchanges are dead when I see new exchange every day, and where are those that I dont see. Number of exchanges around is growing with some incredible speed, decentralized markets projects are popping around.
Its not just that they are far from dead, now is maybe a great time to open one, you will be far from first exchange, but this is only a beginning, probably many countries and big towns dont have local exchanges.