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so basically flip it on LeoDex ....LEO to DASH etc ?

huzzah! correct.

and it needs to connect to keystore / metamask....because it's not on hive. if i understand that correctly?

No Metamask just a keystore file which is created and is just a .txt file.
I think you can use your LeoDex keystore that you have but I became Thunk with a new one