Exchange

A cryptocurrency exchange, or a digital currency exchange (DCE), is a business that allows customers to trade cryptocurrencies or digital currencies for other assets, such as conventional fiat money or other digital currencies. A cryptocurrency exchange can be a market maker that typically takes the bid–ask spreads as a transaction commission for is service or, as a matching platform, simply charges fees.

A decentralized exchange (DEX) is a cryptocurrency exchange which operates in a decentralized way, i.e., without a central authority. Decentralized exchanges allow peer-to-peer trading of cryptocurrencies. Because users do not need to transfer their assets to the exchange, decentralized exchanges reduce the risk of theft from hacking of exchanges. Decentralized exchanges can also prevent price manipulation or faked trading volume through wash trading, and are more anonymous than exchanges which implement know your customer requirements.


Binance Binance is a cryptocurrency exchange founded in July 2017. The name "Binance" is a blend of binary and finance. It's capable of processing 1,400,000 orders per second, and support many cryptocurrencies. Led by Changpeng Zhao, Binance is of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges, serving more than 10 million customers around the world.
Bitpanda Bitpanda is a fintech based in Vienna, Austria and was founded in 2014 by Eric Demuth, Paul Klanschek and Christian Trummer. Bitpanda has 1.2 million users and more than 190 team members. With a PSD2 payment service provider licence, state-of-the-art security and streamlined user experience, Bitpanda has grown into a popular trading platform for newbies and experts alike. Users can currently trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, gold and over 30 other digital assets.
Coinbase Coinbase had in 2012 the radical idea that anyone — anywhere — should be able to easily and securely access Bitcoin. We see cryptocurrency as the future of money and a catalyst for creating an open financial system around the world.
Bitfinex Bitfinex was founded in December 2012 as a peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange, offering digital asset trading services to users around the world. Bitfinex initially started as a P2P margin lending platform for Bitcoin and later added support for more cryptocurrencies.
KuCoin KuCoin was founded by a group with a passion for the blockchain who had already built up strong reputations at industry giants, such as GF Securities, Ant Financial, Youling, Jianbang Communication, and iBOX PAY. To put Kucoin’s youth into perspective, the research and development team was only assembled in May 2017.
OKEx OKEx is a Hong Kong based world-leading digital asset exchange, providing advanced financial services to global traders by using blockchain technology. Founded in 2014 in China, OKEx is also one of the top digital asset exchanges in the world by trading volume, serving over 20 million customers in over 100 countries. Its BTC futures trade also has nearly $1.5B of volume daily, and is widely recognized as the gold standard for the industry.
Bittrex Bittrex was started in 2014 by Co-Founder and CEO Bill Shihara, who drew on his experience as a security engineer at Amazon and Blackberry when creating the exchange. Bittrex currently lists hundreds of coins and also offers users hundreds of cryptocurrency trading pairs.
qTrade qTrade is a digital asset exchange launched in April 2018 and based in the United States, registered in Kansas. The qTrade platform provides split-second trade execution, industry-leading security practices, and a robust, scalable architecture. Their mission is to help drive blockchain technology forward by reducing the barriers faced by innovative new and emerging technology.
Huobi Huobi is a Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange. Established in China in 2013. Huobi Group has been financed by ZhenFund and Sequoia Capital. Its accumulative turnover has exceeded 1.2 trillion USD. It has established compliance service teams in Singapore, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Brazil and Hong Kong to deliver its secure and credible digital asset trading and asset management services to millions of users in over 130 countries.
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Uniswap Uniswap is a protocol for automated token exchange on Ethereum. It was launched on November 2, 2018. Uniswap describes itself as a simple smart contract interface for swapping ERC20 tokens. It has a formalized model for pooling liquidity reserves. It serves as an open-source frontend interface for traders and liquidity providers and is committed to providing free and decentralized asset exchange.
Orca Orca is the easiest way to exchange cryptocurrency on the Solana blockchain. Here, you can exchange tokens with minimal transaction fees and lower latency than any DEX on Ethereum, all while knowing that you’re getting a fair price.
SushiSwap SushiSwap is an automated market making (AMM) decentralized exchange (DEX) currently on the Ethereum blockchain. We are soon expanding our offerings with the BentoBox lending platform. We are a community run project that are governed by vote of the community for all major changes to the protocol.
ShapeShift ShapeShift is the only cryptocurrency trading platform offering zero-commission crypto trading and self-custody. Users always stay in control of their keys.
Matcha Matcha is a crypto trading platform powered by 0x Labs. We are a decentralized exchange meaning that users swap their tokens peer-to-peer through the Ethereum smart contract infrastructure. We provide you with the best prices while allowing you to retain complete custody of your tokens throughout the entire trading process.
SpookySwap SpookySwap All in one decentralized exchange for leveraging diversified funds across ecosystems, with the speed of Fantom Opera.
Raydium Raydium is an automated market maker (AMM) platform built on Solana where users can swap, trade and provide liquidity to earn yield on digital assets.
SideShift.ai SideShift.ai enables humans and AI to shift between 30+ cryptocurrencies. Swap between coins with fast and easy user experience, no sign-up required.
Deribit Deribit is live since June 2016 after several years of development. John Jansen, the original founder teamed up with Marius Jansen, Sebastian Smyczýnski and Andrew Yanovsky. Deribit started as a Bitcoin Futures and Options trading platform going live in the summer of 2016. Deribit has been created as an answer to those in search of a professional fully dedicated cryptocurrencies futures and options trading platform. A service that can create a fully liquid marketplace with the same standards as a traditional derivatives market.
Hegic Hegic is an on-chain options trading protocol on Ethereum. Trade non-custodial options for profits or to hedge your positions. Enjoy fixed price and unlimited upside of the options contracts. No registration, KYC or email required.
Perpetual Protocol Perpetual Protocol is composed of two parts: Uniswap-inspired Virtual AMMs backed by fully collateralized vaults and a built-in Staking Pool that provide a backstop for each virtual market.
dYdX dYdX is building a powerful and professional exchange for trading cryptoassets where users can truly own their trades and, eventually, the exchange itself.
Hodl Hodl Hodl Hodl is a global P2P Bitcoin trading platform, that allows users to trade directly with each other and it doesn't hold user’s funds — locking it in multisig escrow instead. This minimizes the possibility of Bitcoin assets theft and reduces trading time.