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HitBTC Cryptocurrency Exchange is a platform created in 2013 that allows you to trade more than 300 cryptocurrency pairs. The platform was launched back in 2013 and the investments it received amounted to about 6 million dollars.

Binance is currently one of the biggest and most popular cryptocurrency exchanges. Originally coming from Hong Kong, the company has recently moved its headquarters to Malta. Back at the beginning of its path the company had an ICO and gathered 15 mln USD. Participants got Binance Coin (BNB) which could be used to trade cryptocurrencies and pay for a fee on Binance exchange.

Coinbase is a leading digital currency platform and wallet where sellers and buyers can transact with new types of digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash. The exchange was founded by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California. They focus on the US market, however, the company currently operates in 31 countries and offers storage of bitcoins in 190 countries around the world.

Bithumb is a cryptocurrency exchange that is based in Seoul, South Korea.
The platform was founded in 2013. It allows users to buy, sell, and store various cryptocurrencies.
In South Korea, Bithumb is one of the largest exchanges, and it boasts some of the biggest crypto trading volumes.

Coinspot wallet is a special service provided by Coisnpot exchange. It provides a hot wallet for every coin its exchange is currently trading. Alongside with crypto, it also supports the Australian Dollar. Currently ,CoinSpot wallet has more than 60 coins and tokens. Built-in exchange is an additional feature of the wallet as well as 2FA for the additional security. The only language available is English.

Abra is the investment product and a mobile crypto wallet that can be used on both Apple and Android platforms. Abra supports cash-out transactions as well as bank transfers.

Allcoin is a Centralized cryptocurrency exchange based in Canada. The exchange was launched in 2013. Allcoin has 59 available trading pairs and 25 coins. Deposits are Free on the exchange. Margin trading option is not available. It supports trading of Bitcoin, Ether and its own equity coin Qtum against the USD. Like many other not regulated exchange Allcoin isn’t allowed in some countries like Africa, South America and the USA. The Allcoin’s strongest point is its trading fees for takes, which is claimed to be 0.00%.

Altcoin Trader is a Centralized cryptocurrency exchange based in South Africa. The exchange was launched in 2014. Altcoin Trader has 20 available trading pairs and 21 coins. The exchange uses the Ordinary procedure for verification including two-step verification process and Know Your Customer (KYC) procedure. If you want to raise the account limits and minimize processing time you must go all the way, uploading ID card, proof of residence, etc.

Bitso is the first exchange to enable pesos/BTC trading in Mexico. Although, BTC has a limited book and can’t buy or sell BTC directly. The exchange has a mobile app on Android and IOS , API and the cold storage. Bitso provides a great support for their traders and offers different educational materials for the new investors.
But at same time platform doesn’t have the margin trade and has the variable fees from a maximum of 1% to a minimum of 0.1%. The platform has a good security. Bitso initiates the KYC involving three levels of verification, which determine the limits on a trading account. 

On Jan 15, 2020 CODEX exchange was closed. The announcement for closing business was published in advance so that the exchange’s customers were able to withdraw their funds. The reason why CODEX stopped its operation is changes in the European regulations.

Coinall is a Malta-registered exchange and a strategic partner of OKEx. The exchange offers multiple pairs for trading, including stablecoins and quality tokens.

CoinEx exchange was established in 2017 in Hong Kong. The platform can be used as a low-cost exchange with a broad range of different coins. The main asset is Bitcoin cash. Moreover, there is information that this exchange is going to present its new coin soon. It might be called CoinEx Token. Besides, the developers of CoinEx can establish a special exchange with the decentralized system using CET as “gas”.

Coinfloor is a UK-based peer-to-peer marketplace exchange which provides an opportunity to buy and sell BTC. It was founded in 2013. The exchange has a simple interface and a mobile app. Coinfloor guarantees 100 % cold storage of trader’s funds. BTC deposits are free of charge but at the same time there is a minimum allowed deposit amount.

Coingi was launched in early 2017. It is known that the platform maintains such coins as Bitcoin, Dash, Dogecoin, Litecoin, Namecoin, Peercoin, Vertcoin. Both deposit and withdrawal operations in Czech Koruna are free of charge. 

CoinSpot is one of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges in Australia. The platform was founded in 2013 in Melbourne and it is one of Australia's earliest cryptocurrency exchanges. Its easy-to-use interface is like a breath of fresh air that shows other exchanges what to look up to.

The most difficult thing is to decide which cryptocurrency to buy and how much money to invest since CoinSpot truly has the most full list of crypto assets to trade. The process of buying and selling is actually very simple.

DDEX uses a hybrid model decentralized exchange, where no user account is created. It also describes itself as a most advanced margin trading platform on Ethereum. 

Dex.top is a decentralized cryptocurrency trading platform offering trading with smart contracts (including but not limited to Ethereum, EOS and NEO). The platform describes itself as World’s First Multi-Chain Decentralized Exchange and claims to have top volume among other decentralized exchanges. 

Gate.io was founded in 2013 by Lin Han. The platform is operated by Gate Technology Incorporated. This year, April 17, Gate.io managed to raise raised $64,000,000 as an initial coin offering (ICO), and according to exchange CMO Mrs. Marie Tatibouet on April 8, 2019, it raised an undisclosed amount of capital from 5 BLOCKS CAPITAL.

Hotbit is one of the youngest exchanges opened in early 2018. The exchange does not work with fiat currencies. Hotbit has also adopted some advanced technologies such as GSLB, distributed server clusters, and storage. It goes with a high-speed memory-based trading engine all backed up in multiple machines, cold storage locations, and hot wallets with offline private keys.

Huobi is a cryptocurrency exchange founded in China in 2013. Currently, Huobi is based in Singapore because this country has friendlier cryptocurrency regulations. The company is registered in  Seychelles. Before leaving China due to a cryptocurrency ban, the exchange was responsible for 90% of Bitcoin trading volume in this country. Now Huobi is an international platform with offices located in Singapore, Hong Kong, the United States, Japan, and Korea. In China, the company provides blockchain consulting services. Huobi has sub-exchanges: Huobi Korea, Huobi US, etc. Huobi Global is the biggest Huobi exchange. In November 2019 Huobi Global had to shut down all the accounts belonging to the US customers due to strict cryptocurrency regulations of the USA.