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Richard Godard

I am a financial journalist with 10 years of experience. Worked for many web publications. I have a Master's degree in political science. I've become especially interested in cryptocurrencies since 2017.

Ethfinex exchange was established in 2018 and further rebranded to DeversiFi.  DeversiFi is a decentralized exchange, allowing you to trade with assets by connecting your Ethereum wallet to the platform without registration.

Country:
Indonesia
Launched:
2018

Graviex is a Centralized cryptocurrency exchange based in the Malta. The exchange was launched in 2018. Its reported volume is about 118344 $ as for 8 October 2019. Graviex has 32 available trading pairs and 123 coins. Deposits are Depends on currency and volume on the exchange. Graviex have Fiat deposits option. Margin trading option is not available on the exchange. Graviex is quite active in social media, with more than 4000 Twitter followers. You can leave your review about Graviex here.

Site:
graviex.net
Country:
Malta
Launched:
2018

Cryptopia exchange was closed after a theft that took place in early 2019. Cryptopia was established in New Zealand in 2014. Its website had been publishing updates on the liquidation process until the mid-2019. 

Country:
New Zealand
Launched:
2014

LakeBTC is one of the oldest exchanges on the market. It had been found back in 2013 and it still has the Asian audience as the priority. The presence of different deposit types are making the exchange interesting for a starting traders. From another point of view the service is reported to be buggy from time to time and some complaints about the support service can be found over the internet. The company also provides the wallet alongside with the exchange, but it is a questionable decision to have both the exchange and the wallet with the same company. Unfortunately, it seems that LakeBTC has ceased its operations although there is no official statement to confirm that.

Country:
China
Launched:
2013

BitBay is one of the few exchanges based and originated in Poland. It offers an impressive range of crypto for trading.

Country:
Poland
Launched:
2014

Bitbank is one of the leading cryptocurrency exchanges targeting the residents of Japan. The exchange tab of the website is not available in languages other than Japanese and those who want to register on Bitbank from overseas have to pay $100 commission. Nevertheless, for those in Japan, this platform is quite convenient as it collects no deposit and trading fees (it’s relevant only for Makers) and has some other nice features.

Site:
bitbank.cc
Country:
Japan
Launched:
2014

Alien Cloud presents a cloud mining platform, a mining pool, a cryptocurrency exchange, and a wallet. There's not much info about the company. It is believed that the company is located in Russia although there are no accurate data to dispute or prove it.

Country:
Russia
Launched:
2017

UpBit is based in South Korea. It was founded in 2017 by Korean developer KakaoTalk. The exchange is very user-friendly and provides a high level of security. UpBit supports the trade of about 195 cryptocurrencies, some of which are quite rare, and 330 market trading pairs.

Site:
sg.upbit.com
Country:
South Korea
Launched:
2017

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.

Country:
China
Launched:
2017

ION (ION) is the coin of the blockchain and gaming platform ionomy. Right now, you can exchange and trade with ION, using the platform’s domestic solution. The ICO campaign was launched in 2016.

Site:
ionomy.com
Country:
International
Launched:
2016

Enjin Coin (ENJ) is an ERC-20 token of the Enjin Coin platform. It’s provided by Binance as part of ENJ/BTC pair. Enjin game development platform provides the tools to create and power blockchain assets.

Site:
enjincoin.io
Country:
International
Launched:
2017

Aragon (ANT) is an ERC-20 token listed on the number of exchanges. At the time of writing, you can trade ANT against USD on the Bitfinex exchange.

Site:
aragon.org
Launched:
2018

Zcash (ZEC) is a cryptocurrency with strong cryptography that is supposed to provide high security and privacy. At some point, Zcash was endorsed by Edward Snowden and Roger Ver. Zcash is a Bitcoin fork and it exists since 2016. The mechanism providing privacy is called zero-knowledge proofs (or zk-SNARKS).

Site:
z.cash
Launched:
2016

CREX24 is a mostly Russian-speaking cryptocurrency exchange platform. The exchange was founded in 2017. It provides an opportunity to trade Fiat currencies. There is a wide list of available currencies. Furthermore, the traders can trade Bitcoin for USD, EUR, JPY, CNY and RUB. Digibyte can be traded for euros and XGOX can be traded for USD. Yet, it's not possible to trade cryptocurrencies vs Fiat currencies if you are located in Europe or United States.

Site:
crex24.com
Country:
Cyprus
Launched:
2017

Stellar is an open-source cryptocurrency network launched by non-profit Stellar Development Foundation. The currency itself is called Lumen (XLM). Some experts note that this asset has similarities with Ripple because of its quick and cheap transactions.

The Stellar network is guarded by the special contract that doesn't temporarily allow holders of big amounts of Lumen to sell it. Stellar works as an exchange platform where Lumen is used to pay a small exchange fee. The project has a high level of decentralization and provides equality for all of its participants. It has one of the biggest market capitalizations.

Country:
International
Launched:
2014

F2pool is a Chinese multicurrency mining pool founded in 2013. Now it has servers located in the USA, Canada, Russia, Singapore, and several other countries. The pool has a big number of supported coins. Currently, it is possible to mine around 40 currencies on F2pool.

Country:
China