EQUOS is the exchange division of Diginex Group—A fully diversified blockchain financial services company that provides a regulated infrastructure for digital currency investing, including capital markets, custody, and asset management.
Poloniex launched in 2014. It is based in the United States. It was recently acquired by Circle, a large Goldman-Sachs backed company. The exchange faced a hacker attack soon after opening which caused a higher level of security provided later. It requires a user’s physical address, postal address, date of birth, id, and phone number.