Introduction to CEX.IO Established in London, England in 2013, CEX.IO began as a cloud mining provider for Bitcoin and a limited number of available altcoins at the time, soon shifting into a full-fledged altcoin exchange. In the years since, it has developed a reputation of being a trustworthy, well-put-together operation that makes crypto trading simple…
Introduction to Kraken Kraken is one of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency exchanges, processing over $300 million worth of daily trades. Although they were a Bitcoin-only exchange for their first few years, slow to roll out support for other coins, Kraken now carries almost 40 coins and over 180 trading pairs, many of which have…
Introduction to Bitstamp Founded in 2011 as a European alternative to the Japan-based MtGOX, Bitstamp is considered by many to be a leading standard for cryptocurrency exchanges. Part of being highly competent and trusted, however, is having a thorough verification process, and while they do accept users throughout most of the world, there is no…
Introduction to Bitfinex Founded in Hong Kong in 2012, Bitfinex is one of the biggest and longest-standing Bitcoin exchanges, though not without controversy. They have endured a number of major hacking incidents and investigations regarding their involvement/ownership with the Tether stablecoin but in the end have managed to make all affected customers whole and put…