On April 4, 2019, cryptocurrency exchange Binance that its decentralized exchange (DEX) is set to go live this month. The Malta-based exchange also that its Singapore offshoot is poised to become operational in April 2019.
Binance DEX on the Cusp of Launch
, the world’s crypto exchange by 24-hour adjusted volume continues to stretch the boundaries of the emerging cryptocurrency industry.
Speaking at the Deconomy Conference in Seoul, South Korea, Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao, said that the exchange’s highly anticipated DEX would launch later this month. Zhao stated that Binance’s in-house blockchain infrastructure would fully power Binance DEX.
As previously by BTCManager, Binance DEX was launched in testnet in February 2019. The decentralized trading platform which aims to revolutionize peer-to-peer trading will run on .
Seeing the recent in cryptocurrency exchange hacks and other illicit activities of similar nature, Binance DEX provides a healthy alternative to people who are firm believers of decentralized ideologies.
Also, it’s worthy of mention that Binance Coin (), an that runs through the veins of Binance exchange will be migrated to Binance Blockchain to function as the native cryptocurrency of the soon-to-be-launched DEX.
Binance Singapore Incoming
Zhao made another announcement at the two-day crypto conference, stating that Binance’s next fiat-to-crypto exchange, Binance Singapore, will also go live in April 2019.
As can be inferred from the above tweet, users of the exchange will be able to buy and sell cryptocurrencies with the Singapore dollar. The exchange is expected to encourage the local Singaporean populace to enter the world of cryptocurrencies without having to worry too much about its technical nitty-gritty.
BTCManager had on October 25, 2018, about Binance’s intentions to launch a fiat-to-crypto exchange in Singapore after the company bagged investment from Vertex Ventures for the same.
In the wake of recent incidents in the cryptoverse, Binance, on March 27, 2019, with security firm IdentityMind to bolster its KYC and AML measures.
Further, in a bid to expand its business footprint in Australia, the exchange also its “Binance Lite” service which allows Australians to purchase for cash from over 1,300 stores.
Published at Sun, 07 Apr 2019 06:00:50 +0000
