# Archax

> Bridging Traditional Finance into Digital Assets

Archax is a regulated digital asset exchange, broker, and custodian. It gives professional and institutional clients trading, custody, and tokenization services for cryptocurrencies, digital securities, and tokenized real-world assets.

Archax is a UK-based regulated digital asset platform that runs an exchange, a brokerage, and a custodian for professionals and institutions. It supports assets ranging from cryptocurrencies to tokenized real-world assets such as money market funds, bonds, and equities, covering the path from token issuance and fundraising to trading and custody.

Members trade cryptoassets and digital securities on its regulated exchange and a bulletin-board market, or place large crypto trades through an OTC desk that sources prices from multiple liquidity providers. Custody for crypto, securities, and cash uses MPC key management.

A multi-chain tokenization engine issues funds, bonds, commodities, and equities on public and permissioned blockchains, and a stablecoin service helps businesses launch their own digital currency. Treasury services give access to money market funds and short-dated bonds and bills. Archax is used by asset managers, issuers, financial institutions, and corporate treasuries.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Finance
- Status: Active
- Founded: 2018-04-01
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/archax

## Products

- [Archax Exchange](https://thegrid.id/profiles/archax): Archax Exchange is a regulated trading venue where approved members buy and sell cryptoassets, stablecoins, and digital securities, including tokenized real-world assets. Issuers apply to admit their tokenized securities for secondary trading after due diligence, and a bulletin-board matching service gives earlier-stage issuances initial liquidity under simpler listing rules. Client cash and assets are held in segregated custody arrangements. (Centralised Exchange, Live, Main Product)
- [Archax Custody](https://thegrid.id/profiles/archax): Archax Custody is a regulated safeguarding service for cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, digital securities, and fiat cash. Digital assets are held in insolvency-remote, segregated accounts secured with MPC key management, with a programmable policy engine for approval workflows. It serves professional and institutional clients alongside the Archax exchange and OTC desk. (Custody Technology Provider, Live)
- [Archax Tokenisation Engine](https://thegrid.id/profiles/archax): Archax Tokenisation Engine is a multi-chain service for issuing real-world assets as tokens on public and permissioned blockchains. Asset managers and issuers use it to tokenize funds, bonds, equities, commodities, and real estate, following an end-to-end process from planning through to issuance. Tokenized issuances can then be admitted for trading and held in custody on the Archax platform. (Developer Tooling, Live)
- [Archax OTC Desk](https://thegrid.id/profiles/archax): Archax OTC Desk is an off-exchange brokerage service for large cryptocurrency trades by professional and institutional clients. It sources prices from multiple liquidity providers across a range of cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and fiat currencies, aiming to limit market impact on big orders. Clients trade through messaging, email, or API with tailored pricing, flexible settlement, and a personal account manager. (OTC, Live)
- [Archax Stablecoin Service](https://thegrid.id/profiles/archax): Archax Stablecoin Service helps financial institutions, corporates, and retailers issue their own stablecoins. Archax works with the issuer on regulatory structuring, the technology to issue and manage the token, and integration into markets. Issuers use these stablecoins for cross-border payments, payment automation, and customer programs. (Developer Tooling, Live)
- [Archax Treasury Solutions](https://thegrid.id/profiles/archax): Archax Treasury Solutions gives firms regulated safekeeping and access to yield-bearing instruments for their treasury. Fiat cash in several currencies can be held in segregated custody, alongside money market funds and short-dated government and corporate bonds, bills, and commercial paper. Longer-dated bonds, yield enhancement strategies, and structured solutions are available depending on risk appetite. (Developer Tooling, Live)

## Links

- [Main](https://archax.com)
- [Privacy policy](https://archax.com/privacy-policies)
- [Terms of Service](https://archax.com/terms)
- [Documentation](https://ace.archax.com/docs/api/#ace-api-spec-v3)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/archaxex)
- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/archaxex)
- [Telegram](https://t.me/archax)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Archax)

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