# BTC Markets > Trade with confidence and build your future with Australia's fastest crypto exchange. BTC Markets is an Australian cryptocurrency exchange. It lets individuals, companies and self-managed super funds buy, sell and trade digital assets against the Australian dollar, with an OTC desk for large trades. BTC Markets is an Australian centralized cryptocurrency exchange that lets users buy, sell and hold digital assets against the Australian dollar. It runs order book markets in AUD, with smaller USDT and BTC markets, through a web platform and mobile apps. The exchange is built for Australian retail investors, companies and self-managed super funds. Users fund accounts in Australian dollars and trade with market, limit, stop and take-profit orders under a volume-tiered fee schedule. Developers and trading firms connect through REST, WebSocket and FIX interfaces, while the company operates under Australian regulation with ISO 27001 certified security. Customer assets are held with multi-signature custody in Australia. The flagship BTC Markets Exchange is joined by an OTC desk that negotiates large trades by phone and settles them the same day. A VIP program gives high-volume clients lower fees, higher API limits and a dedicated account manager. The platform is used by individual traders, long-term investors, businesses and superannuation funds across Australia. - Type: Company - Sector: Finance - Status: Active - Founded: 2013-01-01 - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/btc_markets ## Products - [BTC Markets Exchange](https://thegrid.id/profiles/btc_markets): BTC Markets Exchange is a centralized exchange where Australian users trade more than 40 digital assets against the Australian dollar, with smaller USDT and BTC markets. It supports market, limit, stop and take-profit orders with volume-tiered fees, a mobile app and REST, WebSocket and FIX interfaces for automated trading. A VIP program gives high-volume traders lower fees, higher API limits and a dedicated account manager. (Centralised Exchange, Live, Main Product) - [BTC Markets OTC Desk](https://thegrid.id/profiles/btc_markets): BTC Markets OTC Desk is an over-the-counter service for large crypto trades, negotiated directly with the exchange's traders on a booked call. Quotes include the spread with no separate trading fee, and trades settle at T+0 into the client's BTC Markets account in the requested currency. It serves verified individual, company, SMSF and family trust accounts for orders of AU$100,000 or more. 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