# CoinEx > Your Crypto Trading Expert CoinEx helps users trade cryptocurrencies through spot, margin, and futures trading with automated market making features. CoinEx helps cryptocurrency traders access digital asset markets through spot trading, margin trading, and futures contracts. With it, you can trade multiple cryptocurrencies, participate in automated market making, and use advanced trading tools. CoinEx serves retail and institutional traders globally with its high-speed matching engine and multi-asset support. - Type: Company - Sector: Finance - Status: Active - Founded: 2017-12-01 - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/coinex ## Products - [CoinEx Exchange](https://thegrid.id/profiles/coinex): CoinEx Exchange operates centralized cryptocurrency trading through spot markets, margin trading, and futures contracts with automated market making integration. The platform supports multiple digital assets across multiple trading pairs with high-frequency matching capabilities and cross-margin functionality. (Centralised Exchange, Live, Main Product) - [CoinEx Wallet](https://thegrid.id/profiles/coinex): CoinEx Wallet operates as a self-custodial multi-chain cryptocurrency wallet supporting multiple blockchain networks and token assets. The wallet provides cross-chain swap functionality, staking services, DApp browser integration, and NFT management while maintaining user control over private keys. (Wallet, Live) - [CoinEx Smart Chain](https://thegrid.id/profiles/coinex): CoinEx Smart Chain implements proof-of-stake consensus through validator nodes and smart contract functionality, enabling decentralized application deployment. The blockchain supports Ethereum Virtual Machine compatibility while maintaining sub-second block generation and low transaction fees using CET as native gas. (L1, Live) ## Assets - [CoinEx Token (CET)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/coinex): CET is the utility token of the CoinEx ecosystem. It is used to pay trading fees at a discount on the CoinEx exchange and acts as gas for transactions on CoinEx Smart Chain. Holders can upgrade to VIP membership based on their CET holdings, granting access to benefits like accelerated withdrawals and exclusive customer service, while the platform allocates 20% of daily trading fee revenue to repurchase and burn CET monthly to reduce circulating supply. 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