# Gemini > Turn your money into crypto assets Gemini is a cryptocurrency exchange and custodian. It provides trading, storage, and related financial services for individual and institutional users. Gemini is a cryptocurrency exchange and custodian offering a crypto-native finance platform. It provides trading, custody, and storage services for digital assets, along with additional offerings such as a credit card, staking, and prediction markets. The platform serves both individual and institutional users seeking access to digital asset markets. Gemini positions itself as a bridge between traditional finance and the broader digital asset economy. It operates as a full-reserve platform and is licensed and regulated, publishing periodic attestations related to its reserves. Users can trade, store, and transact with a range of supported digital assets through its exchange and custody infrastructure. The company's offerings span retail trading through its exchange and ActiveTrader platform, institutional services including custody, over-the-counter trading, and clearing, and consumer products such as a rewards credit card and staking. It also issues a stablecoin pegged to the US dollar. Gemini is used by retail traders, institutional investors, and businesses seeking regulated access to digital asset markets. - Type: Company - Sector: Finance - Status: Active - Founded: 2014-01-01 - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/gemini ## Products - [Gemini Credit Card](https://thegrid.id/profiles/gemini): Gemini Credit Card offers cryptocurrency rewards for everyday purchases. (Card, Live) - [ActiveTrader](https://thegrid.id/profiles/gemini): ActiveTrader provides advanced on-platform features tailored for experienced traders. (Trading Terminal, Live, Main Product) - [Gemini Staking](https://thegrid.id/profiles/gemini): Gemini Staking is a staking service that lets users earn rewards on supported cryptocurrencies without running validator infrastructure themselves. Gemini manages staking operations and reward distribution, crediting rewards directly to user accounts. The service supports assets across multiple proof-of-stake networks and requires no minimum balance. (Liquid Staking, Live) - [Gemini Custody](https://thegrid.id/profiles/gemini): Gemini Custody is an institutional custody service that provides regulated cold storage for digital assets. It uses multi-party technology, role-based governance, and biometric access controls to secure customer funds held offline. Custody clients can check balances, initiate withdrawals, and trade directly from cold storage while maintaining segregated, independently verifiable addresses. (Custodian, Live) - [eOTC](https://thegrid.id/profiles/gemini): eOTC is an over-the-counter trading service that provides deep liquidity for large cryptocurrency orders through private bilateral trades. It offers delayed net settlement and intraday trading credit to maximize capital efficiency, alongside access to trading via APIs. The service is aimed at institutional clients executing block trades outside the public order book. (Trading Terminal, Live) - [Gemini Wallet](https://thegrid.id/profiles/gemini): Gemini Wallet is a self-custody smart wallet using passkey authentication and account abstraction to let users store and manage digital assets without a seed phrase. The wallet signs transactions on-device using biometric authentication and connects to decentralized applications across several blockchains through the Gemini Onchain App. Users can deposit, withdraw, and swap assets, and interact directly with DeFi applications from within the wallet interface. (Wallet, Live) - [Gemini Exchange](https://thegrid.id/profiles/gemini): Gemini Exchange is a centralized cryptocurrency exchange that lets users buy, sell, and manage digital assets. It provides research tools, portfolio management, and recurring buy features through a web and mobile interface. The exchange operates on a full-reserve model with account-based custody and regulatory compliance, serving retail and institutional traders. (Centralised Exchange, Live) ## Assets - [Gemini dollar (GUSD)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/gemini): GUSD is a USD-pegged stablecoin issued by Gemini Trust Company. It is used for payments, trading, and as collateral in DeFi applications, and is redeemable one-to-one for U.S. dollars on the Gemini exchange. Reserves backing GUSD are held in FDIC-insured accounts, money market funds, and treasury obligations, with monthly attestations published by an independent accounting firm. (Stablecoin) ## Links - [Main](https://www.gemini.com) - [Blog](https://www.gemini.com/blog) - [Documentation](https://docs.gemini.com/rest-api/#introduction) - [Privacy policy](https://www.gemini.com/legal/privacy-policy) - [Terms of Service](https://www.gemini.com/legal/user-agreement#section-state-license-and-regulatory-disclosures) - [Twitter / X](https://x.com/gemini) - [Instagram](https://instagram.com/gemini) - [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/geminitrust) - [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC74DnUPOegIgamWDcDO3_PQ) - [Reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/Gemini) - [Threads](https://www.threads.net/@gemini) ## Legal This data is provided under two licensing models. Model 1 - open data. The open data core is licensed under the Open Database License (ODbL) — a copyleft/share-alike license allowing free use, modification, and sharing for any purpose. Attribution is required: include "Powered by The Grid" linking to https://thegrid.id wherever the data is used. 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