# Paribu > The world of tomorrow. Paribu is a centralized cryptocurrency exchange based in Turkey. It lets retail and institutional users buy, sell, and trade crypto assets against Turkish Lira and USDT, and offers institutional custody. Paribu is a centralized cryptocurrency exchange serving retail and institutional users in Turkey. It lets users buy, sell, and trade digital assets against Turkish Lira and USDT through web and mobile interfaces, with trading, yield, and decentralized finance access in one account. Institutional custody and a venture investment arm sit alongside the exchange. The exchange offers a standard market view and a pro interface with limit and OCO orders, running on a proprietary matching engine. Users can schedule recurring purchases, earn yield through flexible and term pools, and access decentralized finance tokens from the same balance, with loyalty tiers offering fee discounts. Turkish Lira deposits and withdrawals are supported around the clock, and a developer API handles order placement and withdrawals. Paribu Custody holds digital assets for exchanges, banks, and other organizations, while Paribu Ventures invests in early and growth stage blockchain and fintech companies. A self-custody wallet and blockchain education content extend the ecosystem. Paribu is used by retail traders, institutions, and developers in Turkey. - Type: Company - Sector: Finance - Status: Active - Founded: 2017-02-14 - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/paribu ## Products - [Paribu](https://thegrid.id/profiles/paribu): Paribu is a centralized cryptocurrency exchange for the Turkish market, where users trade digital assets against Turkish Lira and USDT on web and mobile. It offers a standard market view and a pro interface for order management, backed by a proprietary matching engine that processes orders at millisecond speeds. An integrated wallet supports fee-free QR-code transfers between users, price alerts, and profit-and-loss tracking. Users can also schedule recurring purchases, earn yield through flexible and term pools, and access decentralized finance tokens from their balance. A developer API covers order placement and withdrawals. (Centralised Exchange, Live, Main Product) - [Paribu Custody](https://thegrid.id/profiles/paribu): Paribu Custody is an institutional digital asset custody service for crypto trading platforms, banks, and other organizations in Turkey. It protects keys with a proprietary security architecture combining multi-party computation, hardware security modules, and secure enclaves. Clients choose a hybrid model, where most assets stay in cold storage while the client manages a limited hot wallet share, or a full custody model that delegates wallet infrastructure and key management. The service also offers staking access through partner operators, transaction monitoring, and Travel Rule compliance tooling. (Custodian, Live) - [Paribu Ventures](https://thegrid.id/profiles/paribu): Paribu Ventures is a venture fund and the investment arm of Paribu. It invests in early and growth stage companies in blockchain, cryptocurrency, Web3, and fintech. It maintains a portfolio across these sectors and accepts approaches from new projects. (Venture Fund, Live) ## Assets - [TRYC (TRYC)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/paribu): TRYC is a Turkish Lira-pegged stablecoin issued by Stoken, part of the Paribu group. It is used for payments, decentralized finance, NFT transactions, and low-fee transfers on Ethereum. Each token is backed one-to-one by lira held in bank accounts, with reserves subject to periodic independent audits. (Stablecoin) - [Prb (PRB)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/paribu): PRB is the native token of Paribu Net, an EVM-compatible blockchain network. It is used for paying transaction fees on the network. Its market on Paribu shows no trading activity, and the asset is currently inactive. 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