Coinsquare

Coinsquare is a pioneering Canadian crypto trading platform, recognized as the first in the country to be registered as a CIRO Investment dealer and marketplace member. The platform supports over 1300 trading pairs and more than 50 currencies, catering to both beginner and professional traders with a range of tools and market insights. Coinsquare ensures the security of client assets by holding them in trust with external, licensed custodians such as Coinbase Custody, Bitgo Trust Company, and Tetra Trust Company, and provides insurance against insolvency up to $1 million CAD per account through the Canadian Investment Protection Fund (CIPF). Additionally, Coinsquare’s custodians offer a combined $680 million USD in insurance coverage for client assets.

Coinsquare offers a suite of services including a dedicated CIRO-registered Investment Representative for personalized service, advanced trading features through Coinsquare Pro, and over-the-counter (OTC) trading with enhanced liquidity and same-day settlements in USD or CAD via Coinsquare’s Wealth service. The platform also provides a staking service, allowing users to earn rewards by staking cryptocurrencies such as Polkadot, Ethereum, and Solana, with varying annual reward rates.

For developers and advanced users, Coinsquare’s API enables programmatic interaction with the Trade platform, offering access to a wide array of fiat-to-crypto and crypto-to-crypto instruments. The platform’s Alternative Trading System (ATS) supports the trading of digital assets like Bitcoin and Ether. Coinsquare has raised over $100 million in funding and has executed trades worth over $8 billion CAD. The mobile app Quick Trade allows for simple and secure trading of cryptocurrencies, further enhancing accessibility for users.