Zipmex致力于建立亚太地区最大的数字资产交易所，Jump Capital领投600万美元

总部位于新加坡的数字资产交易所Zipmex今天宣布已筹集600万美元，由Jump Capital领投。这家计划成为数字资产银行的初创公司表示，这一轮融资超过了其最初的目标400万美元。加上早期的资金，Zipmex迄今已筹集的资金总额达到1,090万美元。

该交易所在新加坡，澳大利亚和印度尼西亚受到监管，并在泰国获得许可。它主要面向最近对具有教育功能的加密货币进行投资的投资者以及高净值人士，并声称自2019年底推出以来，其交易总额已超过6亿美元。

这笔资金将用于招聘和增加更多产品种类。除了加密货币交易所外，Zipmpex的服务还包括ZipUp，计息账户以及它自己的ERC-20令牌ZMT。

Zipmex的目标是成为亚太地区最大的数字交易所，并使亚太地区对加密货币投资和区块链技术的兴趣迅速增长。例如，东南亚最大的贷方DBG Group Holdings最近启动了加密货币交易所，尽管目前仅向专业投资者开放。

但是Zipmex还同时与众多竞争对手竞争，包括泰国的BitKub和澳大利亚的Swyftx等区域交易所，以及瞄准亚太地区增长的Luno，Coinbase和Binance等。

Zipmex首席执行官Marcus Lim表示，该公司成为数字资产银行的野心使其与其他交易所区分开来。他告诉TechCrunch：“我们目前为客户提供投资并获得其数字资产的利息”。 “将来，我们计划推出支付，贷款，以及将资金投放到证券化代币中。”

美国风险投资公司Jump Capital投资的其他加密货币初创公司包括BitGo和TradingView。其母公司贸易公司Jump Trading为Robinhood的加密交易提供支持。

Zipmex, which aspires to build the Asia Pacific region’s largest digital assets exchange, raises $6 million led by Jump Capital

Zipmex, a digital assets exchange headquartered in Singapore, announced today it has raised $6 million in funding led by Jump Capital. The startup, which plans to become a digital assets bank, says the round exceeded its initial target of $4 million. Along with earlier funding, it brings the total Zipmex  has raised so far to $10.9 million.

The exchange is regulated in Singapore, Australia and Indonesia, and licensed in Thailand. It focuses on investors new to cryptocurrency with educational features, as well as high net-worth individuals, and says it has transacted over $600 million in gross transaction volume since launching at the end of 2019.

The funding will be used on hiring and to add more product offerings. In addition to its cryptocurrency exchange, Zipmex’s services also include ZipUp, its interest-bearing accounts, and its own ERC-20 token ZMT.

Zipmex’s goal is to become the largest digital exchange in the Asia Pacific, where interest in cryptocurrency investing and blockchain technology is increasing quickly. For example, DBG Group Holdings, Southeast Asia’s largest lender, recently launched a crypto exchange, though it is currently open only to professional investors.

But Zipmex is also up against a roster of competitors, including regional exchanges like BitKub in Thailand and Swyftx in Australia, as well as players like Luno, Coinbase and Binance which are targeting growth in the Asia Pacific region.

Zipmex chief executive officer Marcus Lim said the company’s ambition to become a digital assets bank sets it apart from other exchanges. “We currently offer customers to invest and earn interest on their digital assets,” he told TechCrunch. “In the future, we are planning to roll out payments and lending and the investment into securitized tokens.”

Other cryptocurrency startups that Jump Capital, an American venture capital firm, has invested in include BitGo and TradingView. Its parent company, trading firm Jump Trading, powers Robinhood’s crypto trades.