The idea to create a new cryptocurrency exchange came up when the founders identified some crucial shortcomings in the present Cryptocurrency exchange ecosystem. The founders had a strong belief that the cryptocurrency exchange ecosystem has more to offer.
Following are the biggest gaps which caught our attention:
Lack of a mature ecosystem -lack of regulations on the way trades operate on the exchange often allows “whales” to manipulate the prices of certain currencies which is against the interests of other traders. Despite the cryptocurrency space growing rapidly and currently having a market cap of about $300 billion the trading ecosystem is still premature. There are several exchanges which suffer from serious liquidity concerns and many charge high trade fees which are very expensive to many people around the globe.
Friction in dealing with fiat currencies – Often getting liquidity in fiat currencies against crypto assets is a hassle and leaves currency holders at the mercy of market volatility which often can lead to people losing out on money due to delayed processing either by the exchange or the banks.
Lack of good customer support –Traders often complain of bad user experience due to the non-responsive customer support provided by many exchanges. Often it is either the lack of management staff to handle the requests or a lack of will which leads to a poor customer support. We identified that most of the exchanges do not spend enough on customer support.
Security issues – the cryptocurrency space is often being bombarded by hackers who try to use the vulnerabilities present in the exchanges to their benefit. Many exchanges in the past have suffered cyber-attacks which has led to losses in the order of billions of dollars. Often, not following the industry standards and neglecting the basic rules of cyber security allow for such attacks to happen. Thus, exchanges do have a huge responsibility on their shoulders to protect the hard earned money of their customers.
Lack of awareness and education among the masses leading to a low adoption rate – Due to a lack of education and knowledge about the Blockchain and cryptocurrency space, people are reluctant to be a part of the cryptocurrency ecosystem which has led to the market being dominated by a select group of traders who are able to manipulate the market at will. This fluctuation and volatility further lowers the rate of adoption of cryptocurrency trading.
Thus, we got motivated by the idea that we can provide sustainable and progressive solutions to the above-stated problems through comprehensive planning and diligent work. Moreover, though Africa has the smallest share of the number of cryptocurrency exchanges when compared to the world (4% of the total exchanges) according to a study conducted by Cambridge University1 on cryptocurrency exchanges, the adoption rate is on the rise. This not only acts as a source of motivation but also puts a great deal of responsibility on our shoulders to deliver the best services to people belonging to developing and LDCs (Least Developed Countries).
Website : http://www.kubitx.io/
WHO WE ARE
The KuBitX team is composed of an extremely talented and experienced bunch of professionals with significant work experience from Fortune 500 companies and “Big Four” consultancy firms. Having gained substantial insights and expertise in our respective domains, it was natural for us to work in the development of the emerging markets from where we actually belong. The team has this innate quality of not only motivating each other constantly but to complement each other’s work. The go-getter attitude of the team has thus led to overcome all the obstacles that we have faced till date.
Website : http://www.kubitx.io/
EXCHANGE ARCHITECTURE – KuBitX
The KuBitX Exchange is designed to operate at low latency, high throughput, and maximum uptime. By incorporating geo-replication in its architecture, the exchange is built to be fault tolerant, ensuring that the platform delivers a seamless and uninterrupted trading experience to its users. Below is a high-level abstraction of the exchange architecture showing how the different systems within the exchange are connected logically.
ADVANCED APIS AND FINANCIAL INTEGRATION
KuBitX’s advanced APIs promise to give the users a hassle-free trading experience. It will allow them to get connected to FIX, Rest, Binary, WebSocket, and third-party custom APIs. This architectural design will also enable integration with banking, payment gateways, and settlement.
EFFICIENCY AND PERFORMANCE
KuBitX’s market exchange trading platform is a proven fast, high-volume and low-latency exchange engine. This exchange platform will be hosted on high availability IT infrastructure, thus, enabling fault-tolerant architecture with guaranteed 99.995 percent uptime. In order to provide a fault-tolerant architecture, a standby instance setup has been planned with active data replication. This standby instance will start as an active instance, in case the primary exchange goes down due to any reason. Active geo-replication will provide database redundancy and a low-latency platform for the end-users. Geo-targeted load-balanced environment for the trading front-end has also been planned for deployment. A high-level exchange and infrastructure diagram below indicates the planned setup of the platform. KuBitX has come up with a Trade Engine which delivers a speed of 12 Million plus transactions per second with a latency of 40-50 ns.
For more information:
Website : http://www.kubitx.io/
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