Tokenized Securities Exchange Currency.com Joins CryptoUK

Tokenized securities exchange Currency.com has joined CryptoUK, a trade association for the crypto industry in the U.K.

Currency.com joined the association as an executive member, an announcement Thursday said.
CryptoUK also counts firms such as Crypto.com, Ripple, eToro and Fireblocks among its 60-plus members.
Currency.com, which launched in May 2019, claims to the be the world's first exchange allowing users to directly invest in or trade tokenized financial instruments with payment made in crypto.
The firm wants to offer a spot-market crypto exchange in the U.K., Serhii Mokhniev, Currency.com's global head of compliance, told CoinDesk. It now has licenses to operate in Gibraltar and in its native Belarus.
The platform reported growth of 374% in its clients base in 2020.

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