Now live in Kenya — VASP Act 2025 Compliant
Africa's Bitcoin-Native
Digital Asset Platform
Trade. Save. Invest. Insure. — Nine products built on Bitcoin's open-source stack, regulated by Kenya's CMA & CBK, AI-embedded from day one.
Nine products. One platform.
From spot trading to commodity markets, community banking to institutional custody — every Bitdax product is regulated, Bitcoin-native, and AI-embedded.
Exchange
BX-Exchange
Spot, derivatives & margin trading. Maker 0.1% / Taker 0.2%. BTC, ETH, USDT and KES pairs with deep liquidity.
Peer-to-Peer
BX-P2P
Trade with zero platform fees. 200+ payment methods including M-Pesa, bank transfer, and cash. Smart escrow built-in.
OTC Block Desk
BX-OTC
For trades of $50,000+. RFQ pricing, dedicated dealers, T+0 settlement in KES or BTC. Institutional grade.
Institutional
BX-Custody
MPC custody-as-a-service. Multi-sig, timelocks, whitelisted withdrawals. SOC 2 Type II. Insurance backed.
Self-Custody
BX-Self
Non-custodial Lightning & on-chain wallet. Connect Ledger or Trezor. Your keys, your Bitcoin — always.
Community Banking
BX-Community
Fedimint-based community wallets for cooperatives, saccos, and chamas. Target: 150,000 members across Kenya.
Commodity Exchange
BX-KOMEX
Tokenised agricultural commodities on Liquid Network. Coffee, tea, maize — trade warehouse receipts as digital assets.
Bitcoin Insurance
BX-Shield
Parametric insurance paid automatically in Bitcoin when on-chain conditions trigger. No claims forms. Auto-pay.
Capital Markets
BX-Connect
NSE FIX gateway connecting Bitcoin markets to Nairobi Securities Exchange. Trade BDXF, BDXK, BDXC, BDXD, BDXM.
Built on Bitcoin's open stack
Bitcoin Core, Lightning, Liquid Network, Elements, Odoo ERP, Kafka event bus, and Next.js product surfaces — documented for integrators in the Bitdax Dev Design Document.
Regulated for Kenya & East Africa
Kenya VASP Act 2025, CMA and CBK oversight, Kenya data residency, mandatory 2FA for financial users, and audit-ready logging.
Beyond trading.
Strategic advisory.
Bitcoin treasury, technology, and regulatory advisory to corporates, governments, cooperatives, and HNWIs across East Africa.
Corporate Treasury
Bitcoin treasury strategy for corporates. Reserve allocation, custody structure, accounting treatment, and board reporting.
Government Advisory
CBDC research, VASP regulation design, and Bitcoin legal tender frameworks for East African governments.
Cooperative Banking
Fedimint federation design for saccos and chamas. Member onboarding, governance models, and eCash issuance.
Research Desk
Weekly Bitcoin market intelligence, regulatory updates, and Africa-specific macroeconomic analysis. Free newsletter.
Trusted by traders,
cooperatives & institutions.
★★★★★
“The P2P zero-fee trading has saved our sacco thousands in monthly transaction costs. M-Pesa integration is seamless and instant.”
Grace Wanjiku
Finance Manager, Mwalimu Sacco
★★★★★
“Finally an exchange built for Kenya. KES pairs, M-Pesa deposits, and the KYC process took under 5 minutes. Extremely impressed.”
James Otieno
Software Engineer, Nairobi
★★★★★
“Bitdax OTC handled our $200K Bitcoin purchase with discretion and best-execution pricing. Settled same-day in KES.”
Rajiv Patel
CFO, East Africa Holdings
Build on
Bitdax APIs.
Full REST and WebSocket APIs for trading, market data, custody, and compliance. SDKs in JavaScript, Python, and Go.
- ✓REST API — full trading & custody control
- ✓WebSocket — real-time order book & trades
- ✓FIX 4.4 — institutional algorithmic trading
- ✓Webhooks — event-driven integrations
Public /api/exchange/* and /api/komex/* — for assistants see /llms.txt and sitemap.xml.
import Bitdax from '@bitdax/sdk';
const client = new Bitdax({
apiKey: 'bx_live_••••••••',
network: 'mainnet'
});
// Place a limit order
const order = await client.orders.create({
pair: 'BTC-KES',
side: 'buy',
type: 'limit',
amount: 0.01,
price: 9_200_000
});
// Subscribe to order book
client.ws.subscribe('orderbook:BTC-KES', snap => {
console.log(snap.bids[0]); // best bid
});