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 differently.
From the ground up.
Go microservices, Kafka event bus, React Native & Next.js. Claude AI powers compliance, support, and analytics. All data on-premise in Nairobi.
Core Architecture
Microservices. Event-driven. Nairobi-resident.
Every trade and transaction is sourced through a Kafka event bus into immutable ledgers. PostgreSQL 16 handles all financial data with nanosecond precision. Data residency mandated by VASP Act 2025.
- ✓Go microservices with gRPC internal APIs
- ✓Kafka event sourcing — full audit trail
- ✓PostgreSQL 16 on-premise, Nairobi data centre
- ✓Redis for order books and session state
- ✓HSM-backed key management for custody
// event bus snapshot [32morder.created[0m "BTC-KES" 0.025₿ @ 9.28M [32mkyc.verified[0m "T2:KE-0042" 2FA:ok [32mtrade.matched[0m "M-0019" T+0 [32mledger.commit[0m "PSG-1194" 0xd4a0... ────────────────────────── latency 1.4ms p99 throughput 12,000 tps uptime 99.98%
AML screening
✓ Transaction cleared
Low risk. Counterparty KYC T2 verified. No PEP match. No OFAC/UN sanctions. Source of funds consistent with history.
AI Support (Swahili)
Hii ni jibu lako...
Akaunti yako iko sawa. Muda wa kuhuisha KYC ni saa 2-24. Tutakutumia SMS ukithibitishwa.
AI-Embedded
Claude API powers compliance & intelligence.
Anthropic's Claude API handles real-time transaction screening, AML/CFT narrative generation, customer support triage, and market intelligence — all within Kenya's data residency requirements.
- ✓Real-time AML/CFT transaction screening
- ✓Auto-generated SAR narratives for regulators
- ✓AI support triage — first response under 10s
- ✓Market intelligence & price commentary
- ✓KYC document extraction & verification
Lightning & Liquid
Bitcoin-native.
Not wrapped. Not bridged.
All Bitcoin at Bitdax is 100% Bitcoin. Lightning Network for instant micropayments; Liquid Network sidechain for KOMEX commodity tokens. No synthetic exposure, ever.
- ✓Lightning Network: instant, sub-satoshi fees
- ✓Liquid Network: KOMEX commodity tokens
- ✓On-chain multi-sig cold storage for custody
- ✓Hardware wallet support: Ledger, Trezor, Coldcard
- ✓No custodial risk for BX-Self users
Lightning
1 sat minimum <1s settlement
Liquid
Commodity tokens ~1min settlement
Multi-sig
3-of-5 cold HSM backed
Mobile First
React Native iOS & Android
Regulated first.
Always.
Built around Kenya's VASP Act 2025, with CMA and CBK oversight, mandatory 2FA, and full data residency in Nairobi.
CMA Licensed
Capital Markets Authority
CBK Registered
Central Bank of Kenya
VASP Act 2025
Virtual Asset Service Provider
2FA Mandatory
All financial accounts
Data Residency
On-premise, Nairobi
AML/CFT
Real-time AI screening
KYC Tiers & Limits
Three progressive tiers under VASP Act 2025. Start Tier 1 in under 2 minutes.
KYC
Tier 1
KES 50,000 / month
- ✓Email & phone verification
- ✓P2P trading access
- ✓Spot trading (BTC, ETH, USDT)
- ✓Lightning wallet
- –No fiat deposits/withdrawals
- –No margin/derivatives
KYC
Tier 2
KES 500,000 / month
- ✓National ID or Passport
- ✓All Tier 1 features
- ✓M-Pesa & bank deposits
- ✓Margin trading (5×)
- ✓OTC desk access
- –No derivatives
KYC
Tier 3
Unlimited
- ✓Enhanced due diligence
- ✓All Tier 2 features
- ✓Full derivatives access
- ✓BX-Custody access
- ✓High-rate API access
- ✓BX-Connect NSE gateway
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
});