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About Lykke

Unique Benefits

Lykke offers several unique benefits over the competition. There’s 0% broker commission, for example, and low spreads thanks to a matching engine with spread priority. The exchange also offers guaranteed execution, immediate settlement, and direct ownership guaranteed by the blockchain.

Company Overview

Lykke is based in Switzerland. The company has been in headlines this past week for recently adding Ethereum to the platform. Today, you can trade a wide variety of fiat currencies – including the Swiss Franc (CHF) for cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. The company also has its own Lykke coin (LKK), where each coin represents a 1/100th share of the company.

Exchange Details

The exchange launched in 2015. According to CoinMarketCap.com, the exchange is the 49th biggest cryptocurrency exchange by volume over the past 24 hours (as of June 9, 2017). The exchange’s highest-liquidity pairs include BTC/LKK, BTC/USD, LKK/CHF, and ETH/LKK.

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data refreshed every 10 minutes$30.95K / 24h
Trading pairs7
Founded2015-02-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Lykke is a decentralized exchange (DEX) founded in 2015, which makes it one of the older names in a still-young industry. Because it's decentralized, trades are executed directly between users' wallets via smart contracts, with no custodial intermediary holding your funds. This page pulls together the essentials on how the platform works, along with answers to the questions people search for most.

Frequently asked questions

What is Lykke?

Lykke is a decentralized exchange (DEX) founded in 2015, putting it among the longer-standing projects in crypto. Rather than a company taking custody of your assets, trading runs on smart contracts, with swaps settled directly between users' wallets.

Is Lykke a centralized or decentralized exchange?

Lykke is a decentralized exchange. There is no central custodian holding your funds — you trade straight from your own wallet, and the platform functions more like infrastructure than a broker. That gives it a different risk profile from a centralized exchange (CEX), with both advantages and trade-offs.

When was Lykke founded?

Lykke was founded on February 16, 2015. In a market where projects often disappear within a couple of years, that's a genuinely long track record spanning multiple market cycles.

What should users pay attention to on Lykke?

The usual DEX caveats apply: you're responsible for your own wallet security, and smart contracts carry technical risks, so it's worth checking whether they've been audited. Liquidity on decentralized venues can also vary significantly between trading pairs, which affects slippage and execution. Since there's no central operator to fall back on, double-check URLs, watch out for phishing copies, and do your own research before committing funds.

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