Even if you are not conversant with what cryptocurrencies are, you must have heard about leading digital asset, Bitcoin. Bitcoin has been on the lips of numerous people after it made massive surges over the years since its inception and it has prompted the creation of more digital assets. With the increase in digital assets, comes the emergence of crypto exchanges that have grown as the years go by. Statistically, there are over 200 crypto exchange companies that have made their emergence into the crypto space. This article takes a closer look at the top 20 crypto exchanges across the globe. There are; 

Binance

Twitter: @binance

Binance prides itself as the most popular crypto exchange according to the number of volumes traded on its platform. The crypto exchange has held the record of the world's largest crypto exchange since 2018. The exchange has over 100 digital assets listed on its platform and has its own crypto which is known as the BNB. The company is headed by billionaire and crypto mogul, Changpeng "CZ" Zhou.

Bitfinex

Twitter: @bitfinex

Bitfinex was founded in 2012 and is famous for its p2p trade on its platform. Just like Binance, Bitfinex has about 100 cryptocurrencies listed on its platform. The exchange is owned by iFinex inc. which has its headquarters located in Hong Kong.

Messari

Twitter: @MessariCrypto

If you're looking for a firm that talks extensively about the activities of the crypto market, Messari is one firm you should look at. They are known for their daily analysis of high ranking cryptos as well as their major and minor movements. The company offers real-life metric data on projects while helping investors and traders with their decisions.

Bitmain

Twitter: @BITMAINtech

Bitmain is known as one of the biggest manufacturers of mining hardware across the globe. Aside from the production of mining hardware, Bitmain owns its own mining pool, Antpool, and is presently moving in the direction of producing AI hardware.

Coinbase

Twitter: @coinbase

Coinbase has been in the crypto business since it was established in 2012 and presently provides its customer base the option of trading in about 14 cryptos. The platform provides its clients with wallet services and helps them facilitate payments. The firm is owned by a crypto billionaire, Craig Armstrong.

Huobi

Twitter: @HuobiGlobal

Based in China, Huobi Global prides itself as a crypto exchange that doubles as a wallet provider. The firm has facilitated the startup of about 60 companies and offers solutions to firms all around the globe. The financial service provider also allows members to trade up to 50 cryptos on its platform.

Bitstamp

Twitter: @bitstamp

Bitstamp has been in the crypto business since 2011 and is one of the longest-serving crypto firms around the world. The firm prides itself as one of the companies with the most secure trading platform and trades in the top cryptos. Bitstamp majorly serves higher level traders and institutional investors across the globe.

BitGo

Twitter:  @BitGo

According to statistics, BitGo is said to be the largest crypto exchange across the globe with the company offering services in about 59 countries. The firm supports over 200 coins on its platform and is the biggest on-chain Bitcoin processor, working on about 15% of the Bitcoin market globally. The company majors in custodian services, as well as settlements.

Kraken

Twitter: @krakenfx

Kraken is one of the most established crypto outfits and it offers to trade in various cryptos. It offers various FIAT currencies which include USD, CAD, and JPY. Their platform had received praise across the years as one of the most secure platforms. They are the first crypto exchange to undergo and pass the proof of reserves audit.

Coindesk

Twitter: @CoinDesk

Coindesk provides real day to day market analysis as well as breaking news in the crypto space. The site provides digital assets price, real market volumes, and Blockchain technology projects.

Chainlink

Twitter: @chainlink

Chainlink deals with providing secure connections for input and outputs to Ethereum smart contacts. Its main function is to enable the security behind end to end connection of smart contracts to external data.

Blockfolio

Twitter: @blockfolio

Blockfolio provides data and insights to Blockchain technology projects across the crypto space. The firm provides insights, data as well as news from the crypto space. The most amazing fact is that they offer free services all through.

Bithumb

Twitter: @BithumbGlobal

Bithumb is a china based crypto exchange firm that allows its clients trade in crypto and possesses its own crypto. If you are a client on the Bithumb platform, you can buy, sell, and trade up to 100 crypto assets. Bithumb Cash is the name of the firm's cryptocurrency.

Decred

Twitter: @decredproject

Decred is set to launch a digital asset that would rival BTC in the crypto market by solving the latter's bottlenecks. Since Bitcoin is constantly being under the centralization threat, Decred aims to use the POS and POW to ensure both miners and users contribute. This move will prevent forking and help scalability.

OKEx

Twitter: @OKEx

OKEx is one of the most simplified crypto exchange firms that specializes in offerings of about 100  coins and altcoins pairings. The firm also offers spot and futures trading and is said to rake in a daily volume of about $1 billion.

CoinMetrics

Twitter: @coinmetrics

Coin Metrics helps crypto investors with the collation of data that will help them make good decisions as regards their investments. They offer daily analysis as well as crypto price and market volumes.

Bitpay

Twitter: @BitPay

Bitpay's main target area in the crypto world is the provision of payment options via Bitcoin to institutional investors as well as organizations. Bitpay also has a wallet that possesses top-quality security called copay.

CoinMarketCap

Twitter: @CoinMarketCap

CoinMarketCap is the only website that serves as a resource for transparent market data in the crypto market. They are known for providing market analysis, crypto price, market volumes, and market capitalization as well as company information. If you're interested in making good trading decisions, then CoinMarketCap is the website to get such.

Gemini

Twitter: @GeminiTerms

Gemini exchange is owned by famous Bitcoin billionaires, the Winklevoss twins. They double as a crypto exchange and offer custodian services. Gemini is one of the trading platforms that offer options to traders from the beginner's phase to the expert phase.

Ripple

Twitter: @Ripple_XRP1

Ripple has upgraded its services over the years as they now enable faster and seamless payment services with the XRP crypto. They also provide cross border payments, major market updates as well as market analysis.