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Wednesday, May 26 2021 - 14:54
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Q9 expands cryptocurrency offering into Decentralised Finance (DeFi)
HONG KONG, May 26, 2021 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

8 new DeFi tokens brings offering to 17 digital assets and +40 trading pairs 

Q9 Capital, a full-service digital asset platform for private wealth, today 
announced it has expanded its comprehensive offering into decentralised finance 
(DeFi) with the addition of eight new tokens.

With the addition of these new tokens, Q9 has grown its continuously expanding 
offering of digital assets to seventeen tokens and over forty trading pairs 
covering crypto majors, alt-coins, DeFi and stable coins. Q9 is proving its 
clients with access to the DeFi ecosystem, supporting the tokens of the most 
important DeFi projects and protocols in the market.

James Quinn, Managing Partner of Q9 Capital explains "There is a huge amount of 
innovation happening in DeFi right now. Decentralised finance is all about 
utilising blockchain solutions and smart contracts to provide conventional 
financial services without the need for intermediaries."

New DeFi Assets

- Chainlink (LINK): a decentralised oracle network that brings off-chain data 
into an on-chain format 

- Yearn.finance (YFI): a suite of products that provides lending aggregation, 
yield generation, and insurance on the Ethereum blockchain 

- Basic Attention Token (BAT): a token for the digital advertising industry 
that pays publishers for their content and users for their attention 

- Compound (COMP): a decentralised blockchain protocol that allows users to 
lend or borrow selected cryptocurrencies 

- Sushi (SUSHI): a decentralised cryptocurrency exchange and automated market 
maker built 

- Uniswap (UNI): a decentralised exchange (DEX) that makes it easy for users to 
swap an ERC-20 tokens without the need of a centralised intermediary 

- Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC): which allows for Bitcoin transfers to be conducted 
quicker on the Ethereum blockchain 

- OX (ZRX): a protocol that aims to facilitate a frictionless peer-to-peer 
exchange of Ethereum-based assets

Q9 clients can buy and sell these new assets via Spot Trading and store them 
via Q9's Custody Gateway. Spot Trading provides deep liquidity and efficient 
pricing via a 24/7 electronic trading solution. Custody Gateway is a 
first-of-its-kind solution that allows investors to choose how and where their 
digital assets are stored including an array of technological solutions and 
geographic jurisdictions.

"Our clients typically make their first crypto investment into well know assets 
such as Bitcoin and Ethereum" continued Quinn "but we find they very quickly 
explore and allocate to alternative currencies. Providing our clients with 
access to innovative DeFi projects is an essential step in the development of 
the Q9 platform".

About Q9 Capital

Q9 Capital www.q9capital.com is a full-service digital asset platform 
delivering a private wealth experience direct to individuals and institutions. 
We combine cutting-edge trading capabilities with innovative products and 
personalised service so you have fast, simple and safe access to the digital 
asset sector. Q9 is a portfolio company of the Henyep Group www.henyep.com, a 
diversified global financial conglomerate with +40 years of operational history.

SOURCE Q9 Capital