{"id":2960,"date":"2024-10-22T11:58:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T11:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/?p=2960"},"modified":"2024-10-22T11:58:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T11:58:03","slug":"what-is-a-centralized-crypto-exchange-cex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/es\/what-is-a-centralized-crypto-exchange-cex\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfQu\u00e9 es un intercambio criptogr\u00e1fico centralizado (CEX)?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A centralized crypto exchange (CEX) is a business that provides you with a multitude of services such as a crypto trading platform <\/strong>(buy and sell transactions), account services<\/strong> (account funding and withdrawal), and customer support services.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Centralized exchanges remain the most widely used method to buy and sell crypto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are attractive to many crypto users since they are considered to be more convenient and easier to use than a decentralized exchange (DEX).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bfQu\u00e9 es un intercambio criptogr\u00e1fico centralizado (CEX)?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A centralized exchange (CEX<\/strong>) allows any person with an internet connection to discover and transact with crypto assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is owned and operated by a private company and requires users to sign up and open an account in order to participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CEXs facilitate transactions of crypto assets between buyers and sellers. by providing an online trading platform<\/strong> that maintains an cartera de pedidos<\/strong>: a collection of buy and sell orders posted by individual traders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Orders<\/em> are requests to buy or sell a certain amount of a specific cryptocurrency at a specified price.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

A CEX aggregates orders placed in the order book by its users and then uses special software to match and execute the corresponding buy and sell orders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Examples of centralized exchanges include Binance, Coinbase, Bybit, Gemini, Kraken, and Kucoin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does a Centralized Crypto Exchange (CEX) do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A cryptocurrency exchange has three primary roles:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Order Matching<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In a crypto exchange, buyers and sellers transact with each other. This means that you buy crypto from another user of the exchange rather than from the exchange itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exchange itself provides a PLACE for people who want to buy crypto AND for people who want to sell their crypto. It matches<\/strong> buyers and sellers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If a buyer wants to buy bitcoin (BTC) at $20,000 and a seller wants to sell bitcoin at $20,000, the exchange matches the orders of these two people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clearing Counterparty<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The exchange also acts as a central clearing counterparty<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is just a fancy way of saying that all matched orders<\/strong> appear<\/em> to be against the exchange ITSELF rather than between the users directly. This provides anonimato<\/strong> for both parties since the buyer won\u2019t know who the seller is and vice versa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, as the central clearing counterparty., the CEX handles the entire process of the transaction and ensures that all obligations are met between buyer and seller and that the transaction actually completes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, if you bought 1 bitcoin (BTC) for $20,000, the exchange ensures that you have $20,000 (USD) and that USD is transferred to the seller\u2019s account and the newly bought BTC is transferred to your account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can\u2019t just take the bitcoin and disappear, and the seller can\u2019t take your U.S. dollars and disappear (and keep their bitcoin).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Custodian<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The exchange also acts as a custodian for any cash and\/or crypto held in your account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some exchanges allow you to deposit fiat currencies, such as U.S. dollars or euros, while others only allow you to deposit cryptocurrencies like bitcoin (BTC) or ether (ETH).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether it\u2019s fiat or crypto, once deposited, they are under the custody of the exchange<\/strong>. This means that you\u2019re now trusting the exchange to keep your funds safe the same way you\u2019d trust a bank\u2019s vault to hold your money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now that you\u2019ve learned what a centralized crypto exchange (CEX) is, let\u2019s learn how to choose a good one.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A centralized crypto exchange (CEX) is a business that provides you with a multitude of services such as a crypto trading platform (buy and sell transactions), account services (account funding and withdrawal), and customer support services. Centralized exchanges remain the most widely used method to buy and sell crypto. They are attractive to many crypto users since they are considered […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beginners-guide-to-crypto-exchanges","category-learn-crypto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2961,"href":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2960\/revisions\/2961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apex-aiexperts.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}