VALR
Financial ServicesSouth Africa11-50 Employees
VALR operates as a cryptocurrency exchange within the financial services space, offering a secure, high-performance trading platform for both professional and retail traders to buy, sell, store, stake, and transact in digital assets such as bitcoin, ethereum, and solana. The platform is accessible via a mobile app and a web interface, and onboarding is automated to meet KYC/AML requirements. It supports diverse trading activities, including spot markets, spot margin, and perpetual futures, and provides yield opportunities through liquid staking. The company is headquartered and licensed in South Africa and has approval to offer services in Europe, serving more than 1,100 corporate and institutional clients along with a global user base of over 990,000. It enables fiat-to-crypto conversions and offers an institutional-grade API with governance features for larger clients, along with a pricing structure that rewards liquidity providers and offers discounts to market takers. Customer support is available online for 18 hours daily, with private technical channels for corporate partners.