Uphold is a versatile global digital money platform offering a "anything-to-anything" trading experience that connects cryptocurrencies, fiat money, and precious metals to the digital marketplace. Uphold serves as a crucial access point for the Hedera ecosystem, allowing users to buy, sell, and hold HBAR through its simple interface while facilitating on-chain deposits and withdrawals.
Uphold's platform highlights the exchange’s transparency, publishing its assets and liabilities in real-time and maintaining a 100-percent plus reserve policy, ensuring user funds are fully backed.
Beyond basic trading, Uphold offers features including recurring buy orders for dollar-cost averaging and staking rewards on various digital assets, including HBAR. Its "Vault" feature provides enhanced self-custody options for HBAR holders and secure private key management with assisted replacement.
Uphold is also holds over 50 licenses and registrations globally, including compliance with FinCEN in the US, the FCA in the UK, and FINTRAC in Canada. They adhere to stringent anti-money launder (AML) and know-your-customer (KYC) procedures.
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