Real Exchange
Overview
Real Exchange is a multi-market trading platform that brings together centralized spot and futures trading, on-chain perpetuals, and peer-to-peer real-world asset markets into a single, cohesive ecosystem. Designed for both accessibility and performance, Real Exchange serves retail users, professional traders, institutions, and developers through regulated infrastructure and decentralized protocols that operate seamlessly together.
Real Exchange is a regulated, centralized cryptocurrency exchange offering spot and futures markets through a secure, intuitive, and user-friendly trading experience. The platform is built to eliminate the operational complexity and risks associated with self-custody, making crypto trading accessible to a broader audience.
Users can easily onboard via integrated fiat on-ramps and off-ramps, with direct links to supported banks and payment providers. By combining institutional-grade matching engines, custody, and risk systems with a consumer-friendly design, Real Exchange allows users to trade, manage, and move capital without interacting with wallets, private keys, or on-chain transaction mechanics.
Real Exchange also includes a non-custodial decentralized perpetual trading market designed for on-chain leveraged trading using stablecoin collateral. This system enables users to take long or short price exposure without holding the underlying asset, while maintaining full control of funds through self-custody.
The perpetuals market uses a pooled-liquidity, oracle-driven architecture with automated funding and liquidation mechanisms. All positions, settlements, and risk enforcement occur on-chain, providing transparent execution, predictable risk management, and verifiable settlement for advanced traders who prefer decentralized infrastructure.
Real Exchange integrates non-custodial peer-to-peer trading and decentralized investment tools into a single social, visual experience inspired by platforms like Instagram. Users can discover tokenized properties and real-world assets through an engaging feed, interact with other investors, and participate in community-driven investment opportunities.
The platform serves as the native application showcasing the capabilities of the Real blockchain ecosystem, making real-world asset investing more accessible, interactive, and transparent. Real Exchange enables peer-to-peer trading and decentralized secondary markets for assets tokenized through the Real Protocol, including fractionalized property, commodities, luxury assets, and more.d
Developers can integrate Real Protocol smart contracts directly into their applications to support secondary trading, liquidity, and price discovery for tokenized real-world assets, ensuring open access and composability across the ecosystem.
Trading Market Comparison
Feature
Spot and Futures
Perpetuals
Peer-to-Peer
Primary Use Case
Easy trading, hedging, and speculation
Leveraged exposure without asset ownership
Investing and trading real-world assets
Market Type
Centralized exchange (CEX)
Decentralized exchange (DEX)
Decentralized peer-to-peer
Primary Assets
Cryptocurrencies and stablecoins
Cryptocurrencies and tokenized assets (price exposure)
Tokenized real-world assets (RWAs)
Trading Products
Spot markets and futures contracts
Perpetual contracts (long and short)
Direct asset trading and fractional ownership
Custody Model
Exchange-managed custody
User self-custody
User self-custody
Wallet Required
No
Yes
Yes
Private Key Management
Not required
Required
Required
Settlement
Off-chain internal settlement
On-chain settlement
On-chain settlement
Collateral
Fiat, crypto, or stablecoins
Stablecoins
Asset-specific or stablecoin-based
Leverage
Available on futures
Available on perpetuals
None
Liquidity Model
Order-book with market makers
Pooled liquidity with oracle pricing
Direct P2P matching
Pricing Mechanism
Order-book price discovery
Oracle-driven mark and index prices
Market-driven P2P pricing
Risk Management
Centralized margin and liquidation engine
Automated on-chain margin and liquidation
Trade-level smart contract enforcement
Fiat On and Off Ramps
Fully integrated with banks and payment providers
None
None
User Experience
Simple, beginner-friendly
Advanced, DeFi-native
Social and discovery-driven
Target Users
Retail, professional, institutional
Advanced and on-chain traders
Investors, collectors, and communities
Transparency
Platform reporting and audits
Fully on-chain and verifiable
Fully on-chain and verifiable
Regulatory Framework
Regulated centralized exchange
Protocol-level controls
Protocol-level controls
Developer Integration
Exchange APIs
Smart contracts
Smart contracts and dApp integrations
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