Blockchain

Blockchain.com (formerly Blockchain.info) is a cryptocurrency financial services company. The company began as the first Bitcoin blockchain explorer in 2011 and later created a cryptocurrency wallet that accounted for 28% of bitcoin transactions between 2012 and 2020. It also operates a cryptocurrency exchange and provides institutional markets lending business and data, charts, and analytics. As a cryptocurrency company, Blockchain.com provides a platform for holding, using, managing crypto assets, and exploring cryptocurrency transactions.[9] It also develops financial services standards and infrastructure for cryptocurrencies.[24][25] The company's platform provides market data and analytics.[10] It follows cryptocurrency's aims of being decentralized and anonymous; some of its cryptocurrency products are managed by the end user and not accessible by Blockchain.com itself.[5] Its main products are its cryptocurrency wallet, exchange, block explorer, and institutional markets offering.[2] Wallet The company offers a hosted cryptocurrency wallet which is a method to store cryptocurrency in a digital file that can be accessed online.[1] The wallet can be used with different cryptocurrencies and stablecoins. Its wallets can be used to send and receive digital currency transactions, as well as swap between different cryptocurrencies.[2] Blockchain.com has a non-custodial wallet, meaning that it is controlled completely by the user and the company has no access to the wallet's data.[1] Users access their wallet with a private key, a recovery phrase known only to the user.[9][16] Exchange A cryptocurrency exchange helps to convert your digital assets in money and money into the digital assets.[26] They work like a stockbroker. The company has an exchange to allow its users to buy, sell, and trade cryptocurrencies.[16] Additionally, the exchange's user interface can be customized by traders to show them relevant information depending on their level of experience.[16