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April 30, 2024

Revolut graduates raise $6.5m for crypto exchange to fill the void left by FTX

The crypto exchange aims to position itself as a halfway house between centralised and decentralised systems


Tom Matsuda

4 min read

X10, a new crypto exchange for professional traders founded by three former Revolut employees, has raised a $6.5m round. The platform aims to address a gap in the market that FTX — which the jailed Sam Bankman-Fried founded – once occupied.

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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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