P2P

P2P (peer-to-peer) trading lets users on your exchange buy and sell crypto with each other for fiat. Vendors post deals, other users take them, and the fiat payment happens directly between the two parties. Users can on-ramp through each other without you providing the fiat liquidity or payment rails yourself.

You set up and supervise P2P in Operator Controls → Exchange → Markets → P2P. The Features page lists P2P only on the Enterprise plan.

In this section

• P2P Overview: the P2P pages your users see.
• P2P Setup: turn P2P on and choose what vendors and users can do.
• P2P Vendor Flow: how a vendor posts a deal.
• P2P Troubleshooting: fixes for common problems.

Glossary

• P2P: trading in which two parties, a vendor and a customer, exchange crypto and fiat directly with each other.
• Vendor (maker): the user who creates a P2P deal and sets its price. Vendors offer their own crypto, so they should be users you trust. Operator Controls also calls them merchants.
• Customer (taker): the user who takes a vendor's deal.
• Operator: you, the owner of the exchange, who sets up and supervises the P2P system.
• Payment method: a way to send and receive fiat, such as a bank transfer or a payment app.
• Minimum tier: the lowest account tier a user needs to take part in P2P, as a vendor or as a customer.