{"id":468288,"date":"2022-06-28T05:42:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T02:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/unizen-cedefi-smart-exchange-secures-200m-investment-from-gem\/"},"modified":"2022-06-28T05:42:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T02:42:13","slug":"unizen-cedefi-smart-exchange-secures-200m-investment-from-gem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/unizen-cedefi-smart-exchange-secures-200m-investment-from-gem\/","title":{"rendered":"# Unizen &#8216;CeDeFi&#8217; smart exchange secures $200M investment from GEM"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a368d9d97f1c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a368d9d97f1c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/unizen-cedefi-smart-exchange-secures-200m-investment-from-gem\/#%E2%80%9D_Unizen_%E2%80%98CeDeFi_smart_exchange_secures_200M_investment_from_GEM_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; Unizen &#8216;CeDeFi&#8217; smart exchange secures $200M investment from GEM &#8220;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_Unizen_%E2%80%98CeDeFi_smart_exchange_secures_200M_investment_from_GEM_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; Unizen &#8216;CeDeFi&#8217; smart exchange secures $200M investment from GEM &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.cointelegraph.com\/images\/840_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMDYvYTg4ZTUxOWQtODIwMC00ZGYxLTg4MTEtNTI5ZjhjODAyZjVmLmpwZw==.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-2a0745c6>Cryptocurrency exchange Unizen has scored a $200 million investment from private equity group Global Emerging Markets (GEM) which it will use to expand its business and its ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than receiving the $200 million in funding all at once, Unizen <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/unizen-io.medium.com\/weekly-pulse-19-special-edition-e8af22a1c3a5\">noted<\/a> on June 27 that the investment will come in the form of a \u201ccapital commitment\u2019, with part of the funding released upfront and the rest will be provided later based on achieved milestones. <\/p>\n<p>Unizen did not disclose what particular criteria it had to achieve to receive the funding.<\/p>\n<p>Unizen calls itself a \u201cCeDeFi\u201d exchange mixing features of both centralized exchanges (CEXs) and decentralized exchanges (DEXs), it runs on the BNB Chain, formerly called the Binance Smart Chain. It aims to attract both retail and institutional investors by finding and aggregating the most cost-efficient trades across CEX\u2019s such as Binance and DEX\u2019s like Uniswap.<\/p>\n<p>GEM is described as a $3.4 billion alternative investment group that focuses on emerging markets, it selected Unizen with the aim to \u201chave a hand in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> that will shape the future of finance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unizen stated that it will use the investment to expand its team, shore up its innovation and marketing pipeline, and speed up the implementation of its trade aggregation ecosystem, also hinting at an upcoming investor token release update for early July though no further details were provided.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Crypto brokerage FalconX raises $150M at $8B valuation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another arm of Unizen is its ZenX Labs business, a CeDeFi incubator aimed at investing in and supporting decentralized projects by providing technical expertise and assisting with compliance.<\/p>\n<p>ZenX Labs most recently said it was building and launching a small satellite into orbit aboard a SpaceX rocket with the mission funded by entirely by Dogecoin (DOGE), it is expected to launch sometime this year.<\/p>\n<p>For GEM, it\u2019s another investment into a blockchain-related business. 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