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Independent Reserve
Australian cryptocurrency order-book exchange and OTC desk founded in 2013, with its Singapore entity receiving a Major Payment Institution licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore on October 1, 2021.
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Launch date
2013-01-01
Death date
—
Years
2013–—
Origin
Australia
Confidence
high
Last verified
2026-06-25
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Summary
Australian cryptocurrency order-book exchange and OTC desk founded in 2013, with its Singapore entity receiving a Major Payment Institution licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore on October 1, 2021.
Timeline
Independent Reserve was founded in Australia in 2013
2013-01-01launchedmedium
Independent Reserve was founded in 2013 as an Australian cryptocurrency order-book exchange and OTC trading desk.
Independent Reserve SG received a MAS Major Payment Institution licence
2021-10-01regulatory_actionhigh
Independent Reserve announced that its Singapore operation received approval for a Major Payment Institution licence from MAS under the Payment Services Act to provide Digital Payment Token services.
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Record note
The 2013 launch remains a year-level marker because first-party materials establish the year but not an exact day. The Singapore licence belongs to Independent Reserve SG Pte. Ltd. and is recorded as a regional legal-entity milestone rather than as a blanket global licence.
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