IX Swap: Bridging the gap between DeFi and CeFi

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DataDrivenInvestor

4 min readDec 9, 2021

It is clear that over the last few months the DeFi industry has grown a lot and is seeing brutal adoption. However, it still faces a key problem which is the liquidity of operations due to the lack of licenses and market makers in the industry, which does not allow it to move forward and evolve in a favorable way. That is why an immediate solution is required and today I want to show you a new cryptocurrency project that is bringing liquidity to the STO (security tokens) and TSO (tokenized shares) market and that could be the solution. It’s called IX Swap and it’s a new cryptocurrency-related project that uses blockchain technology to build liquidity and infrastructure solutions for the security token ecosystem, providing global trading and access to this untapped asset class.

What is IX Swap?

Going into detail, IX Swap (https://ixswap.io/) is a new blockchain system that has been designed to be the ultimate push in terms of infrastructure for adoption to the STO/ TSO industry, bringing a liquidity solution for all STO/TSO exchanges globally, bridging the gap between CeFi and DeFi.

In this way, we could say that IX Swap would be the “Uniswap” that provides liquidity pools and automated market-making functions for STO and TSO. Then, IX Swap will be the first DeFi platform that will facilitate the trading of security tokens through licensed custodians and securities brokers that will provide actual ownership and entitlement over these real-world assets.

IX Swap’s main advantages and solutions

Security: thanks to blockchain technology, IX Swap provides maximum security.
Liquidity pools for tokens/TSO: holders of STO/TSO tokens will be able to extract liquidity legally for the first time
Unique platform: IX Swap is DeFi’s first market-making solution built specifically for STO and tokenized stocks
Lending: users will be able to lend their idle assets to earn passive income
Licensed partners: IX Swap has partnered with licensed intermediaries to address the nuances of the securities
Reduced fees: Reduced fees compared to 1–2% charged by banks for private asset investments
Unlock the value of your TSO: Earn through liquidity mining and staking

Tokenomics

IX Swap’s native token will be the $IXS, which will act as an incentive reward for contributing to the growth of the ecosystem. IXS will also be the native payment token on the STO CEX platform licensed by InvestaX.

The main utilities of the token will be that IXS Token holders will be able to stake their holdings to receive a portion of the exchange fees, in addition, IXS matched pools will have a higher return than IXS unmatched pools. At the same time, IL insurance will also be available for IXS matched pools.

Bounty program

The project gives the opportunity to earn IXS tokens by performing some social media tasks and doing simple steps from the bounty program explained into the following Bitcointalk Thread here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5367739.0), where you can access the link in order to see what are the conditions to become an early IX Swap contributor and start acquiring tokens.
For more information about the project, you can visit and read their Litepaper available here (https://ixswap.io/app/uploads/2021/11/IX-Swap-Litepaper.pdf). You can also stay tuned in their official Telegram Channel (https://t.me/ixswapofficial). I hope you liked the post and soon I’ll send you new ones.

Next steps

Q1 2022
During this period the STO swap for private market assets will be created with different operational functionalities: Broker-Distributor Connectivity, Custodian Connectivity, Security Token Swaps (non-tradable) and Volatility Mitigation Functionality.
A smart contract audit completion will be included in this upgrade.

Q1 2022
Fractional NFT primary issuance where NFT owners will be able to make primary raises via fractional NFTs and the primary raise will have a direct contribution to IXS liquidity funds via our Fractional Market Proposal (FMP).
A smart audit completion will also be included in this update.

Q1 2022
Launch of fractional NFT swaps that will directly influence from the Fractional Market Proposal to the liquidity pools for secondary trading.
A smart audit completion will also be included in this update.

Q2 2022
An STO Swap upgrade will be implemented and integrated into the Polygon network shortly after Project Janus is completed.

Q2 2022
Janus Project

Q3 2022
Launch of TSO Swaps for public market assets with Oracle functionalities in this TSO Swaps model that will be tradable.
A completion of the smart contract audit will be included in this update.

Skylab Project

Q4 2022
Project Hera and lending for STO to ensure sufficient testing/data collection has been done on this nascent market as most of the vulnerabilities occurring in blockchain now are due to lending.
Completion of the smart contract audit will be included in this update.

Conclusion

The project has good ideas and complete a lot of solutions for DeFi industry. As well, they are growing a lot and have a huge potential to succeed. We hope all of the upcoming steps could be completed successfully and so many Enterprise starts to collaborate and use IX Swap soon.