Cryptocurrency

Trusted Crypto Wallet & Exchange

Coins.ph is the Philippines' largest BSP-regulated crypto wallet and exchange, with about 18 million registered users. Founded in 2014, it lets Filipinos buy, sell and use digital currencies, pay bills and send remittances. It is a BSP-licensed Virtual Asset Service Provider and Electronic Money Issuer (and the first VASP granted an Advanced EPFS license). In 2024 it launched PHPC, the first BSP-regulated Philippine-peso stablecoin. Acquired by Gojek in 2019, the company was bought out in 2022 by a group led by CEO Wei Zhou (former Binance CFO) with Joffre Capital, and is now privately held.

2014 · Taguig City, Philippines · Private

Cryptocurrency Trading Platform in the Philippines

PDAX (Philippine Digital Asset Exchange), operated by Fyntegrate Inc., is a BSP-licensed cryptocurrency exchange serving Filipino retail and institutional investors. Founded in 2018, it offers spot crypto trading, a digital wallet, remittance and institutional services, and has expanded into real-world-asset tokenization — launching tokenized Philippine treasury bills and Project Bayani in 2025. It is a BSP-registered Virtual Asset Service Provider, Electronic Money Issuer and Remittance and Transfer Company. PDAX raised a US$50M Series B led by Tiger Global in 2022.

2018 · Taguig City, Philippines · Series B

Cryptocurrency exchanges for emerging economies

Bloom Solutions (Bloomsolutions, Inc.) is a BSP-registered blockchain fintech that uses cryptocurrency as a settlement rail to cut the cost of cross-border money transfer. Operating as BloomX, it runs a B2B remittance-and-FX platform: BloomRemit lets money-transfer operators settle overseas payouts cheaply, BloomX (bloomx.app) is a peso crypto exchange supporting 250+ coins, and BloomX Teller lets money changers retail crypto over the counter. Founded in 2015, it reports powering over US$250M in trades across Southeast Asia. Part of Singapore-based Bloom Technologies Pte. Ltd., led by CEO Israel Philip Keys.

2015 · Manila · Private

Stay connected, Earn connected

TopWallet is a blockchain-enabled mobile e-wallet operated by TopJuan Technologies Corporation, holding both Electronic Money Issuer (EMI) and Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) registrations from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. It lets Filipinos send money, pay bills, buy load, shop, save and buy or sell cryptocurrency in one app, with support for the national QR Ph standard. The platform serves both consumers and businesses through a nationwide network of cash-in and cash-out points and accredited billers.

2019 · Manila, Metro Manila · Private

Pouch is the Philippines' first Bitcoin Lightning Network wallet, founded in 2022 by Ethan Rose. It lets merchants accept Bitcoin via QR with no FX-volatility exposure — Pouch converts BTC to pesos and settles to the merchant's bank or e-wallet — and powers low-cost cross-border remittances over Lightning, including PH-to-US "Send Globally" transfers and Batch Pay for payroll. It anchors the Boracay "Bitcoin Island" initiative (250+ merchants) and reported 400+ merchants nationwide by 2023. It is a BSP-registered Operator of Payment Systems.

2022 · Cebu City · Seed

Buy and sell crypto with ease!

Moneybees Forex Corporation is the Philippines' first over-the-counter (OTC) cryptocurrency buy/sell service, BSP-registered as a Virtual Asset Service Provider since 2020. Customers trade Bitcoin, Ethereum and USDT in cash, in person, at BSP-licensed money changers, remittance agents and pawnshops in malls and business centers nationwide (around 26 OTC locations as of 2024) and via an online trading desk. It also offers white-label OTC technology to money-service businesses. Founded in 2017, it is part of founder Jay Villarante's 8Ventures group.

2017 · Metro Manila · Private

Where Remittance meets Digital Revolution

Direct Agent 5, Inc. (DA5) is a Makati-based Philippine fintech and money service business founded in 2006, originally as one of Western Union's largest authorized agents with a nationwide footprint of over 1,800 partner locations. DA5 offers remittance, foreign exchange, bills payment, merchant acquiring and crypto exchange (DX5), and runs SurgePay, its BSP-licensed hybrid digital wallet for blockchain-based international transfers, crypto cash-in/out, bills payment and microloans. It is one of the few entities holding BSP EMI, VASP and EPFS licences simultaneously.

2006 · Makati City, Metro Manila · Private

Talino is a global fintech foundry building inclusive financial infrastructure for emerging markets and the Filipino diaspora, with the Philippines as its flagship market. Founded by Winston Damarillo (founder of Gluecode, acquired by IBM), Talino began as a venture studio for inclusive fintech, building ventures such as BayaniPay, Higala, and Asenso, and now offers a hybrid platform that merges traditional finance with stablecoin rails to power faster, lower-cost cross-border payments, in partnership with PDAX and Bridge (a Stripe company). It closed a US$7.5M Series A in 2026 led by Chemonics International.

2017 · Pasig City, Philippines · Series A