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LCX Exchange
LCX, known as Liberty Crypto Exchange, is a cryptocurrency exchange offering crypto-asset trading, including crypto-to-fiat and crypto-to-crypto activity. LCX also provides token-sale, tokenization, and blockchain infrastructure services. LCX completed its transition to the Liberty Crypto Exchange name in early 2026, retaining its historic identity as the Liechtenstein Cryptoassets Exchange.[23] The LCX token is an ERC-20 utility token available on Ethereum and Base, and is used for payments and access to services across the LCX ecosystem.[4][3]
Overview
LCX, originally the Liechtenstein Cryptoassets Exchange, was founded in 2018 and completed its transition to Liberty Crypto Exchange in early 2026. It describes itself as a Liechtenstein-based exchange and digital-asset ecosystem combining crypto-asset trading with end-to-end real-world-asset tokenization services. LCX connected the transition to its expanded global footprint and broader mission of building compliant infrastructure for digital and real-world assets.[7][23]
History
The LCX Token was created in March 2019 during its Token Generation Event. In 2019 and 2020, LCX conducted five planned token burns, permanently removing a total of 50 million tokens from circulation.[5]
On December 30, 2020, LCX obtained eight registrations from Liechtenstein's Financial Market Authority (FMA). The registrations covered activities including exchange services, custody, price provision, identity services, token generation, and token issuance on behalf of clients.[4]
In June 2025, LCX launched the LCX Mobile application for iOS and Android. The application introduced a redesigned interface and tools for portfolio management and trading.[6]
LCX’s official documentation states that the LCX Liberty Chain testnet launched in March 2026.[17]
LCX completed its transition from the Liechtenstein Cryptoassets Exchange to Liberty Crypto Exchange in early 2026. The company connected the rebrand to its expanded global footprint and broader mission of building compliant infrastructure for digital and real-world assets, describing a strategic shift from exchange operations toward blockchain infrastructure and tokenization.[23] On March 13, 2026, LCX began rolling out a new ERC-20 token contract.[24]
On July 15, 2026, LCX announced that it had completed the acquisition of MasterDEX. LCX said MasterDEX’s intellectual property, code, technology, and full team transferred to LCX. Founded in 2022, MasterDEX had technologies that the acquisition announcement described as including multi-chain swap and DEX aggregation, a blockchain explorer, cross-chain portfolio tracking, token discovery with an integrated advertising network, a decentralized perpetuals exchange, and a Solana tokenized-stock DEX. LCX announced that integration work would begin immediately.[15]
On September 10, 2026, LCX Liberty Labs Inc. announced that LCX Liberty DEX was live.[14]
Products and Tokenization
LCX provides services beyond exchange trading, including token sales, tokenization, and blockchain infrastructure products. LCX's official documents page lists an LCX Token Economics document updated in February 2026. The same page describes the LCX Terminal as an advanced trading desk for trading across major crypto exchanges through one interface.[10]
LCX Exchange USA
LCX's US-facing website describes LCX Exchange USA as a separate exchange under development. The site offers a waitlist and describes a planned phased, state-by-state rollout.[11][7]
LCX Launchpad
The LCX Launchpad functions as a compliant token sale manager, offering a regulated solution for projects conducting Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) or other token sales. LCX acts as the legal placement agent, managing regulatory notifications, approvals, and legal publications. The platform provides an end-to-end service that includes smart contract development, legal documentation, investor onboarding with KYC procedures, and VIP investor support. Projects that have launched through the LCX Launchpad include $NMKR, $LEOX, $TANG, and $SUPER.[1]
LCX Earn
LCX Earn offers regulated, tokenized bonds, which represent a new asset class combining blockchain technology with traditional financial instruments. These security tokens are based on an approved security prospectus and are available to verified retail users in 30 European countries. The offerings include tokenized bonds denominated in various assets, such as BTCt7 (Bitcoin), ETHt7 (Ethereum), EURt7 (Euro), and LCXt7 (LCX Token), each providing a fixed yield.[1]
LCX Protocol
Known as the "Liechtenstein Protocol," the LCX Protocol is a decentralized compliance protocol created to standardize the issuance and trading of security tokens on blockchains. It is designed to be blockchain-agnostic, allowing for implementation across various public chains to ensure a consistent and compliant framework for security tokens.[1]
AI Trading and MCP Integration
LCX describes an MCP interface that connects supported AI assistants to LCX Exchange functionality. Public market-data queries are available without API keys, while account-specific data and order actions require LCX API keys configured with chosen permissions. LCX says users can select read-only access, API keys are stored locally, and users confirm trades before execution. The company describes the MCP integration as free; executed trades incur ordinary LCX fees.[19]
LCX Liberty
LCX presents LCX Liberty as its non-custodial DeFi product line.[12][13]
LCX Liberty DEX
On September 10, 2026, LCX Liberty Labs Inc., a US company in the LCX Group, announced that LCX Liberty DEX was live. The company describes it as a multi-chain decentralized-exchange aggregator that builds its own index of on-chain liquidity, compares and routes trades across venues, can split orders across pools, and ranks routes by net output after gas.[14]
The release reported four supported trading networks—Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum One, and OP Mainnet—and more than 400,000 pools at launch. On October 19, 2026, LCX announced that Unichain, Monad, HyperEVM, and Arc had been added, taking support from eight to twelve networks.[26] The current DEX site lists 14 networks: Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum One, OP Mainnet, BNB Chain, Polygon, Avalanche, Robinhood Chain, Unichain, Monad, HyperEVM, Arc, World Chain, and Cronos. It also lists 80+ venues and more than 1.5 million pools.[14][13]
Where routes are available, the service supports cross-chain swaps in one flow. Users connect their own wallets and sign transactions; the operator does not hold their funds. The DEX site says there is no LCX platform swap fee, while users still pay network gas and liquidity-pool fees.[14][13]
On September 24, 2026, LCX Liberty DEX introduced multi-token swaps, allowing one-to-many, many-to-one, many-to-many, and cross-chain swaps in one flow. Users can swap multiple tokens and split value between assets while retaining control of tokens in their own wallet.[27]
On October 7, 2026, LCX Liberty DEX launched RWA Markets, a discovery experience for tokenized stocks and ETFs, gold and other precious metals, Treasuries, credit, commodities, and other on-chain real-world assets. Users can inspect asset information and, when supported and eligible, proceed to trade from their own wallet. LCX described an Asset Passport concept for surfacing contextual information such as issuer, custodian, network, contract, and liquidity.[28]
LCX describes the same routing service for developers through a REST API, TypeScript SDK, embedded widget, and read-only MCP server, with a free tier of 150,000 calls per month. The September 10, 2026 release described paid plans payable in LCX, USDC, or USDT, with a 25% discount for LCX settlement.[13][14] As of September 10, 2026, the release said Liberty Chain and Liberty Explorer were on testnet.[14]
LCX Liberty Chain
LCX’s official pages identify the live testnet as LCX Liberty Chain Testnet, with chain ID 76847801, ETH as its currency, and Ethereum Sepolia as its settlement network. The documentation specifies a 2-second block time.[17][21]
Tokenization and RWA
LCX describes itself as a regulated Physical Validator under Liechtenstein's Blockchain Act (TVTG). In this role, it verifies the authenticity, condition, and existence of physical assets and arranges their secure storage with independent third-party vaults. LCX describes Physical Validation and regulated custody as the operational foundation for token issuance: the validator role supplies physical-asset verification and custody underpinning for the tokenization process.[1][18]
LCX describes an end-to-end tokenization process under the Liechtenstein Blockchain Act and its Token Container Model. The Token Container Model is the legal framework for representing and transferring rights through the issued token, while Physical Validation and custody address verification and storage of the underlying physical asset.[18] The company says physical assets are verified and held in high-security vaults operated by independent third parties in Liechtenstein. It describes issuance as NFTs for unique assets or ERC-20 tokens for divisible assets, with ownership certificates that may be recorded on-chain. LCX also describes the optional conversion or bridging of asset-linked NFTs into fungible ERC-20 access tokens linked to the asset certificate, which may be traded on LCX Exchange.[18]
LCX represents that the tokens convey legal rights, are fully backed and linked 1:1 to the underlying assets, and are supported by proof of reserves; the company also describes its regulatory status in connection with the process.[18]
LCX Token
Tokenomics
LCX describes the LCX Token as a utility token under US, Singapore, European, and Liechtenstein law. The company states that the token does not grant holders shareholding or controlling rights in LCX AG and is intended for use within the LCX ecosystem.[3]
The LCX Token was created in March 2019 during its Token Generation Event (TGE) with an initial total supply of 1,000,000,000 LCX. In 2019 and 2020, LCX conducted five planned token burn events, permanently removing a total of 50 million tokens from circulation. This established a fixed total and maximum supply of 950,000,000 LCX tokens under the legacy token model. As of late 2025, the circulating supply is approximately 949.46 million LCX.[1][5][2]
A company reserve of tokens was held in cold storage under a fixed lockup period that concluded on June 1, 2023. Tokens allocated to the LCX team and advisors were subject to a 36-month vesting schedule.[5]
LCX Token 2.0
LCX began rolling out the new ERC-20 token contract on March 13, 2026. The claim-based migration provides a 1:1 upgrade of legacy tokens through an upgrade portal, with a stated 12-month claim window. LCX said its exchange had upgraded and supported only the new token. The Token 2.0 initial supply is stated as 1,000,000,000: 950,000,000 allocated to migrated legacy tokens and 50,000,000 allocated to ecosystem growth.[24][22]
The page describes network emissions as a post-mainnet phase: 5% annually for years 1–3, 3% for years 4–6, 1.5% for years 7–9, and 0% from year 10 onward. It ties staking rewards to the emission phase and marks governance as forthcoming.[22]
LCX’s official Chain documentation identifies the testnet as live, while its token material presents emissions and staking as post-mainnet.[17][22] The 950,000,000 legacy maximum does not describe a cap on the Token 2.0 model, whose stated initial supply includes the 50,000,000-token ecosystem-growth allocation. The ERC-20 contract upgrade is distinct from migration of the token to LCX Liberty Chain: LCX’s official FAQ states that the token had not migrated to its own blockchain.[29]
Token Utility
The LCX Token is used for payments and access to products and services in the LCX ecosystem:
- Fee Reduction: Users can receive a reduction of up to 50% on trading fees on the LCX Exchange.
- Payment for Services: The token can be used to pay fees for LCX Terminal, a trading desk for trading across major crypto exchanges through one interface; LCX Vault, LCX’s crypto-custody service; and LCX Price Oracle, which provides regulated reference-price services.[3][10]
- Ecosystem Fuel: It serves as the payment method for fees related to token sales hosted on the LCX Launchpad and for asset tokenization services.
- Access to Products: Holding and using the LCX Token is required to subscribe to and participate in offerings like LCX Earn and the LCX Protocol.
- Tiamonds: The token can be used to purchase Tiamonds, which are tokenized diamonds.
- Membership and Integration: Corporate clients can use the LCX Token to pay for exchange membership, token listing fees, and trade integration services. [3]
Regulation and Compliance
LCX AG has applied for authorization as a crypto-asset service provider under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA); the application remains under review by the FMA Liechtenstein. LCX AG states that it is not currently MiCA-authorized and that its earlier TVTG registrations for services within MiCA have expired.[8][9][7][25]
LCX states that it does not offer crypto-asset services to persons in the EEA pending authorization. Existing EEA clients are limited to withdrawals during wind-down. The restrictions began on July 1, 2026, when certain services—including new sign-ups, deposits, trading, exchange, buying, converting, token sales, and internal transfers—were paused for affected EEA countries pending authorization.[8][9][7][25]
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