Vaulted Competitors

Founded in June of 2012, Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with new digital currencies like bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin. Our vision is to bring more innovation, efficiency, and equality of opportunity to the world by building an open financial system. Our first step on that journey is making digital currency accessible and approachable for everyone. Two principles guide our efforts. First, be the most trusted company in our domain. Second, create user-focused products that are easier and more intuitive to use.

Paxos is the leading regulated blockchain infrastructure and tokenization platform. Its products are the foundation for a new, open financial system that can operate faster and more efficiently. Today, trillions of dollars are locked in inefficient, outdated financial plumbing that is inaccessible to millions of people. Paxos is replatforming the financial system to enable assets to instantaneously move anywhere in the world, at any time, in a trustworthy way. Paxos partners with leading global enterprises to tokenize, custody and trade assets. Its blockchain solutions are used by leaders like PayPal, Interactive Brokers, Mastercard, Mercado Libre and Nubank. Paxos is licensed to engage in virtual currency business activity and is the issuer of numerous digital assets including PayPal USD (PYUSD), Pax Dollar (USDP) and Pax Gold (PAXG). Global Dollar (USDG) is issued by Paxos Digital Singapore, which is a Major Payments Institution supervised by the Monetary Authority of Singapore. USDG is also issued by Paxos Issuance Europe under the supervision of FIN-FSA and in compliance with MiCA. USDG is also available on Solana. Prudentially regulated by FIN-FSA in Europe, the OCC in the US, and the MAS in Singapore, Paxos is a leading fintech company with more than $500 million raised from leading investors including Oak HC/FT, Declaration Partners, Founders Fund and PayPal Ventures.

For more than 15 years, APMEX has been one of the nation’s largest Precious Metals e-retailers. Boasting over $14 billion in transactions, APMEX was recently ranked #1 Specialty E-Retailer and #42 out of 500 e-retailers, according to Internet Retailer Magazine. APMEX provides quality products, outstanding customer service and amazingly fast delivery to our rapidly expanding base of individual and corporate customers. With more than 10,000 products in stock, customers are sure to find what they are looking for. Our state-of-the-art website and dedicated and knowledgeable Account Managers provide customers with multiple options to research, learn and purchase as an investor or collector across a wide range of bullion, semi-numismatic and numismatic items. Our drive to increase ownership in Precious Metals has led us to pioneer innovative solutions and create the largest variety of product offerings available in the industry. Our employees are faced with dynamic and challenging opportunities each day to learn and grow professionally. Whether advancing the technology and security powering our website, providing new products or ensuring customer satisfaction with each delivery, APMEX employees strive to bring our customers a concierge level of service matched by none. Customers appreciate our dedication to their needs, ranking us a 9.7 out of 10 on satisfaction and giving APMEX a 5-star rating.