About xchange
A regulated home for the global coffee trade.
xchange makes a coffee lot a verified, titled and financeable asset, in a regulated free zone anchored in Dubai. A lot is graded and bonded, given a digital passport, and bound to a warehouse warrant that a bank can trust - so it can be traded, and financed, with the coffee held safely in bond. The marketplace works on that verified title alone.
Three forces meet in Dubai
The fastest-growing market
The GCC is the world's fastest-growing specialty coffee region, and it has no regulated trading hub of its own.
Infrastructure to build on
Rated bonded custody and a commodity title registry already operate in the Dubai free zone.
A regulatory framework that exists
Dubai's virtual-assets framework already gives digitally-represented commodity ownership a licensed path, proven on gold and diamonds.
Built by an operator who knows this trade from both ends
Robert Jones has spent more than twenty years in the GCC coffee trade, with direct origin relationships across Tanzania, Ethiopia, Colombia and Brazil, and a verified network of Gulf roasters and buyers. xchange is the hub he always wished existed, built from a clear view of where the trade breaks and what it takes to fix it.
Robert Jones, Founder
Where it stands
We are honest about what is built. Everywhere on this site, we say which is which.
Built and demonstrable today
- Verified lots with digital passports
- The full trade flow, end to end
- A live activity ledger
- A verified network of Gulf buyers
Designed, and being put in place
- Working-capital financing
- Full title issuance
- The forward layer above the trade
The services around the trade are provided by vetted third parties, not by the platform. See the partner network.