A live interview took place on Crypto Central on February 6th between Nick Cowan, the CEO of Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) and Mike Kayamori, CEO of fintech company, Quoine. GBX is a regulated subsidiary of the Gibraltar stock exchange, and recently announced that it would launch its own ICO and cryptocurrency Rock Token, RKT. Quoine operates trading and exchange facilities and blockchain-based financial services, and has bases in Singapore and Japan.

Quoine's mission is to link different cryptocurrency exchanges across the world, and since crypto is legal tender in Japan, having a regulated Japanese partner exchange will be beneficial for GBX. Cowan said they were particularly keen on Quoine because of its 100% cold storage policy, which ensures the security of funds and protects them from hacking attacks like the Mt. Gox and Coincheck assaults (both of which took place in Japan). GBX will be beneficial to Quoine as a foot in the European markets when cryptocurrencies are regulated there, and both parties emphasised the shared vision of putting customer protection, safety and security foremost.

The GBX whitelist closed at 20.00 GMT on February 6th. Cowan confirmed that there were more than 7000 subscribers for the pre-ICO, which goes live at 12 noon (UTC) on February 7th.