QIE Reveals How Crypto Exchanges Can Turn Digital Identity Into a New Multi-Million-Dollar Revenue Stream

Crypto exchanges spend enormous amounts acquiring users, yet most monetisation still comes from the same sources: trading fees, listing fees, spreads and financial products. QIE ID introduces a different model.

It allows exchanges to monetise something almost every crypto user needs: a simple identity for receiving cryptocurrency across multiple blockchains.

The commercial proposition is straightforward.

Average QIE ID sale: US$15

Exchange revenue share: 50%

Average revenue to the exchange: US$7.50 per QIE ID sold

For an exchange with millions of existing users, the economics can become significant very quickly.

What Could an Exchange Actually Earn?

Consider an exchange with 20 million registered users, using LBank’s scale as an illustrative example.

At an average QIE ID selling price of US$15, the exchange receives approximately US$7.50 for every ID sold.

The important point is not that every exchange will achieve 10% adoption.

The important point is the underlying economics.

Every 100,000 QIE IDs sold can generate approximately US$750,000 for the exchange.

An exchange with an established user base does not need to acquire those customers again. It is monetising an audience it already owns.

That makes QIE ID particularly attractive because the incremental cost to the exchange is relatively small compared with developing and supporting an entirely new financial product.

Why Would Users Pay US$15 for a QIE ID?

Because crypto payments remain unnecessarily complicated.

There is no single universal cryptocurrency wallet-address format.

Across blockchains, users encounter more than 50 address types, formats and network conventions, including:

Bitcoin P2PKH.

P2SH.

Bech32.

Bech32m.

EVM-compatible hexadecimal addresses.

TRON addresses.

XRP Ledger addresses.

Solana addresses.

TON addresses.

Cardano addresses.

Cosmos-style Bech32 addresses.

Stellar addresses.

Aptos.

Sui.

Near.

Algorand.

Tezos.

Hedera.

Dogecoin.

Litecoin.

And many others.

Sending an asset on Ethereum is not the same action as sending it on Polygon, BNB Smart Chain, Base, Arbitrum or another EVM-compatible network.

For experienced traders, this is manageable.

For mainstream users, it is poor user experience.

One Payment ID for All Your Crypto

QIE ID replaces this complexity with a human-readable payment identity such as:

John.qie 

The user’s supported cryptocurrency addresses are connected to that identity.

Instead of asking:

“What is your Bitcoin address?”

“What is your TRON address?”

“Are you using ERC-20 or another network?”

“Send me your Solana address.”

The user can simply provide:

John.qie

QIE ID resolves the appropriate address for the selected supported network behind the scenes.

The objective is simple:

One payment ID for all your crypto.

Why This Matters Commercially to an Exchange

QIE ID should not be viewed merely as another wallet feature.

It creates four potential economic benefits.

First, direct revenue.

The exchange receives 50% of QIE ID sales generated through its platform.

Second, higher customer utility.

A customer who uses the exchange not only for trading but also as part of their broader crypto identity has another reason to remain active on that platform.

Third, lower payment friction.

Simplifying wallet addresses can reduce confusion around deposits, withdrawals and network selection.

Fourth, additional ecosystem engagement.

As QIE IDs become usable across more participating exchanges and platforms, the usefulness of the ID increases.

This creates a network effect: every additional integration increases the value of the identity already owned by the user.

QIE Does the Work. The Exchange Shares the Revenue.

The proposition has deliberately been designed to require limited operational involvement from the exchange.

QIE provides the infrastructure, including:

• QIE ID widget integration
• ID creation and management
• blockchain address mapping
• payment infrastructure
• chatbot customer support
• ongoing technical maintenance
• partner reporting
• revenue tracking
• settlement information

Each exchange receives its own dashboard where management can monitor QIE ID adoption and earnings.

The exchange can therefore see:

• How many IDs have been sold.
• Gross sales generated.
• Its 50% revenue share.
• User adoption.
• Settlement information.

The model is transparent and measurable.

QIE ID Is Already Building an Exchange Network

The value of a universal identity increases as distribution expands.

QIE ID’s exchange ecosystem currently includes:

LBank

WEEX

Coinstore

Biconomy

Bifinance

with additional exchange integrations expected as the network expands.

The strategic objective is not to create an identity that works on one exchange.

It is to create an identity layer that can follow the user across the crypto ecosystem.

That is where the network effect becomes powerful.

The Bigger Vision: One Identity for the Crypto Economy

Crypto does not need another layer of complexity. It needs infrastructure that hides complexity from users.

A person should not need to understand Bech32, EVM networks, TRC-20, hexadecimal wallet addresses or blockchain-specific address standards simply to receive money.

They should have: One payment ID for all their crypto.

For exchanges, it creates something even more measurable: A new revenue stream, lower customer onboarding costs and a simpler route from registration to trading.

That is the commercial case for QIE ID and QIE Pass.

QIE ID: https://id.qie.digital/

QIE Pass: https://qiepass.qie.digital/