Abstract: The present disclosure presents a system and methodology for cryptocurrency trading. The system comprises a home-based trading machine, one or more servers and at least one database, each of which communicating via a network. The home-based trading machine is configured to encrypt at least one set of API credentials accessible to at least one currency exchange application in an encrypted packet; receive, from an electronic processing device operable by a vendor of the encrypted packet, the encrypted packet; implement the encryption key to decrypt the API key and the API secret key to unlock the encrypted packet to perform a cryptocurrency trade; and upon completion of the cryptocurrency trade, re-encrypt the API credentials.