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Registration-free instant exchange supporting several hundred coins with floating and fixed rates. Its risk system can pause a swap and request identity verification.

Score breakdown

3.96
Overall
33
Privacy
52.9%
47
Trust
47.1%
Community
from user reviews

KYC policy

3of 4Shotgun KYC

KYC can be demanded suddenly, mid-operation, with funds already deposited.

the procedure itself is heavy

Service overview

Launched2018
AML riskmedium
Availableonline

BitcoinMoneroAltcoin

How this score is made up

Privacy:base 50 + 10 − 27 = 33

Trust:base 50 + 7 − 10 = 47

Confirmed attributes

  • Shotgun KYC-15 privacy0 trust

    Documents may be demanded mid-transaction, after the money is already in.

    confirmed 2026-08-26evidence

  • KYC possible by law-6 privacy-4 trust

    The service reserves the right to request documents if the law obliges it.

    confirmed 2026-08-28evidence

  • Hard KYC process-3 privacy-6 trust

    When verification does happen it drags on: documents get rejected and re-requested. Says nothing about whether it happens at all, so it does not affect the KYC level.

    confirmed 2026-08-28evidence

  • KYC for a refund on an AML flag-2 privacy0 trust

    If a deposit is flagged as suspicious, documents are required to return it.

    confirmed 2026-08-26evidence

  • No registration+5 privacy0 trust

    An operation goes through without creating an account.

    confirmed 2026-08-26evidence

  • Accepts Monero+5 privacy0 trust

    Monero is among the supported currencies.

    confirmed 2026-08-26evidence

  • Transaction monitoring-1 privacy0 trust

    Incoming payments are screened, and a flagged one may trigger questions.

    confirmed 2026-08-28evidence

  • Mature service0 privacy+5 trust

    Running for more than two years.

    confirmed 2026-08-26confirmed by a moderator without an external proof

  • Legally registered0 privacy+2 trust

    Operated by a registered company that can be found in an open registry.

    confirmed 2026-08-28evidence

Timeline

  • Attribute confirmedKYC possible by law
  • Score recalculated4.86 → 4.36 · after an attribute change
  • Attribute confirmedTransaction monitoring
  • Score recalculated4.36 → 4.31 · after an attribute change
  • Attribute confirmedHard KYC process
  • Score recalculated4.31 → 3.86 · after an attribute change
  • Attribute confirmedLegally registered
  • Score recalculated3.86 → 3.96 · after an attribute change
  • Score recalculated— → 4.86 · after an attribute change
  • Published

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