Why we started
Cryptoexchangesreview began in 2018 as a spreadsheet. One of our founders was moving capital between exchanges to chase arbitrage and kept losing money to fees, delays, and outright errors. The spreadsheet was to keep track of what was safe to use.
The spreadsheet became a public site because friends kept asking for it. The site became a business because affiliate revenue paid for the testing. The business became a publication because we refused to publish anything we hadn't tested with our own money.
How we work
Every month, one of our team opens a fresh account at each exchange we review. We fund it with real money, complete KYC end-to-end, execute test trades at three sizes, submit a support ticket, and request a withdrawal. Then we score.
We take affiliate commissions when readers sign up through us. That funds the testing, the writing, and the hosting. It does not — and this is the whole point — affect the scores. We regularly rank exchanges without affiliate deals higher than exchanges that pay us the most.
Read the full methodology for exactly how scores are calculated.
Where we are
Registered in Sydney, Australia. Team members in Sydney, London, and New York. Our test infrastructure runs on independent hardware, not a shared cloud provider, so we can validate execution timing without noise from other tenants.
Who we're not
We're not a financial adviser. We don't give personalised investment advice, and nothing on this site should be treated as such. We're not a promoter of cryptocurrency generally — we're specifically evaluating the exchanges that hold customer funds, on the assumption that people are going to use them regardless of what we say about crypto as an asset class. Our job is to help you pick the safest, cheapest, most functional venue for whatever you're going to do.
Get in touch
Editorial questions, corrections, or tips: editor@cryptoexchangesreview.com.
Advertising and partnerships: see the advertise page.