Crypto

This section covers crypto exchanges, crypto brokers and investment projects built around digital assets. Very different companies sit side by side here: large exchanges with years of history, and projects that promised guaranteed returns and vanished with their clients' money.

The crypto market is regulated more lightly than banking or securities. In many countries a platform may hold no licence at all, and a crypto transfer is almost impossible to reverse. That is why for each company we show where it is registered, whether it has any regulatory approval and what its users report.

A promise of fixed profit, pressure to "deposit today" and a refusal to release funds without an extra payment are all signs that it is time to stop.