Cash App
2 placements on ChainChoice under Cash App, each scored against its own category's pool and criteria — none currently #1. The placements are not averaged and not ranked against each other: a #1 exchange and a #6 crypto card are two different products in two different markets.
Lightning Wallets
Cash AppRank#11 OverallScore54
#1 in this category: Blink
View verdictSimple Buy
Cash App BitcoinRank#12 OverallScore41
#1 in this category: Strike
View verdictLightning Wallets
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Custody failure (Cash App 9/10): whoever holds the assets loses or withholds them.Scored by Custody of the spending balance · 30%
- Exit failure (Cash App 8/10): you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.Scored by The exit to the base chain and what it costs · 24%
- Key failure (Cash App 7/10): your own keys are made, shown or recovered unsafely.Scored by What a backup restores, and where a failed payment goes · 20%
Not assessed by this ranking: Control failure, Liveness failure, Information failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means. Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: Inbound capacity and how it is provisioned (26%).
Simple Buy
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Custody failure (Cash App Bitcoin 2/10): whoever holds the assets loses or withholds them.Scored by Custody & regulatory posture · 20%
- Exit failure (Cash App Bitcoin 9/10): you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.Scored by Withdrawal to self-custody · 26%
Not assessed by this ranking: Control failure, Liveness failure, Insolvency failure, Regulatory failure, Execution failure, Information failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means. Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: All-in cost of the purchase (32%), Availability & onboarding friction (22%).