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CoinGate

2 placements on ChainChoice under CoinGate, 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.

Crypto Gift Cards
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Execution failure (CoinGate Gift Cards 2/10): you get a worse price, later, or nothing.
    Scored by What happens when the code will not redeem · 15%
Not assessed by this ranking: Control failure, Liveness failure, Custody failure, Insolvency failure, Regulatory failure, Exit 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: What a $100 Amazon card actually costs you (40%), Can you see the number before you commit (25%), Reach and identity cost (20%).
Payment Gateways
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Custody failure: whoever holds the assets loses or withholds them.
    Scored by Operating model · 18%
  • Execution failure: you get a worse price, later, or nothing.
    Scored by Settlement posture · 24%
Not assessed by this ranking: Control failure, Liveness failure, Insolvency failure, Regulatory failure, Exit 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: Region fit (22%), Integration path (20%), Coverage breadth (16%).