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Crypto.com

2 placements on ChainChoice under Crypto.com, 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 Cards
Crypto.com Card
Rank#2 OverallScore77

#1 in this category: ether.fi Cash

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Payment Gateways
Crypto.com Pay
Rank#2 OverallScore79

#1 in this category: NOWPayments

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Crypto Cards
How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
  • Regulatory failure: no licence where you are, or a forced market exit.
    Scored by Whose licence is actually behind this card, and will they even tell me their name? · 21% (Crypto.com Card 7/10)
    Scored by Does buying a coffee create a taxable disposal, and will they hand me the record? · 20% (Crypto.com Card 7/10)
  • Exit failure (Crypto.com Card 7/10): you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.
    Scored by Will this card still work next month, and who has to fail for it to stop? · 26%
Not assessed by this ranking: Control failure, Liveness failure, Custody failure, Insolvency 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: What does one swipe abroad actually cost me, and can I work that out before I sign up? (33%).
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%).