Crypto exchange privacy ratings
Peer-to-peer exchanges.
8 crypto exchanges are rated against 4 public criteria, and 8 have enough evidence for a letter grade. Of the 4 with a known jurisdiction, 2 are based in a Five Eyes country, and 2 in the wider Fourteen Eyes.
Open-source crypto exchanges only · Criteria for this category · Suggest an addition · Markdown
| Name | Grade | Score | Data | Jurisdiction | Open source | No trackers or telemetry | No ads or data sales | Independent audit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open source, peer-to-peer desktop app for trading bitcoin for national currencies and other assets over Tor, using multisig escrow and no central server or registration. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Open-source, peer-to-peer exchange software for trading Monero with fiat and other cryptocurrencies over Tor, using non-custodial multisig escrow. Trading happens on third-party networks that run Haveno. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Peer-to-peer exchange for trading bitcoin against national currencies over Tor, using Lightning hold invoices as escrow and a new robot identity for each trade with no registration. |
Grade B | 80 | 100% | – | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Swiss peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange app where buyers and sellers trade directly, with bitcoin held in multisig escrow during each trade. |
Grade F | 35 | 100% | Switzerland Outside Eyes | Partial | No | Yes | No |
Non-custodial peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading platform where trades are secured by multisig escrow contracts and payments are made directly between users. |
Grade F | 20 | 100% | Marshall Islands Outside Eyes | No | No | Yes | No |
Centralized cryptocurrency exchange from Payward for buying, selling and trading crypto, with custodial accounts that require identity verification. |
Grade F | 10 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | No | No | Partial | No |
Centralized cryptocurrency exchange offering spot, futures and other trading products, with custodial accounts that require identity verification. |
Grade F | 0 | 100% | – | No | No | No | No |
Centralized cryptocurrency exchange and custodial platform for buying, selling, storing and staking crypto. Accounts require identity verification. |
Grade F | 0 | 100% | United States Five Eyes | No | No | No | No |
Questions
What is the most private option among crypto exchanges?
No pick has been made yet. The table above is sorted by score, based on public evidence.
How are crypto exchanges rated?
Each entry answers 4 questions: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales and independent audit. Answers need links to evidence. See the full criteria.
Does jurisdiction matter?
Jurisdiction decides which laws can compel a provider to hand over data. Each entry shows its country and whether it is in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes. The data a provider can hand over depends mostly on what it stores and who holds the keys. Read about jurisdictions and the CLOUD Act.