About CoinChoose

CoinChoose is an independent guide to cryptocurrency for ordinary users: how exchanges work and how to judge them, what the main coins are, how to store them safely, and which offers of “free” crypto are real. The site has been online since about 2013, through several market cycles and many exchange closures.

What we cover

• Exchanges: fees, custody, deposit methods, where each platform is available and its regulatory record. Closed or failed exchanges are named as such, with dates, so older links do not send readers to dead businesses. Start with our exchange comparison.
• Coins: plain explanations of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, XRP, Dogecoin and how to research any other coin before buying. See the coin directory.
• Wallets: software, mobile and hardware storage, with the status of wallets that have closed or been renamed, in our wallet guide.
• Free bitcoin: faucets, rewards and the scams that copy them, on the free bitcoin page.

What we do not do

We do not give investment advice, tell readers which coin to buy, or publish price predictions. Prices move by the second, so for a current quote use the exchange itself or a market-data service; our guides explain how things work, not where prices are heading. CoinChoose is not an exchange, broker or wallet provider, never holds anyone’s funds, and will never ask for a recovery phrase, password or private key.

Who writes CoinChoose

Articles are researched and written by the CoinChoose Editorial Team, which is the single byline used across the site. We do not invent author personas or credentials. Facts that matter (fees, licences, enforcement actions, upgrade dates) come from primary sources wherever possible: the exchange’s own pages, regulators’ registers and press releases, court and Department of Justice records, and the technical documentation of each network. Each page lists those sources.

How the site is funded

Running the site costs money for hosting and research time. Some outbound links to exchanges or wallet makers may be referral links that pay us a fee if a reader signs up. That arrangement never decides what we write: no company pays for a review, a ranking or the removal of criticism, and a platform’s regulatory problems are reported whether or not it has ever paid a referral fee. We do not sell advertising space to token projects.

Keeping pages current

Crypto changes quickly, and many of our older articles described businesses and wallets that no longer exist. In October 2026 the site was rebuilt around a smaller set of pages that are checked against their sources and dated. When a fact changes, the page is updated and its date moves with it. If you spot an error, tell us through the contact page and we will check it against the source and correct it.

Privacy

We keep data collection to a minimum. Our privacy policy explains what is and is not collected.