Last Updated on September 5, 2024 by Mathew Diekhake
Crypto (crypto.com) is a cryptocurrency exchange site. Crypto.com was founded by Rafael Melo, Kris Marszalek, Bobby Bao, and Gary Or. Crypto.com is headquartered in Singapore, though was initially founded in Hong Kong. Crypto.com had 10 million users by February 2021, before a pandemic-related bear market began later in 2021 and 2022. Crypto.com offers crypto financial services, crypto wallets, a crypto exchange for trading, and a crypto NFT marketplace.
ALTERNATIVES
Similar sites to Crypto include coinbase.com, kraken.com, livecoinwatch.com, coingecko.com, coindesk.com, decrypt.co, coincodex.com, blockworks.co, coinledger.io, and bitcoinist.com.
DESCRIPTION
When I visited crypto.com, it redirected me to crypto.com/au and it showed me a custom message as someone in Australia that said: “Australia’s Premier Crypto Trading Platform. Buy Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 350+ cryptocurrencies with AUD.” In my opinion, this is likely to redirect to nearly all countries in the world and show a custom message to visitors from those countries as well as show the country’s local currency. Beneath this message was a link to download the crypto.com app.
HISTORY
As of December 2023, crypto.com has 5.217 million monthly views. Crypto.com was founded on December 22, 1996. The Internet Archive has saved crypto.com 22,669 times between December 22, 1996 and February 1, 2024.
Is crypto.com Safe?
Here, I analyzed crypto.com for malware and malicious content to check if it was legit or a scam:
I checked crypto.com on Sucuri, and it returned as a low security risk.
Security hardening flaws:
- Missing security header for
ClickJacking Protection. Affected pages:
https://crypto.com/404javascript.js
https://crypto.com/404testpage4525d2fdc
https://crypto.com/defi-wallet
https://crypto.com/university/what-is-blockchain-consensus
https://crypto.com/university/what-is-cryptography - Missing security header to prevent
Content Typesniffing. Affected pages:
http://crypto.com/ for Google’s UA
https://crypto.com/404javascript.js
https://crypto.com/404testpage4525d2fdc
https://crypto.com/defi-wallet
https://crypto.com/nft - Missing
Strict-Transport-Securitysecurity header. - Missing Content-Security-Policy directive. Affected pages:
http://crypto.com/ for Google’s UA
https://crypto.com/404javascript.js
https://crypto.com/404testpage4525d2fdc
https://crypto.com/defi-wallet
https://crypto.com/nft
I then ran a parasite scan with Unmask Parasites on crypto.com, and it is suspicious.
Unmask Parasites cites 1 suspicious inline script:
(function(){var js = "window['__CF$cv$params']={r:'84f0e5f94e2b2335',t:'MTcwNjg2MDgwNC42OTIwMDA='};_cpo=document.createEl...
I also checked crypto.com on VirusTotal, and it is clean.
URLVoid says crypto.com passed all blocklist engines.
In conclusion, we couldn’t grade crypto.com higher than relatively safe because of the suspicious inline script. OVERALL GRADE: Relatively Safe.
Links and Profiles
Website: crypto.com
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I first saw crypto.com when they had a banner over a Formula 1 track. I use it as the most reliable source for cryptocurrency. crypto.com gives you your own Defi wallet and code to the wallet to store your crypto. They also offer Visa cards you can use to buy goods with crypto instead of cash, which are becoming popular on other platforms. The only other site I would consider outside of crypto.com for buying/selling/storing crypto is Coinbase. Some of the largest crypto sites such as Binance, you cannot trust.