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.
HISTORY
As of December 2023, crypto.com has 5.217 million monthly views, according to Similar Web. The Wayback Machine estimates that 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. Results: Sucuri scan for crypto.com.
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. Results: Unmask Parasites scan for crypto.com.
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. Results: VirusTotal scan for crypto.com.
URLVoid says crypto.com passed all blocklist engines. Results: URLVoid scan for crypto.com.
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
References
2. Wayback Machine – crypto.com
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