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Exchange accounts and self-custody wallets stay in separate tables because responsibility differs.
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Do not compare an exchange account with a self-custody wallet as though they carry the same responsibilities. Read the difference first.
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These are editorial decision guides based on public documents. They are not live account tests or personal recommendations.
Documents are not a journey
Funding, trading, recovery, withdrawal and support checks are specified as fixed protocol runs.
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Every conclusion depends on country, product, evidence date and the exact route.
Exchange records
Published evidence states · same-category comparison
| What matters | Coinbase | Kraken | Crypto.com | Binance | Baerx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Public evidence | Reviewed | Reviewed | Reviewed | Reviewed | Reviewed |
| Main trade-off | Clear public documents help you ask better questions, but Simple trades, Advanced orders, cash and crypto all follow different rules. | Security and reserve information is unusually visible, but it is technical, scoped and easy to overstate as a guarantee. | A broad ecosystem gives more routes but makes the responsible company, protection, fee and recovery path harder to summarise. | Breadth and low displayed spot fees may be attractive, while complexity and compliance history make careful scope checking essential. | The public presentation is easier to understand than many feature-heavy trading pages, while the most impressive scale, compliance, speed and security statements are recorded as dated provider observations. |
| Responsibility decisions | 10 plain modules | 10 plain modules | 10 plain modules | 10 plain modules | 10 plain modules |
| Safe journeys | 4 specified · fixed protocols published | 4 specified · fixed protocols published | 4 specified · fixed protocols published | 4 specified · fixed protocols published | 5 specified · fixed protocols published |
| Hands-on checks | Published | Published | Published | Published | Published |
| Full guide | Read the decision guide | Read the decision guide | Read the decision guide | Read the decision guide | Read the decision guide |
Wallet records
Published evidence states · same-category comparison
| What matters | MetaMask | Trust Wallet |
|---|---|---|
| Public evidence | Reviewed | Reviewed |
| Main trade-off | Flexible access to dapps and recovery options can improve convenience while increasing what the user must understand and protect. | Broad network support and backup convenience meet irreversible seed responsibility and software-distribution risk. |
| Responsibility decisions | 10 plain modules | 10 plain modules |
| Safe journeys | 4 specified · fixed protocols published | 4 specified · fixed protocols published |
| Hands-on checks | Published | Published |
| Full guide | Read the decision guide | Read the decision guide |
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This table is general information. It does not decide suitability, promise recovery or replace authorised financial, legal, tax or security advice.