The Radar Score
All reviews
Every service we have assessed — 76 of them — with the score and what it is for. Each one is sourced to public evidence.
Exchanges & Trading
- 01KrakenTraders who use Kraken Pro and want reserve proofs they can check themselves8.4
- 02BitstampEuropean and UK users who want a boring exchange, in the good sense8.1
- 03OKXDerivatives depth with better reserve disclosure than most offshore venues7.8
- 04CoinbaseUS users who value an audited, listed counterparty over cheap trading7.8
- 05GeminiUS users who want the strictest state custody regime and will pay for it7.1
- 06BinanceDepth and asset coverage outside the US and EU, if you accept the counterparty question5.9
- 01UniswapDeep liquidity on Ethereum with the longest audited track record8.7
- 02JupiterSolana routing, where aggregation genuinely beats any single venue8.2
- 03CurveStablecoin and pegged-asset swaps at minimal slippage7.8
- 04PancakeSwapBNB Chain liquidity at low transaction cost7.6
- 05BalancerNobody opening a new position — existing LPs should plan their exit2.1
- 01GMXOracle-priced execution against pooled liquidity, with published fees7.2
- 02Gains NetworkHigh leverage on synthetic markets, including non-crypto pairs7.0
- 03dYdXA long public record and a fully open-source, community-governed chain5.9
- 04HyperliquidOn-chain order-book trading that feels like a centralised venue5.8
- 01SideShift.aiFast cross-chain swaps with minimal friction and no account7.4
- 02FixedFloatLightning and Bitcoin-centric swaps6.7
- 03StealthEXAccount-free swaps with wide coverage and no registration at all6.2
- 04SimpleSwapVery broad long-tail coin support outside the EU, UK and US5.5
- 05ChangellySmall swaps across a very wide coin list5.2
Wallets & Custody
- 01Trezor Safe 5Verifiable open-source firmware with a secure element8.6
- 02BitBox02A simple, open, well-built device for people who want neither extreme8.2
- 03Keystone 3 ProAir-gapped QR signing with multi-chain support8.0
- 04Ledger Nano XThe widest asset coverage and the best mobile experience7.7
- 05Coldcard Mk4Air-gapped Bitcoin-only signing — only with a seed made on fixed firmware4.0
- 01RabbyAnyone who wants to see what a transaction will actually do before signing8.3
- 02PhantomSolana-first users who want the best interface in the category8.2
- 03BlueWalletBitcoin on mobile, from a single wallet to a hardware-signed vault8.1
- 04MetaMaskUniversal compatibility — everything supports it7.6
- 05Trust WalletThe widest chain coverage in a single mobile app5.2
Staking, Lending & Yield
- 01Kraken StakingExchange staking with fees that do not quietly eat the yield8.0
- 02EverstakeNon-custodial delegation across a wide range of networks7.9
- 03FigmentInstitutional staking with slashing cover on offer7.9
- 04Coinbase StakingStaking without leaving an exchange you already trust7.4
- 05KilnWhite-label staking for platforms that decode what they sign7.3
- 01LidoThe deepest liquidity and the widest integration of any staking receipt8.2
- 02Rocket PoolDecentralised Ethereum staking with a permissionless operator set8.0
- 03JitoSolana staking with MEV rewards passed back to holders7.9
- 04Frax EtherHigher yield through a two-token design, with the extra complexity that implies7.2
- 01AaveOver-collateralised on-chain lending with a public risk framework8.0
- 02CompoundPlain single-asset lending markets, if you check the collateral list7.5
- 03NexoCustodial borrowing against crypto, for users who accept counterparty risk6.7
- 04MorphoBetter rates through isolated, permissionless lending markets5.5
DeFi & Stablecoins
- 01Uniswap ProtocolPool contracts with no admin key over funds, at the largest scale8.9
- 02Lido ProtocolScale and integration, with the concentration question attached8.3
- 03MakerDAO / SkyThe longest continuous operating record of any DeFi protocol8.0
- 04Aave ProtocolActively risk-managed lending, if you check which collateral others may post7.9
- 01Chainlink CCIPIssuer-controlled token transfers across 80+ chains, cheapest at size8.2
- 02AcrossFast transfers with relayers fronting the capital7.2
- 03WormholeIssuers taking a native token multichain, if you accept the guardian model7.1
- 04Hop ProtocolNothing new: a sound design that now looks close to dormant6.2
NFTs & Creative
Cards & Payments
- 01Crypto.com Visa CardCashback, if you price the Level Up tier you need7.1
- 02Gnosis PaySelf-custodial card spending, through a partner app after 20 Dec 20267.1
- 03Nexo CardSpending against collateral without selling the underlying6.8
- 04WirexMulti-currency spending with cashback in USD, not in a token6.3
DeFi Risk Managers
scored by incident ledger, not the pillars- 01Steakhouse FinancialDepositors who want a curator whose stated policy is blue-chip collateral only10.0
- 02GauntletDepositors in Compound v3 markets and in Gauntlet's larger Morpho vaults10.0
- 03Chaos LabsProtocols and depositors that want parameters updated continuously rather than by periodic governance votes10.0
- 04SentoraKraken DeFi Earn depositors and allocators who want a curator with a written risk framework9.0
- 05LlamaRiskAave depositors, and readers who want the reasoning behind a collateral listing before it goes live8.0
- 06Block AnaliticaProtocols that want long-horizon collateral analysis; vault depositors should weigh its 2025–26 Lazy Summer record7.0
- 07Anthias LabsMoonwell users on Base who want to follow the parameter reasoning month by month6.5