AlwaysMoney vs Bitania
Bitania has the higher grade on both axes: Safety 6.4 against 3.6, and Privacy 8.5 against 2.0.
AlwaysMoney
Order-based crypto and bank-card exchanger with BitOK risk scoring
Privacy
2.0/ 10
Poor
Safety
3.6/ 10
Poor
ID on risk flag KYC 3 Docs reviewed Full review →
Bitania
Instant crypto swap paying out from its own liquidity, with PGP-signed swap receipts and a SimpleX bot
Privacy
8.5/ 10
Excellent
Safety
6.4/ 10
Fair
ID never required KYC 0 Docs reviewed Full review →
Side by side
| AlwaysMoney | Bitania | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Instant Swaps | Instant Swaps |
| KYC policy | ID on risk flag | ID never required |
| Custody | Custodial | Custodial |
| Sign-up | Email optional | No account needed |
| Open source | No | No |
| Tor onion address | No | No |
| Coins | BTC, XMR, ETH, LTC, SOL, DOGE, DASH, XRP, ZEC, USDT, TRX, USDC | BTC, LTC, XMR, TRX, ETH, SOL, AVAX, USDT, USDC |
| Pay with | Crypto, Monero, Card, Bank transfer | Crypto, Monero |
| Fees | Refunds after a mistake or cancellation carry a 5% manual processing fee plus network fee | 0.4% floating, 0.8% fixed; payout network fee paid by Bitania; refund fee withheld on refunds |
| Limits | Not published | Per-pair minimums and maximums shown before confirming |
| Founded | 2024 | Not published |
| Jurisdiction | Not published | Panama |
| Not available in | Not published | Cuba, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions; anyone under sanctions (terms s.2) |
| Incidents on record | 0 | 0 |
| Published tests (180 days) | 0 | 0 |
Only AlwaysMoney
Requires emailAML screeningMay request IDAnonymous operator
Both
Accepts MoneroRuns an affiliate programmeClosed source
Only Bitania
No registrationNo email neededNo phone neededOwn liquidityRefund without IDLegal entity disclosed
Where they sit among instant swaps
Questions
Is AlwaysMoney or Bitania safer?
Bitania has the higher Safety grade: AlwaysMoney 3.6, Bitania 6.4, out of 10.
Does AlwaysMoney or Bitania require KYC?
AlwaysMoney is KYC level 3 (ID on risk flag). Bitania is KYC level 0 (ID never required).
Which has more incidents on record?
AlwaysMoney has 0 and Bitania has 0 documented incidents in the registry.