Bitania vs Changelly
Bitania has the higher grade on both axes: Safety 6.4 against 4.4, and Privacy 8.5 against 1.7.
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 →
Changelly
Long-running instant crypto exchange with a fiat on-ramp marketplace
Privacy
1.7/ 10
Poor
Safety
4.4/ 10
Caution
ID on risk flag KYC 3 Docs reviewed Full review →
Side by side
| Bitania | Changelly | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Instant Swaps | Instant Swaps |
| KYC policy | ID never required | ID on risk flag |
| Custody | Custodial | Custodial |
| Sign-up | No account needed | Email required |
| Open source | No | No |
| Tor onion address | No | No |
| Coins | BTC, LTC, XMR, TRX, ETH, SOL, AVAX, USDT, USDC | BTC, ETH, XMR, LTC, SOL, XRP, TRX, USDT |
| Pay with | Crypto, Monero | Crypto, Monero, Card |
| Fees | 0.4% floating, 0.8% fixed; payout network fee paid by Bitania; refund fee withheld on refunds | 0.25% of the output amount on floating-rate swaps (per terms); fixed-rate fee built into the quoted rate |
| Limits | Per-pair minimums and maximums shown before confirming | Not published |
| Founded | Not published | 2015 |
| Jurisdiction | Panama | Not published |
| Not available in | Cuba, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Donetsk and Luhansk regions; anyone under sanctions (terms s.2) | Afghanistan, Austria, Bangladesh, Crimea, Cuba, Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Iraq, Japan, North Korea, Syria, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States and territories, Venezuela, Yemen |
| Incidents on record | 0 | 0 |
| Published tests (180 days) | 0 | 0 |
Only Bitania
No registrationNo email neededNo phone neededOwn liquidityRefund without IDLegal entity disclosed
Both
Accepts MoneroClosed sourceRuns an affiliate programme
Only Changelly
5+ years operatingExcludes US usersRequires emailThird-party liquidityAML screeningMay request ID
Where they sit among instant swaps
Questions
Is Bitania or Changelly safer?
Bitania has the higher Safety grade: Bitania 6.4, Changelly 4.4, out of 10.
Does Bitania or Changelly require KYC?
Bitania is KYC level 0 (ID never required). Changelly is KYC level 3 (ID on risk flag).
Which has more incidents on record?
Bitania has 0 and Changelly has 0 documented incidents in the registry.