Swap front-end routing orders through third-party processing partners
Privacy 10.0
Safety 8.4
Instant Swaps Reviewed 22 Oct 2026
Wagyu review
Account-free Monero and Zcash swaps routed through Hyperliquid's order book
- No account needed
- Accepts Monero
- No email needed
- Screens deposits
- Passes orders to partners
- Holds your funds
ID in rare cases KYC 2 Documentation reviewed
Privacy
5.4/ 10
Caution
Safety
3.7/ 10
Poor
Based on terms and documentation. No test transactions published yet. See the arithmetic
Wagyu review in short
Wagyu is a swap service. Its terms put it at KYC level 2 of 4: ID in rare cases. NoKYC Score grades it 5.4/10 for privacy (caution) and 3.7/10 for safety (poor). In its favour: no account needed, no email needed and no phone number. To watch: it screens deposits, passes orders to partner exchanges and holds your funds while you use it. No incidents are on record.
- Category
- Instant Swaps
- KYC level
- 2 of 4: ID in rare cases
- Grades
- Privacy 5.4/10, Safety 3.7/10
- Sign-up
- No account needed
- Custody
- custodial
- Fees
- Example route fees when checked: SOL to XMR 2%, BTC to XMR 2%, XMR to BTC 0%; XMR bridge withdrawal 2%
- Limits
- No daily limit stated; route minimums around $20 to $40 when checked
- Incidents on record
- 0
- Last reviewed
- 22 Oct 2026
Cite this review
NoKYC Score, "Wagyu review", reviewed 22 Oct 2026, https://nokycscore.com/service/wagyu
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What Wagyu is
Wagyu is an instant swap service centred on Monero and Zcash: the user sends a supported asset to a one-time deposit address and receives the output at their own address, with no account. It routes cross-chain legs through a bridge aggregator and executes XMR trades on Hyperliquid's order book, and it operates the Monero side of its own XMR bridge. Its compliance policy says addresses and transactions are screened before execution, that blocked transactions are returned to the originating address, and that assets are frozen only on a court order or equivalent legal instrument. The policy contains no identity-document clause, though the site says a refund can require a refund address and further checks. No legal entity or jurisdiction is named.
What Wagyu offers, and what to watch
4 of 15 privacy and safety features, 4 warnings in its terms.
"Not stated" means its own pages do not say.
Identity
- ID never required No
- No account needed Yes Usable without creating an account, or the account is only a random number.
- No email needed Yes An email address is not required to sign up or use it.
- No phone number Yes A phone number is never required.
Payment
- Accepts Monero Yes Monero hides sender, receiver and amount, so the payment cannot be traced to you.
- Accepts Lightning Not stated
Access
- Tor onion address Not stated
- Works without JavaScript Not stated
Trust
- Never holds your funds No
- Own liquidity No
- Refund without ID Not stated
- Open source Not stated
- Independent audit Not stated
- Company named No
- 5+ years operating Not stated
Warnings
- May ask for ID Not in terms
- Screens deposits Yes Deposits are scored by blockchain analytics; a flag can freeze them.
- Passes orders to partners Yes Orders go to upstream exchanges that apply their own screening.
- Holds your funds Yes The operator controls user funds while they are on the platform.
- Email required Not in terms
- Phone number required Not in terms
- Closed source Not in terms
- Nobody accountable Yes No company or person is publicly responsible for the service.
Does Wagyu require KYC?
- 0 Never
- 1 Not mentioned
- 2 Rare
- 3 On risk flag
- 4 Mandatory
KYC level 2: ID in rare cases. The terms allow identity checks only in exceptional cases, such as a legal order.
Compliance policy: no identity-document requirement appears; flagged transactions 'will be returned to the originating address' and freezing requires 'a formal court order or equivalent legal instrument'.
How the grades add up
Both grades start at 50 points and move by fixed, published amounts. Nothing is adjusted by hand. The total is divided by ten.
Privacy
5.4- Starting points 50
- KYC level 2: ID in rare cases +4
- No registration +6
- Accepts Monero +4
- AML screening -7
- Third-party liquidity -3
- Total, clamped to 0–100 54
Safety
3.7- Starting points 50
- AML screening -3
- Anonymous operator -4
- Third-party liquidity -6
- Total, clamped to 0–100 37
Test ledger
Real transactions run by our editors. A badge without a ledger is an assertion; this is the proof.
No test transactions published yet
The grades above rest on Wagyu’s terms and documentation. Tests will appear here with the date, route, amount band and result as they are run.
Incidents on record
No incidents are on record for Wagyu. If you have a documented case, report it.
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Wagyu: common questions
Does Wagyu require KYC?
Wagyu is rated KYC level 2 of 4 on this site: ID in rare cases. Compliance policy: no identity-document requirement appears; flagged transactions 'will be returned to the originating address' and freezing requires 'a formal court order or equivalent legal instrument'.
Is Wagyu safe to use?
Wagyu has a Safety grade of 3.7 out of 10 and a Privacy grade of 5.4 out of 10. No incidents are on record. Evidence level: documentation reviewed.
Is Wagyu legit?
Wagyu is a working swap service. Its operators do not publish a company or names, so nobody is publicly accountable for it. Being real is not the same as being safe: its Safety grade here is 3.7 out of 10, built from custody, liquidity, track record and incidents.
Is Wagyu a scam?
NoKYC Score does not label services as scams; it records documented incidents with their sources and outcomes. No incidents are on record for Wagyu.
Do I need an account or email to use Wagyu?
No account needed.
What fees does Wagyu charge?
Example route fees when checked: SOL to XMR 2%, BTC to XMR 2%, XMR to BTC 0%; XMR bridge withdrawal 2%. Fees were recorded from Wagyu's own pages and can change; check before you send.
What are Wagyu's limits?
No daily limit stated; route minimums around $20 to $40 when checked.
Does Wagyu have a Tor onion address?
No official onion address was found on Wagyu's own pages.
Which cryptocurrencies does Wagyu support?
Wagyu supports XMR, ZEC, BTC, ETH, SOL, USDT, USDC.
Is Wagyu custodial?
Yes. Wagyu holds funds during a trade, which means it is able to delay or freeze them.
Can I use Wagyu over Tor?
Wagyu does not publish an official onion address.
Listing history
- Listing added. Facts and KYC level set from the service's own terms and documentation.