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What changed and whether it matters. Short, dated, and clear about what is opinion and what is paid.
Rules
14 OCT 2026
"Approval in principle" is not a licence
Nigeria has been admitting crypto firms in batches all year, and the announcements are being marketed as licences. The regulator says in writing that they are not.
Rules
8 OCT 2026
Indonesia moved its crypto register, and the old page still answers
Supervision moved to a different authority in January 2025. The previous regulator's crypto page is still online, still indexed — and now shows nothing at all.
Rules
2 OCT 2026
Vietnam wrote the penalty before it issued the licence
Trading through an unlicensed provider became punishable in September. As of October, no provider has been licensed. Both of those sentences are currently true.
Editorial
21 AUG 2026
Why this site has no rankings
Every comparison site in this industry is paid by the things it compares. That is not an accusation — it is the business model, and it is why we chose a different one.
Editorial
18 AUG 2026
What "checked" means on these pages
Every page carries a date instead of an author. Here is what somebody actually did on that date, and what the date does not promise.
Opinion
15 AUG 2026
"Not your keys, not your coins" — and where the phrase misleads
The most repeated sentence in crypto is true, and repeating it as a slogan has cost people money too.
Opinion
12 AUG 2026
The case against checking the price every day
There is a price ticker at the top of this page. Here is the argument for ignoring it, and the honest case against that argument.