A clearer starting point for crypto.

Our purpose

Crypto can be difficult to evaluate when every number arrives with a narrative. We help readers understand the inputs, assumptions, and trade-offs behind a decision. Our aim is useful understanding, not urgency.

CryptoTrades is an independent research and tools platform. We are not an exchange, broker, investment adviser, or trading signal service. We do not hold customer funds, execute trades, connect wallets, or provide personalized recommendations.

Editorial independence

Content is selected for educational usefulness. No exchange pays for placement in this Phase 1 foundation, and its comparison links are ordinary source links with no affiliate tracking. Exchange names and marks belong to their respective owners; their appearance does not imply endorsement or partnership.

If sponsorships or affiliate relationships are introduced, relevant pages will identify them clearly. Commercial relationships must not determine calculations, hide assumptions, or be presented as independent ratings.

Data sources & methodology

The homepage and Markets page retrieve CoinMarketCap snapshots through the retained CryptoTrades data service on Cloudflare Pages. The News page uses that service’s source-attributed headlines from Bitcoin Optech, the Ethereum Foundation, and the SEC. USD is the reference currency; source retrieval times and underlying publication or quote times are displayed separately. Missing data is never replaced with an invented price or headline.

Tool calculations run in your browser using the inputs you provide. Position size is risk budget divided by entry-to-stop distance. Net P&L subtracts percentage fees from entry and exit notionals. Portfolio prices and average costs are manual.

Exchange fee presets are approximate illustrations of named public product schedules reviewed October 27, 2026. Source links and product limitations appear beside the estimates. Rates can change; confirm your own account, region, pair, and execution tier. The custom exchange row is hypothetical.

The retained service caches markets for five minutes and news independently per source for fifteen minutes. Outage snapshots expire after one hour for markets or six hours for news and are explicitly labeled stale. The Next.js bridge preserves those retrieval timestamps and may reuse a successful response for thirty seconds. The retained Pages service must remain available until the feeds are migrated independently.

Corrections & accountability

We welcome reports of unclear copy, calculation issues, and inaccurate assumptions. Use the Contact page to find the configured editorial channel. Include the affected page, the issue, and a source where possible. Never send wallet secrets or sensitive account data.