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Calling crypto.com anything near "apex of the cryptocurrency industry" is a very broad lie. Crypto.com is for people who just "wanna invest in crypto and get ri

Calling crypto.com anything near "apex of the cryptocurrency industry" is a very broad lie. Crypto.com is for people who just "wanna invest in crypto and get rich", others who are actually involved in the space (developers, companies and others) are nowhere near crypto.com as they have proven time and time again they are not serious about anything, even the basics like security.

smt88 5y ago
Aren't they one of the largest exchanges? EDIT: They're #3 (bigger than Coinbase). Only OKX and Binance are bigger[1]. 1. https://www.coingecko.com/en/exchanges https://www.coingecko.com/en/exchanges
- barkingcat 5y ago
  No! Coinbase is a large exchange...
  - thebean11 5y ago
    I don’t think that’s true..bigger than Binance? By what metric?
    - barkingcat 5y ago
      Coinbase doesn't have to be bigger than Binance to be "a large exchange" - we're not talking about "largest exchange" if you read the message. It's definitely more established than crypto.com though. Do you think crypto.com is larger than Binance?
      - thebean11 5y ago
        Sorry completely misread, I thought you were saying it's the biggest
  - smt88 5y ago
    I checked. Crypto.com is the #3 exchange and bigger than Coinbase[1]. 1. https://www.coingecko.com/en/exchanges https://www.coingecko.com/en/exchanges
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HaZeust 5y ago
I would argue that by you giving the torch to crypto.com as the company that caters to casual users that "just wanna invest and get rich", it is indeed one of the apexes of the industry. A product successfully marketing a fringe and specialized technology to the average consumer is just that.
- idiotsecant 5y ago
  Is it? I'm not sure of numbers of total accounts but anyone who knows anything about crypto is suspicious of crypto.com as a platform and I don't know anyone who uses it when things like coinbase are available. They just bought an expensive URL and spammed a bunch of ads. If that makes them the apex of the industry I guess CALL THE GENERAL AND SAVE SOME TIME is the apex of the car insurance industry.
  - simonw 5y ago
    The two car insurance companies I see the most adverts from are State Farm and Geico - and yes, it looks like those two are the apex of their industry: https://www.valuepenguin.com/largest-auto-insurance-companies https://www.valuepenguin.com/largest-auto-insurance-companie...
- Karrot_Kream 5y ago
  This is a common play in several industries. Art of Shaving markets itself well to casual people interested in traditional shaving products but they take regular products, mark them up by a lot, rebrand and then upsell. Nobody claims Art of Shaving is the apex of shaving. Best Buy does similar marketing in regard to electronics, but Best Buy certainly isn't the apex of electronics retailers. What makes you think cryptocurrency companies would be any different?
  - HaZeust 5y ago
    I would say Best Buy is an apex electronics retailer. Why wouldn't you?
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smt88 5y ago

Aren't they one of the largest exchanges? EDIT: They're #3 (bigger than Coinbase). Only OKX and Binance are bigger[1]. 1. https://www.coingecko.com/en/exchanges https://www.coingecko.com/en/exchanges

barkingcat 5y ago
No! Coinbase is a large exchange...
- thebean11 5y ago
  I don’t think that’s true..bigger than Binance? By what metric?
  - barkingcat 5y ago
    Coinbase doesn't have to be bigger than Binance to be "a large exchange" - we're not talking about "largest exchange" if you read the message. It's definitely more established than crypto.com though. Do you think crypto.com is larger than Binance?
    - thebean11 5y ago
      Sorry completely misread, I thought you were saying it's the biggest
- smt88 5y ago
  I checked. Crypto.com is the #3 exchange and bigger than Coinbase[1]. 1. https://www.coingecko.com/en/exchanges https://www.coingecko.com/en/exchanges
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HaZeust 5y ago

I would argue that by you giving the torch to crypto.com as the company that caters to casual users that "just wanna invest and get rich", it is indeed one of the apexes of the industry. A product successfully marketing a fringe and specialized technology to the average consumer is just that.

idiotsecant 5y ago
Is it? I'm not sure of numbers of total accounts but anyone who knows anything about crypto is suspicious of crypto.com as a platform and I don't know anyone who uses it when things like coinbase are available. They just bought an expensive URL and spammed a bunch of ads. If that makes them the apex of the industry I guess CALL THE GENERAL AND SAVE SOME TIME is the apex of the car insurance industry.
- simonw 5y ago
  The two car insurance companies I see the most adverts from are State Farm and Geico - and yes, it looks like those two are the apex of their industry: https://www.valuepenguin.com/largest-auto-insurance-companies https://www.valuepenguin.com/largest-auto-insurance-companie...
Karrot_Kream 5y ago
This is a common play in several industries. Art of Shaving markets itself well to casual people interested in traditional shaving products but they take regular products, mark them up by a lot, rebrand and then upsell. Nobody claims Art of Shaving is the apex of shaving. Best Buy does similar marketing in regard to electronics, but Best Buy certainly isn't the apex of electronics retailers. What makes you think cryptocurrency companies would be any different?
- HaZeust 5y ago
  I would say Best Buy is an apex electronics retailer. Why wouldn't you?
  - 5y ago