About Seattle Crypto: Who We Are and How We Research

What this site is

Seattle Crypto is an independent informational website about buying, selling and cashing out cryptocurrency in Seattle and across Washington State. It exists because the search results for those topics are dominated by two kinds of page: national explainers with a city name pasted on, and content published by the companies whose fees are being described.

We are not a broker, dealer, exchange, money transmitter, investment adviser or tax adviser. We do not hold customer funds, we cannot execute a trade for you, and we have no affiliation with any government agency. What we do is desk research, verified against primary sources, written for someone in Seattle who wants to know what something actually costs before they commit to it.

How we research

Our method is unglamorous and repeatable. We start with the regulator rather than with the companies. That means Washington DFI press releases, consumer alerts and policy statements; NMLS Consumer Access for state licence records; and the FinCEN MSB registrant list for federal registration. Where a statute or bill is relevant we read the text, not the summary — the Uniform Money Services Act at RCW 19.230 and the 2026 kiosk bills being the obvious examples.

For pricing, we read operator fee pages and help-centre documentation directly rather than repeating third-party comparisons. For tax, we work from IRS digital asset guidance and the Washington Department of Revenue . Every figure on the site carries the date it was reviewed, so you can judge how stale it might be.

Where we cannot verify something — an exact machine count on a given day, a specific fee on a specific unit — we say so rather than inventing precision. Kiosk placements and pricing change faster than any website can track, and pretending otherwise would make the site less useful, not more.

How this site is funded, stated plainly

Some outbound links on this site are commercial links, and we may earn a fee if you open an account through one. That costs you nothing extra. We think you should know it, and we think you should also know what it does not do.

It does not determine what appears in a comparison, where a company sits in a ranking, or what we write about its weaknesses. Our exchange comparison explicitly excludes promotional offers and referral arrangements from scoring, and every ranked entry carries a "cons" list. We deliberately publish the criticism alongside the recommendation, because a comparison where everything is excellent is not a comparison.

We do not run display advertising, we do not accept paid placements or sponsored posts, and we do not publish a company's marketing copy as though it were a finding.

What we will not do

We will not tell you which asset to buy, how much to invest, or when to sell. Those are investment decisions and we are not licensed to advise on them — nor would we want to be. Anything on this site that touches price is descriptive rather than predictive.

We will not recommend anything unlicensed. If a service cannot be found in a state or federal register, it does not appear here as an option, regardless of how good its pricing looks. We also will not publish step-by-step instructions for routes that exist mainly to facilitate fraud, which is why our gift card page explains why the gift-card-to-crypto direction has no legitimate route rather than how to attempt it.

And we will not pretend cash routes are cheap. Seattle has unusually good cash-crypto coverage and it carries a real premium. Saying so is more useful than flattering the local market.

Corrections

We get things wrong. Fees change, machines disappear, bills advance or die, and occasionally we simply misread something. If you spot an error, email contact@seattle-crypto.com with a source if you have one. We correct the page and note the change. Corrections are not a mark against a site; refusing to make them is.

Providers who believe we have described their fees, licensing or limits inaccurately are welcome to write to the same address. We will read it, check it against the primary source, and correct the page if we were wrong. We will not remove accurate criticism.

Coverage

The site currently covers 16 topics, each written to answer one narrow question properly rather than to repeat a general explainer. Start with the homepage for the overview, or go directly to whichever of these matches what you are trying to do:

Legal

Nothing on this site is financial, investment, legal or tax advice, and nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell any asset. Digital assets are volatile and are not covered by FDIC deposit insurance . You can lose the entire amount you put in. Fees, limits, licences and availability change without notice — confirm current terms directly with any provider and verify its licence on NMLS Consumer Access before sending money. If the amount matters to your life, speak to a professional licensed in Washington.