You send from your own wallet straight to the exchanger — nothing to connect,
no account, and you stay on this page throughout. Rates are indicative until
a swap is opened.
The swap is carried out by an independent exchanger and the deposit address
above is theirs. aidancingcat.xyz never holds, receives or controls
your funds, has no key to that address, and earns a referral commission.
Opening a swap sends your receiving address, IP, browser and timezone to the
exchanger for their compliance checks; we store none of it. Check their terms,
fees and country restrictions before sending anything.
Yes, a swap can appear stuck for hours, but that delay does not mean the funds are lost. A stuck swap is typically waiting for a condition to resolve, and the funds remain under your control or in a verifiable escrow until the swap completes or fails.
No, you cannot cancel a crypto swap once the deposit transaction has been broadcast to the network. The moment that transaction is sent, the swap is out of your hands until it either completes or fails on its own.
Yes, they can slow down swaps, but the cause is usually not what people assume. The blockchain itself does not observe weekends or holidays, but the human-operated parts of a swap sometimes do.
A swap finishes when the receiving chain has seen enough subsequent blocks built on top of the transaction’s block. That number varies by chain: Bitcoin typically waits 3 confirmations, Ethereum waits 12 - 15, Litecoin waits 6, and Monero waits 10. The exact counts are set by the
When the network becomes congested mid-swap, the swap does not fail - it stalls. The exchanger has already broadcast the deposit transaction, but the confirmation clock stops until the backlog clears.
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Crypto prices right now
Bitcoin (BTC)
$78,624
▼ -0.51% down24h
Ethereum (ETH)
$2,464
▼ -1.95% down24h
Solana (SOL)
$102.57
▼ -3.72% down24h
How to convert crypto: on-chain vs off-chain
Off-chain (on an exchange)
Your trade happens inside the exchange's own ledger. Nothing
touches the blockchain until you withdraw.
Cheapest and fastest for common pairs
Needs an account and usually ID verification
The exchange holds the coins until you withdraw them
Best for converting to and from cash
On-chain (a DEX or swap)
You swap from your own wallet. The transaction settles on the
chain and you pay its fee.
No account, no custodian — you keep the keys
You pay network fees, which vary a lot by chain
Small or new tokens often only trade here
Slippage and thin liquidity are real costs on low-volume pairs
Before any on-chain swap: check the token's contract address
against a block explorer, start with a small test amount, and review what you
are approving — an unlimited token approval to an unknown contract is how most
wallet drains actually happen.
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general information about digital assets. Crypto assets
are volatile and you can lose everything you put in. Nothing here is a
recommendation to buy, sell or hold, and we make no price predictions.
Prices are sourced from third parties and may be delayed or wrong. Verify anything
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