Transparent pricing
One published fee schedule. No hidden markup on limit orders, and the exact cost shown before you confirm.
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About be1crypto.com and the people behind it
Founded in New York in 2019, be1crypto.com sits between a simple broker app and a professional exchange. Here is how it started, how it earns, and what it will not do with your money.
Why we exist
Why we built be1crypto.com
be1crypto.com began in 2019 with four people, a rented room in Lower Manhattan, and one complaint from friends buying their first bitcoin: the friendly app was easy but the price was quietly wrong, and the honest price sat behind a wall of order books and margin tiers.
The problem we set out to fix
Consumer brokers advertise zero commission, then quote a spread several percent wide, so the cost is real but invisible. Institutional venues quote tight and charge openly, but assume you know what a post-only order does. Neither is dishonest. Nobody was building for the person in the middle.
Who be1 crypto is built for
Our typical customer buys on a schedule, holds for years, and occasionally wants a real limit order. So we kept a one-tap instant buy flow, put the full trading terminal one click behind it, and billed both from one published fee schedule. Our how it works guide covers deposit, order, settlement and withdrawal before you open an account.
- Listed assets
- 250+
- 30-day volume
- $4.2B
- Maker fee from
- 0.10%
- Verified users
- 1.4M
Figures are current-quarter. Volume is trailing 30-day spot turnover; verified users cleared identity checks. Live prices and depth sit on the markets page.
Operating principles
Four rules we do not trade away
Each is a checkable constraint on what the company may do with your balance, not a slogan.
Proof of reserves
A quarterly Merkle-tree attestation lets you verify your own balance was counted, without exposing other accounts.
How reserves are verifiedSegregated customer funds
Customer fiat sits in custodial accounts at partner banks. Never working capital, never collateral for company borrowing.
How custody worksNo trading against customers
No proprietary desk takes the other side of your order, and we accept no payment for routing order flow.
Inside the matching engine Business model
How be1crypto.com makes money
A platform that hides its revenue model usually earns from something you would object to. Ours has four lines, all on your statement.
| Revenue line | What it costs you | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Spot trading fees | Maker from 0.10%, taker from 0.20% | Charged per filled order, tiered down as your rolling 30-day volume rises. |
| Instant buy spread | Disclosed markup, quoted up front | The convenience price for a one-tap purchase, shown on screen before you confirm. |
| Withdrawal handling | Network cost plus a flat fee | Miner and validator fees pass through at cost; the flat fee covers signing and broadcast. |
| Earn program share | A stated share of generated yield | Disclosed as a percentage before you subscribe, so the advertised rate is what reaches you. |
We do not sell order flow, and we never lend balances that are not explicitly enrolled in our Earn program. If a yield cannot be explained plainly, the product does not ship. The fee page carries the current tier table and worked examples.
Track record
Milestones since 2019
- 2019
Founded in Lower Manhattan
Four founders, one rented room, one product: spot trading on eleven assets with a published fee table.
- 2020
First 100,000 verified users
Identity verification moved in-house, average approval fell below nine minutes, and we commissioned our first external penetration test.
- 2022
SOC 2 Type II report completed
An independent auditor tested our security, availability and confidentiality controls across a continuous window, not a single date.
- 2023
250th asset listed
A written listing framework replaced ad-hoc calls: legal review, liquidity depth, contract audit history, public rationale.
- 2025
1.4 million verified users
Around $4.2 billion in trailing 30-day volume, support in nine languages, quarterly proof-of-reserves reporting.
Leadership
Who is accountable, by mandate
We list leadership by the decisions each role owns. A name tells you nothing about who the revenue side can overrule. A mandate does.
Chief Executive Officer
Capital allocation, listings policy and the public commitments on this page.
Chief Technology Officer
Matching engine, wallet infrastructure and uptime targets.
Chief Compliance Officer
The anti-money-laundering program, sanctions screening and filings. Reports to the board, not to revenue.
Head of Security
Key management, cold storage policy, red-team exercises and incident response.
Head of Customer Operations
Support response times, dispute handling and account recovery.
Head of Treasury
Reserve reconciliation, banking relationships and segregation controls.
Biographies, registration details and audit summaries go to press and institutional partners on request at support@be1cryptos.com or the contact page.
Registration and oversight
How be1crypto.com is registered
We operate as a money services business registered with the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. Stated precisely: registration with FinCEN is an administrative filing, not an endorsement and not federal approval. It obliges us to keep a written anti-money-laundering program, verify identity, retain records and report suspicious activity. No agency reviewed our products.
Every account passes know-your-customer checks before withdrawal, we hold state money transmitter licenses where required, and we decline service where we may not operate. Our security program maps to the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and was tested during the SOC 2 observation period. The controls, and their limits, sit on the security page.
Before funding any crypto account anywhere, read the SEC investor alerts on crypto assets.
Plain limits
What be1crypto.com is not
Naming the boundaries builds more trust than listing wins. Four things this platform is not, stated without hedging.
Not a bank
We hold no banking charter and take no deposits in the legal sense. Fiat sits with partner banks under custodial arrangements; crypto balances are crypto, not currency.
Not FDIC or SIPC insured
Digital assets carry no federal deposit insurance or securities investor protection. If the market falls, no insurer restores the difference. Our crime and custody coverage applies to specific loss events only, not to price.
Not investment advice
Nothing here recommends buying or selling any asset. We are not a registered investment adviser or broker-dealer, and no page accounts for your circumstances. Read the risk disclaimer first.
Not a promise of returns
Crypto prices are volatile and can fall to zero. Earn rates are variable and never guaranteed. Your obligations and ours sit in the terms and the privacy policy.
See whether be1crypto.com holds up to scrutiny
Read the fee schedule and the security controls first. Open an account only if both stand up.