The weekend that started it
Three engineers, one whiteboard, and a shared frustration: why does moving BTC to ETH require an account, a selfie with a passport, and three days of waiting? ChainSwap launches as a bare-bones swap page supporting 12 coins.
Surviving the winter
The market crashed; custodial platforms froze withdrawals and vanished. We couldn't freeze anything — we never held anyone's funds. Quietly, that became our best marketing. Coin support grows past 200.
Fixed rates & the affiliate network
We launch 15-minute fixed-rate locks, a partner API and the affiliate program. Wallets and content creators start plugging ChainSwap into their own products.
One million swaps
The millionth swap lands — a modest $84 DOGE→BTC trade from a user in Argentina. We frame it. 24/7 human support goes live in nine languages.
500+ coins, still zero accounts
ChainSwap now moves billions in yearly volume across 500+ assets and 140+ countries — still with no registration, no custody, and no venture capital telling us to change that.