Is it just me or are instant swap services getting worse in 2025?

[kyman1]

Ive used ChangeNOW Godex and SimpleSwap in the past few years but lately things dont seem right. More slippage unclear fee breakdowns and strange delays even though the sites say exchanges will happen instantly. I just tried to trade BTC for USDC and I got a lot less than I thought I would even after paying the network fees. Is it just the market going up and down or are these platforms getting harder to understand?
Has anyone else seen this pattern? Or am I just bad at timing?
What are your favorite swap services that are still quick and dependable in the middle of 2025? Are there any hidden gems that no one is talking about yet?

[Darker45]

There's enough smoke about ChangeNOW that it must be safer for you to avoid it and anything related with the service altogether. Godex's profile, at least on this forum, is full of red trusts. There's also an existing flag against them. SimpleSwap is also distrusted here.

There's a platform called OrangeFren that offers you instant swap options. It's an aggregator actually. It has an announcement thread here on the forum. The creator is both active and trusted.

The good thing about the service is that you can compare rates, get informed about various platforms' kycnot.me grades, get a heads-up as regards KYC/AML, and so on. But, most importantly I guess, there are certain platforms listed there where your trade is fully guaranteed by OrangeFren itself.

I don't vouch for them. Do your research. But you might find your hidden gem there.

[Trêvoid]

Avoid ChangeNOW!

They’re not safe. Lots of people say after you send them crypto, they suddenly ask for full ID checks, then stop replying and never give your money back. This keeps happening, and because they’re based in places with weak rules, it’s almost impossible to get your funds back. Don’t use them.

[KiaKia]

I like instaswap services as well but some are good at reaping people off through their gas fee or transaction fee, which makes me ask myself if I really want to keep doing this or I'm just been lazy.

It doesn't take too long since I gave Trust wallet inbuilt swap a try and I love it, I think you should consider trust wallet as your insta swap pal, you can change BTC to USDT or USDC even in different chains like ETH or BNB chain.

I have gotten past using instaswap because of past experience with changelly and few others but doing this inside your very own crypto wallet is a breeze with Trust wallet.

[Dave1]

Ive used ChangeNOW Godex and SimpleSwap in the past few years but lately things dont seem right. More slippage unclear fee breakdowns and strange delays even though the sites say exchanges will happen instantly. I just tried to trade BTC for USDC and I got a lot less than I thought I would even after paying the network fees. Is it just the market going up and down or are these platforms getting harder to understand?
Has anyone else seen this pattern? Or am I just bad at timing?
What are your favorite swap services that are still quick and dependable in the middle of 2025? Are there any hidden gems that no one is talking about yet?

As others have suggested, you need to avoid ChangeNOW. I don't used this platform but as you have said, there could be a lot of slippage right now that it become a bad experienced for newbies trying this services.

I can't recommend you any swap services though, as the one that I might give you might not work out with you. Although there are a lot of them in the crypto space, competitive are tough. But I will suggest that at least try some of them that you will fit your need and then stay with them.

Best of luck to you.

[rdluffy]

With the fall of eXch, a big hole has been left in this type of service, although there are still some older options
In the past I used Fixed Float: https://ff.io/
However, today I don't know exactly how the service is doing, but it was reliable, just as I used Changelly for a while: https://changelly.com/

I know they're different services, but in some cases it's better to use an exchange without KYC for some trades, and MEXC and BINGX still allow you to use them without KYC for trades Crypto > Crypto
If you want fiat money they require KYC