CryptoReferral exists because crypto sign-up bonuses are rarely what they look like on the banner. “Get $6,000 when you join” usually turns out to be a stack of futures vouchers you can only use under strict conditions. “20% off fees” can mean 20% for the person who invited you and 10% for you. “No deposit needed” sometimes quietly becomes “no deposit needed, unless you want to withdraw.” We started this site to put the real conditions next to the headline number, on one page, in language a beginner can follow.
Who we are
We are an independent resource run by a small editorial team. Some of us are bonus hunters: people who have spent years opening accounts on exchanges, wallets and crypto apps specifically to see how their welcome offers work in practice. We know the difference between a reward that lands in your Spot balance and one that sits in a “Rewards Hub” until it expires. Others on the team are analysts who prefer reading terms, fee schedules and help-center FAQs to clicking buttons. They are the ones who notice that a bonus requires $500 of trading volume within seven days, or that a reward is paid only after identity verification at a higher tier.
We do not publish under invented names, and we do not decorate the team with titles or credentials we cannot back up. What we can offer is a consistent, documented way of checking offers, described in full on our how we verify page. You should be able to judge our work by the method and the sources, not by a byline.
What we cover
The site is organised around the places where people meet referral codes and promo codes most often:
- Centralised exchanges. Spot and derivatives platforms with welcome tasks, referral codes and ongoing fee kickbacks. These are collected in our exchanges hub.
- Perpetual DEXs. Decentralised derivatives platforms that run points and referral systems, often with very different rules from centralised exchanges.
- Wallets and hardware wallets. Invite programs in software wallets and discount codes for hardware devices.
- Lending and earn apps, trading bots, crypto cards and tax software. Products where a referral usually means a discount, a cash bonus after a qualifying action, or a reduced subscription price.
Beyond individual programs, we write guides on the mechanics that sit underneath almost every offer. How a fee kickback is calculated, why maker and taker fees matter, what KYC has to do with your bonus and how to spot the bonus claims that do not hold up. The goal is that after reading a few of them, you can look at any new promotion and work out its value yourself.
Why we do this
Most referral code pages online are written to get a click, not to inform. They repeat the biggest number the platform advertises, paste a code and stop. The conditions that decide whether you will ever see that money are left out: minimum deposits, trading volume requirements, time windows, KYC tiers, region bans, voucher expiry dates, rules that a code can only be entered at sign-up and never added later.
Those hidden terms are where people lose out. Someone deposits $100 expecting a $50 bonus and learns afterwards that the bonus unlocks only after $10,000 of futures volume. Someone else signs up without a code, then discovers there is no way to attach one to an existing account. None of this is secret. It is usually written somewhere on the platform’s own site, just spread across a promotion page, a help article and a terms document. Our job is to put those pieces together and say plainly what you get, what you must do to get it and what can go wrong.
How our pages are organised
Every program page follows the same structure, so you can compare offers quickly:
| Part of the page | What it tells you |
|---|---|
| Key facts and summary table | Sign-up bonus, referrer reward, fee kickback, unlock conditions, KYC, withdrawability and regions |
| Our referral score | Four scores from 0 to 5 and an overall average |
| Step-by-step guide | How to apply the code and complete each condition, in order |
| What works / Watch out for | Concrete pros and cons, written as specific facts |
| Detailed sections | Worked examples, fee maths and traps worth knowing |
| Official sources | Links to the platform pages we checked |
Category hubs pull these programs together into sortable lists, and lists such as sign-up bonuses group offers by type rather than by platform. Guides sit behind all of this and explain the vocabulary. If a term on a program page is unfamiliar, hover over it or check the glossary.
Editorial independence
Our scores and verdicts come from the method on the how we verify page and nothing else. Platforms do not see our pages before publication, do not approve wording and cannot ask us to remove a con, soften a warning or raise a score. When a program has a weak point, such as a bonus paid only as non-withdrawable vouchers, it goes into the cons list and into the score, however popular the platform is.
We also try to be fair in the other direction. A program with modest headline numbers but clear, honest terms can score better on terms clarity than a flashy one with fine print hidden three clicks deep. A good score means the offer is clear and achievable for a typical user. It does not mean we recommend that you open an account or trade.
Pages are written to stay useful over time, which is why you will not see “updated on” stamps or year numbers in our titles. Instead, we re-check programs regularly and whenever readers tell us something has changed.
What we are not
We are not an exchange, a broker or a wallet, and we never hold your funds. We cannot see your account on any platform, cannot fix a missing bonus and cannot unlock a withdrawal. If something goes wrong with an account, the platform’s own support team is the only one that can help.
We are also not financial advisers. Crypto assets are volatile, leveraged products can wipe out a deposit quickly, and a bonus is never a good reason on its own to put money somewhere you would not otherwise use. Our disclaimer covers this in more detail.
How to reach us
The quickest way to reach the team is by email at contact@cryptoreferral.org. We especially want to hear from you if a code no longer works, a bonus amount has changed, a condition on one of our pages is wrong, or a platform has launched or closed a referral program we should know about. A link to the official page or a screenshot of the live terms helps us confirm a change much faster. More detail on what we can and cannot help with is on the contact page.
