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TigerWit – Forex Trading &More

Latest release: 6.0.8 ( 20th October 2022 ) 🔍 Last analysed 27th August 2021 . Can't send or receive bitcoins
500 thousand
24th January 2018

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The Analysis 

The TigerWit app cannot send and receive actual BTC as it only allows buying CFDs (Contracts for Differences).

It is a forex, precious metals, stocks, indices, commodities copy-trading app that utilizes CFDs for trading cryptocurrencies.

TigerWit’s Products > Crypto Page

TigerWit cryptocurrency trading can be undertaken using CFDs or Contracts for Differences as they are formally known.
CFDs are cash-settled contracts and that means you are simply trading the prices of cryptocurrencies without any concerns about ownership or security.
In terms of security and peace of mind retail investor accounts could certainly be considered to be better off when cryptocurrency trading via CFDs, because you never own the underlying instruments and never have to worry about making or taking delivery or securing private keys. Though of course, retail traders will still need to understand the risks involved in CFD trading.

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Verdict Explained

The product can't send or receive BTC.

As part of our Methodology, we ask:

No send/receive!

Can it send and receive bitcoins?

If the answer is "no", we mark it as "Can't send or receive bitcoins".

If it is for holding BTC but you can’t actually send or receive them with this product then it doesn’t function like a wallet for BTC but you might still be using it to hold your bitcoins with the intention to convert back to fiat when you “cash out”.

All products in this category are custodial and thus funds are at the mercy of the provider.

The product cannot be independently verified. If the provider puts your funds at risk on purpose or by accident, you will probably not know about the issue before people start losing money. If the provider is more criminally inclined he might have collected all the backups of all the wallets, ready to be emptied at the press of a button. The product might have a formidable track record but out of distress or change in management turns out to be evil from some point on, with nobody outside ever knowing before it is too late.