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Ask HN: Are crypto wallets a race to the bottom?

1 pointsby nikhil896over 2 years ago
I&#x27;ve been researching non-custodial crypto wallets to understand the venture scale opportunity. The majority don&#x27;t monetize today but plan on monetizing through taking a cut of on-ramp fees and swap fees. Given the nature of non-custodial wallets and the fact that you can take your private key anywhere, what&#x27;s stopping people from moving from one service to another and making the wallets compete on their margins? I get that brand names like Metamask have an advantage given their large reach but what about everyone else?<p>What wallet are you using and what&#x27;s keeping you locked into that wallet?

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tornato7over 2 years ago
Many crypto users don&#x27;t seem to care about the 0.5-1% swap fees when swapping in their wallet.<p>Crypto users that do care won&#x27;t use their native wallet&#x27;s swap feature, but instead go directly to 1Inch or Matcha to execute the lowest fee trades, where the wallet provider takes zero cut.