Verdict
This assessment found strong scam indicators. Do not pay, sign in, or share personal details with this site.
blockchainfx.us shows high-risk / scam indicators.
| What this site appears to be | BlockchainFX presents itself as a licensed crypto and multi-asset trading exchange in beta. It promotes a BFX token claim that requires connecting a wallet and approving a transaction. Its licence (No. 16172), audits, KYC and awards are asserted without verifiable issuers or links, and it claims 'passive USDT income' from trading fees, so the high-stakes wallet interaction is not backed by checkable evidence. |
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Evidence status and limitations
Evidence completeness: Not recorded
- The real-world operator identity was not independently verified.
- Module-level completeness metadata is unavailable for this legacy report.
At a glance
The checks that decide most of this verdict.
| Malware engines | 1 flagged itVirusTotal | Risk |
|---|---|---|
| Google Safe Browsing | Not listedGoogle | Clear |
| Abuse reports on the host | 0% confidenceAbuseIPDB, 0 reports; shared hosting inflates reports | Clear |
| Domain age | 15 days oldMost scam domains are under a year old | Risk |
| Web archive | Archived since 20185 snapshots | Clear |
| Certificate | Encrypted connectionIssued by YE2 | Noted |
The page as captured
Key findings
- Automated classification: Sensitive Interaction Risk.
- Domain age: less than 1 year (registration continuity).
- Public web-archive history exists since 2018.
- At least one reputation service TrustSniffer consulted had flagged this domain at assessment time.
Full analysis
Overview
BlockchainFX is a crypto and multi-asset trading website that calls itself a licensed "Decentralized Crypto & Multi-Asset Exchange" and a "Trading Super App" in beta. Its homepage promotes access to crypto, stocks, forex, ETFs and gold, a BFX token sale, and a wallet-based BFX claim. The apparent business model is trading-fee revenue combined with a token presale and a returns-style "passive USDT income" proposition.
Scam/Impersonation Risk
Contradictory signals are present and decisive. The domain carries a confirmed external blacklist listing, with one reputation engine flagging it as malicious and another as suspicious. This is a hard contradiction that infrastructure quality cannot offset. The homepage compounds it. Its central call to action is a "Claim BFX" flow that tells visitors to connect the same wallet used to buy BFX and then approve a transaction. Approving an on-chain transaction on a site whose legitimacy cannot be checked is the typical entry point for wallet-drain and fake-claim schemes. Behavioural testing observed the site requesting a wallet connection and a transaction approval. The site also states that users earn "daily USDT passive income directly from trading fees." This is an unsubstantiated returns promise that is characteristic of investment-fraud pitches. Its claim that an audit "confirmed to be 100% secure" the platform overstates what any audit can establish. No brand impersonation and no conflicting legal identities were observed. The risk arises from the blacklist listing together with the claim-versus-evidence gap on a high-stakes action.
- Homepage: the "Claim BFX" section instructs visitors to connect a wallet and approve a transaction to receive tokens.
- Homepage: the claim of "daily USDT passive income directly from trading fees" comes with no supporting mechanism or disclosure.
- Homepage: the site names five tokens (BFX, ETH, BTC, USDT, PEPE) and presents "500+ assets" and a "4.87/5 Verified Ratings" figure with no verifiable source.
- Domain registration record: created 2026-10-06 (about 0.04 years old) and registered through NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED. This is a very recent registration for a platform that presents itself as an established, awarded exchange.
Regulatory Verification Notes
The homepage asserts that the platform is licensed and cites licence No. 16172. It names no issuing authority and provides no registry link, and the "Verify license" control leads to no checkable issuer. The same gap affects the Coinsult and CertiK audit claims, the KYC claim and the "Best New Crypto Trading App of 2025" award, none of which links to an independent source. A trading and token-sale platform that makes regulatory claims should make them verifiable. Here the claims serve as persuasion rather than assurance. Licensing status therefore remains unconfirmed, and the real-world operator remains unverified. This is a disclosure shortfall that sits alongside, not in place of, the blacklist contradiction. No broker-reputation database entry was matched for this site.
- Homepage: licence No. 16172 is cited with no issuing regulator, registry reference or link.
- Homepage: the Coinsult and CertiK audit panels and the KYC and awards claims name no report, link or verifiable identifier.
- Hosting: served from AS13335 (Cloudflare, Inc., US).
- Transport encryption: the TLS certificate is a domain-validated (DV) one issued by YE2, valid to 2027-01-04 (about 75 days remaining). DV validation confirms only control of the domain, not the operator's identity.
What to Verify Next
Any licence claim should be checked directly with the relevant financial regulator's own public register, by searching for licence No. 16172 and the operator's legal name. The result should not be accepted from the site's own page. The Coinsult and CertiK audit claims should be confirmed on those firms' own platforms, and an audit report that names this exact domain and contract should be located. The project's official channels, the token contract address and the legitimacy of the BFX claim process should be confirmed through an independent, offline route, such as the project's regulator filings or established press, before any wallet is connected. The legal entity behind the platform should be established independently, since the site does not name one.
- Homepage: the "Verify license" and audit panels provide no issuer-hosted proof to compare against.
- Archive history: only 5 snapshots span 2018–2026 (9 years tracked), a thin and discontinuous record that does not independently establish a continuous operating history. It sits alongside a registration record dated October 2026.
- Homepage: the claim flow refers to an "ETH/BFX migration" and an "official claim list" without naming any contract or independent source for either.
Summary Verdict
The overall posture is clearly cautionary and the risk is elevated. Confirmed adverse external reputation, a high-stakes wallet-approval flow and a promise of passive returns outweigh every neutral technical signal. The site's presentation as an awarded, audited exchange is not matched by checkable evidence.
Infrastructure Integrity
The site is delivered through Cloudflare's CDN and WAF, and all observed addresses are edge servers, so the origin server is not visible. This mitigates some technical exposure and is consistent with a well-configured delivery layer. It is only a mitigating factor, not evidence of legitimacy. A protected edge also makes it harder to verify where the content is actually hosted. The infrastructure therefore does not offset the reputation and content concerns.
Closing Assessment
The site should be treated as unsafe for any sensitive interaction. Wallets should not be connected, no transactions should be approved, no funds or credentials should be provided, and nothing should be downloaded. Viewing the site without interacting is the only proportionate use. Anyone who has already connected a wallet or sent funds should revoke the wallet permissions and move remaining assets to a new wallet.
Written analysis generated 2026-10-20 by the TrustSniffer Analysis Engine from the evidence in this report.
What the analysis found
3 findings contributed to this verdict, raised by external reputation, page content, behaviour in a sandbox.
01 External reputation
- A small number of malware engines flagged this domain. On its own this is a weak signal.External reputation
rule:EXT_BLACKLIST_MEDIUM
02 Page content
- The page shows few of the signs expected from a trustworthy operator.Page content
rule:PAGE_TRUST_QUALITY_LOW - The page content shows three or more warning signs that deceptive sites commonly use.Page content
rule:PAGE_RED_FLAGS_STRONG - The review of the page content rated it moderate risk.Page content
rule:PAGE_RISK_MED
03 Behaviour in a sandbox
- Most of what the page loaded came from other domains rather than from this one.Behaviour in a sandbox
rule:BEHAV_EXTERNAL_RATIO_HIGH
Identity verification
| Status | UNVERIFIED |
|---|---|
| Identity score | 30/100 |
| Identity verification confidence | 50% |
- No on-site identity signals detected
Identity verification measures whether the site can be independently connected to a real-world brand or person. It is separate from the classification confidence.
What TrustSniffer observed
First-party facts recorded during the assessment of blockchainfx.us.
- The request stayed on blockchainfx.us. It was not redirected to another domain. Clear
- Registration is published under NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED. Clear
- DNS for this domain is served by cloudflare.com, across 2 name servers. Noted
- The registration is paid up to 2027-10-06. Noted
- The earliest public archive of this site is from 2018-08-11. Clear
- It is hosted on CLOUDFLARENET, from a server in US. Noted
Domain intelligence
| Registrar | NICENIC INTERNATIONAL GROUP CO., LIMITED |
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| Hosting | CLOUDFLARENET - Cloudflare, Inc., US |
| Country | US |
| Server IP | 2606:4700:3034::ac43:9f38 |
| Name servers | june.ns.cloudflare.com, carmelo.ns.cloudflare.com |
| CDN / edge network | Detected (cloudflare) |
| Resolved IP addresses | 4 |
| Edge IP addresses | 4 |
| Likely origin IP addresses | 0 |
| SSL issuer | YE2 |
| SSL expiry | 2027-01-04 |
| Domain age | 0.04 years (continuous registration) |
| Domain expiry | 2027-10-06 |
| Archive first seen | 2018-08-11 |
| Archive snapshots | 5 |
| Reputation | VirusTotal: 1 flagged | AbuseIPDB: 0% confidence, 0 reports | Google Safe Browsing: 0 matches |
About this assessment
A trust score summarises the evidence TrustSniffer could collect about blockchainfx.us at assessment time. It is a starting point for your own judgement, not a guarantee: a high score means the signals were consistent with a legitimately operated site, a low or critical score means several risk patterns were present.
TrustSniffer assesses a website from the evidence it can collect at a point in time: domain registration and age, hosting and certificate, the content the site served, and third-party reputation feeds. A score is a summary of that evidence, not a guarantee and not a legal finding. There is no human rating and no user review in it. A site can change after it is assessed.