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River Is A Solid Bitcoin-Only Exchange

A quick review. This article contains a referral link.

4 min readMay 17, 2025
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If you’re a Bitcoin maximalist, or even a partial one like myself (I see value in some crypto projects), you’ll probably like if not love River.

River is, in the company’s own words:

a client-first Bitcoin-only financial institution that is committed to empowering the long-term investor. We focus on providing industry-leading security, robust financial services, and a world-class client experience to individuals and businesses looking to invest in Bitcoin for the long term.

Given the recent Coinbase hack, and other questionable exchange scandal shenanigans seen from the likes of FTX, BlockFi, and Celsius Network, it’s understandable, if not prudent, to be suspicious of virtually everyone in the crypto space. I certainly am. Which is why last year I began to look for a simple exchange that was out of the mainstream, and therefore, hopefully off the radar of bad-faith actors and hackers.

I first heard about River from Marko — Whiteboard Finance on YouTube. Marko is one of your more solid money tubers, generally offering value and insight instead of endless clickbait and superficial hot takes à la Meet Kevin and Graham Stephen. Marko, Dave Ramsey, and the Clear Value Tax guy are frankly the…

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Dean Brooks
Dean Brooks

Written by Dean Brooks

Novelist. I write about anything and I'm right about everything.

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