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    Dan Carls — Founder, BuyBitcoin.ca

    I'm Dan — founder of BuyBitcoin.ca and its sister site ColdWallets.ca. I've personally opened, funded, and tested every FINTRAC-registered Canadian crypto exchange in this publication. When you read a review here, you're reading what I actually experienced with my own CAD.
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    Dan Carls

    Founder, Canadian crypto researcher · methodology

    Updated September 2, 2026
    Reviewed every quarter
    Affiliate disclosure
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    Dan Carls

    Founder & Lead Reviewer

    Canada

    Credentials

    Personally reviewed every FINTRAC-registered Canadian exchange

    Every review on BuyBitcoin.ca starts with a live account I create, verify, and fund with real CAD via Interac e-Transfer. I execute a market buy, withdraw to a self-custody wallet, and time every step. No armchair reviews.

    100+ published pages of original Canadian crypto research

    Exchange reviews (NDAX, Bitbuy, Shakepay, Kraken, Newton, Wealthsimple Crypto, Coinbase), comparison guides, city + province landing pages, tax software reviews (Koinly, CoinLedger), hardware wallet reviews (Ledger, Trezor, Coldcard), and a Bitcoin ETF / TFSA / RRSP cluster.

    Independent — no editorial input from any exchange

    I accept affiliate commission from some exchanges I cover. It never changes ranking order. See the published methodology for the scoring rubric and editorial guidelines for the independence policy.

    Primary sources I cite

    Every regulatory or tax claim on BuyBitcoin.ca links back to one of these:

    Published work

    Coverage spans four content clusters:

    Sister site — ColdWallets.ca

    I also run ColdWallets.ca, the sister publication covering hardware wallet security in depth — Ledger, Trezor, Coldcard, BitBox02, Tangem, and the Bitcoin-only setups. If BuyBitcoin.ca gets you on-ramp, ColdWallets.ca gets you off-ramp to cold storage.

    Editorial standards

    Full editorial guidelines and ranking methodology are public. TL;DR: I don't accept payment to change rankings, I don't hold employment or advisory positions with any exchange, and I disclose every affiliate relationship on the pages that use them.

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