Cryptohopper: Platform Profile

Overview

Cryptohopper is a cryptocurrency trading-automation platform that connects to a user's existing exchange account and sends orders according to the bot, strategy, signal, or copy workflow the user selects.

The most important structural point is:

Cryptohopper automates trading through an external exchange account; it is not the exchange holding the customer's trading funds.

Current Cryptohopper terms identify Cryptohopper B.V. as a Netherlands company offering software as a service. The terms say the user solely controls and configures the settings of the automatic trading bot.

The current product has two meaningfully different automation paths.

The first is DIY automation. A user can configure a Trading Bot, use strategy tools, backtest, paper trade, consume signals, and on higher plans use AI strategy tools.

The second is a more hands-off Copy Bot workflow. The customer chooses a Copy Bot subscription and permits the bot to replicate the selected trader's strategy through the connected exchange account.

Neither structure should be described as discretionary portfolio management by a registered investment adviser.

May fit better for

• crypto traders who want 24/7 rule-based automation;
• users who prefer configuring strategies without maintaining their own execution server;
• traders who want paper trading and backtesting before live deployment;
• users who want signals and Marketplace strategies in the same automation environment;
• users who want AI-assisted strategy tools on the Hero plan;
• customers who want to copy a selected trader through a separate Copy Bot subscription;
• users comfortable managing exchange API permissions and monitoring automated execution.

May fit less well for

• investors seeking a fiduciary portfolio manager;
• users who do not want cryptocurrency exposure;
• investors who want assets held directly by the automation provider;
• traders who expect paper or backtest results to equal live fills;
• users who do not want recurring software fees;
• investors who assume copy trading transfers responsibility for losses to the copied trader;
• users uncomfortable granting third-party software authority to place orders in an exchange account.

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Cryptohopper is a SaaS automation layer

Current terms identify:

• Legal company: Cryptohopper B.V.
• Company number: 70270481
• Jurisdiction: Netherlands
• Service model: software as a service
• User controls bot settings: Yes

The legal and operational sequence is generally:

customer strategy or selected Copy Bot → Cryptohopper software → connected exchange → market execution → assets remain at exchange.

That sequence matters because marketing phrases such as:

• automated trader;
• AI strategy;
• social trading;
• copy trading

For ROIStreet classification, Cryptohopper belongs primarily with trading and research software.

It should not receive Crypto Exchanges & Platforms merely because it connects to cryptocurrency exchanges.

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Current Trading Bot pricing has three paid tiers

Cryptohopper's current pricing page shows month-to-month reference prices of:

• Explorer monthly: $29
• Adventurer monthly: $69
• Hero monthly: $129

The same page shows annual-billing equivalents of:

• Explorer annual equivalent: $24.16/month
• Adventurer annual equivalent: $57.50/month
• Hero annual equivalent: $107.50/month
• Annual discount: 17%

Keep the billing terms attached to the prices.

Current pricing also advertises a three-day trial.

A July 2026 help article states directly that automated trading requires a paid subscription after the trial.

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The former Pioneer free Trading Bot plan is not a current plan

The free Pioneer plan was retired in June 2026, with features moved into Explorer.

Cryptohopper can still expose free trial or other no-cost product experiences, but that is different from a permanent free Trading Bot subscription.

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Plan capability changes materially at Hero

Current plan descriptions establish:

• Explorer:
• Trading signals: Yes
• Paper trading: Yes
• Backtesting: Yes
• Strategy designer: Yes
• Adventurer:
• Includes Explorer features: Yes
• Additional DCA features: Yes
• Hero:
• Includes Adventurer features: Yes
• AI strategies: Yes
• AI designer: Yes
• Market making: Yes
• Arbitrage: Yes

The current subscription documentation also states that an Explorer, Adventurer, or Hero subscription covers:

• one real-funds bot; and
• one paper-trading bot.

A customer wanting additional live bots can need additional subscriptions.

Plans also vary in:

• coin limits;
• position limits;
• strategy intervals;
• trigger counts;
• portfolio/manual bot allowances;
• advanced automation features.

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Copy Bot is a separate automation product

Cryptohopper's current pricing page markets Copy Bots from approximately:

• Copy Bot price range: $9.99-$99.99/month

Current subscription documentation makes the separation explicit:

• Copy Bot separate subscription: Yes
• Explorer includes Copy Bot subscription: No
• Adventurer includes Copy Bot subscription: No
• Hero includes Copy Bot subscription: No

A Copy Bot can be connected to a compatible live exchange or used in an applicable paper workflow.

The customer still chooses:

• which Copy Bot to subscribe to;
• which compatible exchange/account to connect;
• how much capital is available in the connected trading environment;
• whether to continue the subscription.

Copying another trader is therefore more hands-off than building a strategy from scratch, but it is not the same thing as hiring a registered adviser to exercise fiduciary discretion over a managed account.

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Copy performance can diverge from the source trader

Cryptohopper's Copy Bot documentation describes an execution process intended to reduce seller front-running, including follower orders before the seller's order in the applicable workflow.

That design does not create identical results.

A follower can still experience different outcomes because of:

• exchange;
• quote currency;
• available balance;
• liquidity;
• spread;
• slippage;
• order size;
• exchange minimums;
• timing;
• rejected orders;
• asset availability;
• fees;
• API interruption.

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Funds stay at the connected exchange

Current Cryptohopper help documentation says the money used for trading stays on the selected cryptocurrency exchange.

Cryptohopper forwards buy and sell orders on the user's behalf.

This is a non-custodial trading architecture in the practical sense relevant to the review.

It does not eliminate exchange risk.

The investor is still exposed to the custody, solvency, operational, cybersecurity, withdrawal, and regulatory conditions of the selected exchange.

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Withdrawal permission should remain disabled

Cryptohopper says it does not need withdrawal permission on exchange API keys.

Its July 2026 documentation says customers should keep withdrawal or transfer permission disabled.

That is an important security control.

It does not make trading authority harmless.

A compromised or badly configured trade-only credential can still:

• open unwanted positions;
• close wanted positions;
• generate fees;
• create taxable events;
• use leverage where the connected venue/account permits it;
• trade illiquid assets;
• crystallize losses.

No-withdrawal permission protects against one class of transfer risk.

It does not protect the account from financially damaging trades.

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API keys and Fast Connect are different connection methods

Current Cryptohopper documentation supports both manual API-key connections and Fast Connect on eligible exchanges.

Fast Connect uses an OAuth-style connection where available.

Cryptohopper says the two methods should not be used simultaneously for the same exchange connection.

Exchange support and connection method can change over time.

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Exchange coverage is broad but venue-dependent

Current help documentation includes connection guides for venues such as:

• Binance;
• Binance.US;
• BingX;
• BitMart;
• Bitvavo;
• Bybit;
• Coinbase Advanced;
• Crypto.com;
• HTX;
• Kraken;
• KuCoin;
• OKX.

Other guides can be deprecated or change status.

The correct review principle is not:

Cryptohopper supports every exchange for every customer.

It is:

Cryptohopper supports a changing set of exchange integrations, and the customer's jurisdiction, exchange account, API permissions, and product eligibility control what can actually be automated.

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Paper trading and backtesting are research states, not live results

Explorer and higher current plan materials include paper trading and backtesting.

Differences can arise from:

• historical data quality;
• strategy assumptions;
• spread;
• fees;
• slippage;
• latency;
• liquidity;
• partial fills;
• order rejection;
• outages;
• execution venue;
• market regime.

Automation can make a strategy reproducible.

It cannot make a simulation executable at the assumed price.

Assessment

Cryptohopper's value is flexibility.

A user can move from:

strategy design → paper/backtest → live bot

or choose a more hands-off:

Copy Bot → connected exchange → automated execution

without building an execution stack from scratch.

The strongest current consumer-information guard is pricing and product separation. Explorer, Adventurer, Hero, and Copy Bot are not interchangeable subscriptions.

The strongest risk guard is custody and permission separation. Funds remain at the exchange, but Cryptohopper can still have authority to place live trades.

That combination is convenient and consequential.