Is coins.ph safe?

http://coins.ph/

SafeStatus

Coveragecomplete6 of 6 applicable core capabilities

Verdict

Coins.ph is a regulated Philippine crypto and e-money service with clean security checks

Coins.ph is a Philippine financial app that lets customers buy crypto, trade crypto pairs and buy mobile load. Betur Inc., trading as Coins.ph, appears on the central bank's list of licensed virtual asset service providers. The site has been archived every year since 2013, and our technical checks found no malware, no browsing warnings and a valid encrypted connection. Crypto trading carries financial risk, but nothing in the evidence points to a scam, so the site rates as Safe.

Coins.ph appears to be a legitimate regulated service. Use it if it operates in your region, type the address yourself rather than following links in messages, and keep in mind that crypto prices can fall.

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Calibrated safety spectrum

Where this site sits

Dangerous1–20
High Risk21–44
Moderate Risk45–69
Low Risk70–84
Safe85–100

The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.

01 · Investigation Brief

Investigation Brief

A licensed operator with a long history

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas list of virtual asset service providers names Betur Inc., doing business as Coins.ph. The site's own footer also links to the central bank's website.

The Internet Archive has captured the home page every year from December 2013 to 2025. That shows the site's public history, not its registration date. Our review of the captured page found no direct contact email on it.

Clean technical checks and on-site services

None of 93 antivirus engines flagged the site, the browser threat feed showed no warning, and the connection was properly encrypted.

The main buttons, including Buy Crypto, One-Click Buy, Spot trading and Buy Load, all stay on coins.ph. External links lead only to the company's social media pages, its regional Coins sites and a jobs board.

Our screenshot showed a notice that the service may be unavailable in the visitor's region. This means access is blocked by location, which is not a warning sign.

Why the score is 88

The saved checks and analysis found no material threat. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.

02 · Security Evidence

Security evidence

Collected signals and independent provider data for this URL.

Antivirus Engines

0/ 93

No detections

Fresh result

No detections across 61 engines that rated this URL

No antivirus engine that answered raised an adverse result; 32 had no rating for this URL. This is one signal, not a guarantee.

Malicious: 0
Suspicious: 0
Total: 93

All 93 engine results

0xSI_f33d - Unrated
Abusix - Clean
Acronis - Clean
ADMINUSLabs - Clean
AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
AlienVault - Clean
alphaMountain.ai - Clean
AlphaSOC - Unrated
Antiy-AVL - Clean
ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
AutoShun - Unrated
Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
BitDefender - Clean
Bkav - Unrated
BlockList - Clean
Blueliv - Clean
Certego - Clean
ChainPatrol - Clean
Chong Lua Dao - Unrated
CINS Army - Clean
CRDF - Clean
Criminal IP - Unrated
CSIS Security Group - Unrated
CTX AI - Clean
Cyan - Unrated
Cyble - Clean
CyRadar - Clean
desenmascara.me - Clean
DNS8 - Unrated
Dr.Web - Clean
EmergingThreats - Clean
Emsisoft - Clean
Ermes - Unrated
ESET - Clean
ESTsecurity - Clean
Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
Fortinet - Clean
Fortra - Unrated
G-Data - Clean
GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
Google Safe Browsing - Clean
GreenSnow - Clean
GreyNoise - Unrated
Gridinsoft - Clean
Guardpot - Unrated
Heimdal Security - Clean
Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
IPsum - Clean
Juniper Networks - Clean
K7AntiVirus - Unrated
Kaspersky - Clean
LevelBlue - Clean
Lionic - Clean
Lumu - Unrated
Malwared - Clean
MalwarePatrol - Clean
MalwareURL - Unrated
Mimecast - Unrated
Netcraft - Unrated
OpenPhish - Clean
Orcapot - Unrated
PhishFort - Unrated
Phishing Database - Clean
Phishtank - Clean
PREBYTES - Clean
PrecisionSec - Unrated
Quick Heal - Clean
Quttera - Clean
Rising - Clean
SafeToOpen - Unrated
Sangfor - Clean
Sansec eComscan - Unrated
Scantitan - Clean
SCUMWARE.org - Clean
Seclookup - Clean
Snort IP sample list - Unrated
SOCRadar - Unrated
Sophos - Clean
StopForumSpam - Clean
Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
Synthient - Unrated
ThreatHive - Clean
URLhaus - Clean
URLQuery - Unrated
Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
VIPRE - Clean
ViriBack - Clean
VX Vault - Clean
Webroot - Clean
Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
ZeroCERT - Clean
ZeroFox - Unrated

Security Scans

Browser Threat Feed

Not flagged on major threat lists

Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.

What we observed

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CAPTURED PAGE

coins.ph

Visual analysis

Visual context from the captured page

Your IP address indicates that you might be in a region where our services are currently unavailable.

Context only

What the captured page showed

1 observation

01
Your IP address indicates that you might be in a region where our services are currently unavailable.

03 · Investigation Story

Investigation story

The behavior, reputation, and operator evidence that explains how this site may affect a visitor.

What the site claims
Coins.ph | The All-in-One E-Wallet & Crypto Super App for Filipinos
What we observed
The page content was captured and checked alongside 61 antivirus results.
What independent research found
1 external finding was saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
The checks completed, but ownership, business claims, and future site behavior can still change after this snapshot.

What kind of site and risk is this?

Threat category

No threat category confirmed

Service and business model

Financial Service

Transaction

Observed behavior

No disruptive browser behavior saved

Evidence behind this classification

01The operator is listed by the Philippine central bank as a licensed virtual asset service provider.
02The site has been archived every year since 2013.
03No antivirus detections, no Safe Browsing warning and a valid TLS connection.

Web research findings

Independent findings for coins.ph, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.

Business registration

Not checked

This report did not include a company-registry lookup, so no registration result is claimed.

Clone check

Not checked

No site-clone comparison was run for this report, so no clean result is claimed.

Typosquat check

Not checked

No look-alike domain comparison was run for this report, so no clean result is claimed.

Web mentions

1 positive

Positive reviews (1)

Public quotes that support the operator's credibility.

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) VASP Listopen
"Betur Inc. (doing business under the name and style of COINS.PH"

Reputation Sources

How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.

Google Safe Browsing

Not listedCheck ↗

VirusTotal

Not listedCheck ↗

AbuseIPDB

Not listedCheck ↗

Also verify:Spamhaus ↗DNSBL / SURBL ↗PhishTank ↗

04 · Domain & Infrastructure

Domain & infrastructure

Timeline · identity · encryption · redirects · hosting

The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.

Infrastructure map

How the saved page connected to the wider web.

Domaincoins.ph
Redirects towww.coins.ph
Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
Referencesstatic.pro.coins.xyz · googletagmanager.com

Contact Verification

Saved contact details can help identify the operator. Their presence supports traceability; it does not prove the business is trustworthy.

What We Found

No clear contact details on the page

Emails on site's domainNone

Phone numbersNone

Postal addressNot listed

Linked social profiles8

Signal Summary

One contact red flag

No direct contact email found on the captured page.

Links to 19 social profiles.

Domain & Encryption

Domain History

AgeUnknown

RegistrarUnknown

RegisteredNot checked (no public registry lookup)

First archivedDec 19, 2013 (Internet Archive)

ExpiresUnknown

Owner privacyUnknown

Encryption Certificate

StatusValid

ProtocolTLSv1.3

IssuerGoogle Trust Services · WE1

ExpiresDec 1, 2026 (36d)

Self-signedNo

Hosting & Technology

HostingCloudflare, Inc.

Server locationUS

Web servercloudflare

PopularityTop 100k worldwide

Redirect Chain

Hops

Cross-domain

Lookalike

Punycode

1301http://coins.ph/
2301https://www.coins.ph/
3200https://www.coins.ph/en-ph

Server Reputation

Abuse Intelligence

Confidence score0%

Reports on file0

ISPCloudflare, Inc.

Usage typeContent Delivery Network

Referenced Domains

Outbound domains this page links to or loads resources from. Each links to its own security scan.

05 · Evidence Ledger

Evidence ledger

Coverage, provenance, and source freshness remain separate so a missing check is never mistaken for a clean result.

Antiviruscomplete
Browser threat feedcomplete
Page contentcomplete
Analysiscomplete
Visual evidencecomplete

Completed analysis

The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.

Saved checks from Oct 25, 2026

Technical threat

unknown

Malware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Operator / customer risk

unknown

Complaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.

No confirmed evidence in this dimension.

Source coverage and freshness

Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.

Source coverage
Source	Result	Completion	Finding	Freshness
Antivirus	0 of 93 engines flagged	Completed	No adverse finding	fresh · analysed Oct 25, 2026
Browser protection	No browser threat-list match	Completed	No adverse finding	this scan · Oct 25, 2026
Page content	Page fetched · HTTP 200	Completed	No adverse finding	this scan · Oct 25, 2026
Visual evidence	1 visible observation saved with the page capture	Completed	No adverse finding	this scan · Oct 25, 2026
Independent research	1 independent finding was saved	Completed	No adverse finding	this scan · Oct 25, 2026

Antivirus: Result0 of 93 engines flagged; CompletionCompleted; FindingNo adverse finding; Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 25, 2026
Browser protection: ResultNo browser threat-list match; CompletionCompleted; FindingNo adverse finding; Freshnessthis scan · Oct 25, 2026
Page content: ResultPage fetched · HTTP 200; CompletionCompleted; FindingNo adverse finding; Freshnessthis scan · Oct 25, 2026
Visual evidence: Result1 visible observation saved with the page capture; CompletionCompleted; FindingNo adverse finding; Freshnessthis scan · Oct 25, 2026
Independent research: Result1 independent finding was saved; CompletionCompleted; FindingNo adverse finding; Freshnessthis scan · Oct 25, 2026

06 · Your Next Move

Your next move

Still, stay alert

No major threat indicators — but a clean scan does not guarantee every page is safe, and phishing emails routinely spoof real domains.

Double-check the exact URL in your address bar
Confirm you are actually on coins.ph and not a lookalike like c-oins.ph or an IDN homoglyph.
Use a password manager
Password managers only auto-fill on the exact domain they were saved for — they refuse to fill lookalike domains, which is the single best phishing defence.
Discuss this site on the forum
If you have first-hand experience with this site — good or bad — share it with the MalwareTips community.
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07 · Safety FAQ

Safety FAQ

Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.

Is coins.ph legit and safe?

Our automated security review found no threat indicators on coins.ph, so it appears legitimate. All 61 antivirus engines that rated it report it clean, it ranks among the world's most-visited sites, Even so, always double-check the exact address in your browser, because phishing emails routinely spoof real, trusted domains like this one.

Is coins.ph safe to use?

coins.ph has a Safety Score of 88/100 (Safe). The saved checks and analysis found no material threat at scan time. Treat unexpected login or payment requests with normal caution.

Could a legitimate site like coins.ph still be used in a scam?

Yes — and this is worth understanding. Even trustworthy domains get spoofed in phishing emails (a fake message that only looks like it's from coins.ph), and legitimate sites are occasionally compromised on specific pages. A clean verdict means the site itself checks out today; it does not mean every email or link claiming to be from coins.ph is genuine. Always reach the site by typing the address yourself rather than clicking links in unexpected messages.

Has coins.ph been flagged by antivirus engines?

No — all 61 antivirus and blocklist engines in our malware network that rated it report coins.ph as clean. 32 other engines had no rating for it. That's a good sign, though antivirus coverage is only one of the many signals we weigh, and brand-new scam sites can appear clean before vendors catch up.

Is coins.ph on any phishing or malware blacklists?

No — coins.ph is not currently on the major browser blocklist feeds that Chrome, Safari, Firefox, and Edge rely on. Note that blocklists can lag behind brand-new scam domains, so "not listed" is reassuring but not a guarantee on its own.

How old is the coins.ph domain?

The .ph registry offers no public lookup this scanner can query, so the registration date was not checked. The Internet Archive has captures of the site's home page from every year between 2013 and 2025 (first on December 19, 2013). That dates when the site was archived, not when the domain was registered.

Does coins.ph have a valid SSL certificate?

Yes — coins.ph presents a valid TLSv1.3 certificate issued by Google Trust Services · WE1, valid for another 36 days. Important caveat: SSL only encrypts the connection between you and the site — it does not verify who runs it. Almost all scam sites now have valid SSL too, so a padlock alone never means "safe".

Where is coins.ph hosted?

coins.ph resolves to an IP operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in US (Content Delivery Network). Hosting location alone doesn't make a site good or bad — but hosting that doesn't match a brand's claimed country, or that sits on networks known for abuse, is one of the many signals we weigh alongside the verdict above.

Is coins.ph a well-known website?

Yes — coins.ph ranks in the global top 100,000 most-visited sites, which means it has substantial real-world traffic. Genuine popularity doesn't automatically make a site safe, but throwaway scam domains almost never reach this level of traffic, so it's a meaningful point in the site's favour.

How often is the coins.ph report updated?

This report is a record of the scan run on October 25, 2026, and the verdict reflects that point in time. Scam sites change fast — they can go live, get flagged, or vanish within days — so if you believe something about coins.ph has changed, MalwareTips staff can run a fresh scan that re-checks every signal from scratch and republishes an updated verdict.

08 · Final Verdict

Final verdict

The saved conclusion, decisive evidence, and practical action in one final view.

Verdict score

88/100

Safe

Coins.ph is a regulated Philippine crypto and e-money service with clean security checks

Captured during this scan. Opening this report does not revisit the site.

Conclusion

Recommended actionCoins.ph appears to be a legitimate regulated service. Use it if it operates in your region, type the address yourself rather than following links in messages, and keep in mind that crypto prices can fall.

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09 · Community

Community

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Is coins.ph safe?

Coins.ph is a regulated Philippine crypto and e-money service with clean security checks

A licensed operator with a long history

Clean technical checks and on-site services

Why the score is 88

What the captured page showed

What the site claims

What we observed

What independent research found

What remains unverified

Technical threat

Operator / customer risk

Still, stay alert

Double-check the exact URL in your address bar

Use a password manager

Discuss this site on the forum

Coins.ph is a regulated Philippine crypto and e-money service with clean security checks

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