# El Capo

Category: exchanges · Instant Swaps
Grade: B
Highlights: INSTANT-SWAP, NO-KYC, NO-ACCOUNT, XMR-FIRST, TOR-NATIVE, PUBLISHED-ONION
Web: https://elcapo.io
Tor: http://elcapo4l4xad5iipvv6ewg46x6jgb26ed43e5jbrlajxatjoxybue4id.onion
Contact: Telegram: https://t.me/elcapo_support · SimpleX: simplex:
Last verified: 2026-07-03
Operating since: operator-claims c.2026
Also listed at: KYCnot.me, Monerica

> Monero-first instant swap — no ID, no name, no email, no records after 30 days. Tor-native with published onion mirror. kycnot 9/10. Self-branded around XMR as the operational default.

## Review

**What it is.** Monero-first instant swap service. Currently observed pair: BTC → XMR (fixed or float rate). The site is explicitly built around Monero (*"XMR — the cartel's coin of choice"*), with Tor-native styling and a published onion mirror at `elcapo4l4xad5iipvv6ewg46x6jgb26ed43e5jbrlajxatjoxybue4id.onion` (verify from Tor Browser before quoting).

**Data collection.** Advertised as *Ghost Mode*: no ID, no name, no email. Order records are advertised as deleted after 30 days, or *"sooner on request."* No account is required for a swap; deposit-to-receive is the entire flow.

**Peer position.** Two independent peer-directory anchors: kycnot.me at **9/10** (`/service/el-capo`) and monerica.com (`/site/el-capo`). Terms / FAQ / Support / Partner API pages are linked from the footer; substantive content on those pages has not yet been read end-to-end and is one of the conditions on the Path to A.

**Why Grade B (not C).** Three signals lift this off the default C for new exchange-class listings: (a) kycnot 9/10 — a peer-score at the top of what we accept for community-contributed listings, (b) published onion mirror advertised on the clearnet homepage — a working operator signal, (c) explicit no-data-collection framing that's structurally testable via an end-to-end swap. Grade A is withheld pending two conditions: an actual test-swap by the curator, and a walk-through of the Terms + FAQ pages to confirm they carry substantive content. (Monerica corroboration was one of the earlier conditions; that one cleared 2026-07-03 when monerica.com added `/site/el-capo`.)

**Caveats.** Branded copy leans on cartel imagery (*"cartel's coin of choice"*) — that's stylistic choice, not a functional concern, but readers who care about how a service positions itself in public should note it. Fee structure not surfaced on the initial swap widget observed — worth surfacing to the reader in the operational specs once we've done a test swap to confirm.

Source: https://xmr.club/exchanges/el-capo