Where to Start
Evaluating Crossmint?
Read Architecture to understand the dual-layer model, then Custody Modalities for compliance implications.
Ready to build?
Jump to a Quickstart for your platform. You can create a wallet in under 5 minutes.
Choosing signers?
Use the Decision Tree to pick the right operational and recovery signer types for your use case.
Next-gen architecture
Most wallet providers couple the private key and the wallet together. Crossmint takes a different approach: wallets are smart contract wallets with a modular signer architecture. You choose the signing method, and you can change it anytime — without changing wallet addresses. This architecture makes operating wallets cheaper, provides maximum flexibility around custody and use case, and removes vendor lock-in. For a full technical explanation, see Architecture. Key features:- Seamless UX: no passphrases, gas fees, or other blockchain gimmicks.
- Flexible key management: Choose your preferred signing methods. Rotate or update anytime if your needs change.
- Operational signers: Add scoped signers with permissions and limits.
- Native gas sponsorship: Crossmint pays for gas fees and bills you in fiat.
- Built-in onramps: headless flows to allow users to fund their wallets.
- Multi-chain: 50+ supported chains via one unified API.
- Reliability engine: Crossmint operates a reliability layer for transaction submission with multi-RPC failover, queuing, batching, priority fee optimization, and more.
- Powerful extensions: Composable features like swaps, staking, cards, and more.
- Native programmability: enable functionality only possible with smart accounts, like subscriptions and advanced payment logic.
- Account recovery: allow users to retrieve their account, even if they lose access to their main signer.
- Webhooks: Real-time notifications for wallet events.
- No vendor lock-in: change vendors anytime by taking ownership of the contracts and migrating signers, without having to change wallet addresses or migrate vendors.
Common use cases
Embedded wallets
Insert white-label wallets into your app.
Treasury wallets
Manage your company’s digital assets.
Agent wallets
Give wallets to your AI agents.

