ChangeNOW is widening its speed lead in the non-custodial swap market, with new benchmark data showing median settlement times of under one minute—dramatically faster than the industry median of roughly 45 minutes.

Seven months ago, ChangeNOW was already pulling ahead of the pack. Swapzone’s mid-2025 speed benchmark clocked the exchange at a median of roughly 1.8 minutes per swap: fast enough to claim the top spot among eight platforms tested. Its nearest rival, Changelly, trailed at around two minutes. Everyone else wasn’t really in the conversation.

Now, the gap has widened to something closer to a chasm.

Swapzone’s 2026 follow-up report, Speed Benchmarks: Non-Custodial Swaps Comparison 2026, draws on…