Routing Number:
026013356
I logged into the app, and found where the wire option was listed, and had them email me the details. All the details that you posted matched what they sent me, so it should all be legit. Obviously legit may not mean safe, but as far as I can tell all the providers of financial services (not just crypto) have to use a 3rd party bank unless they are a bank.
Personally I wouldn't want to
keep money in Metropolitan, based solely on the things you mentioned (and I did not look into it any further). However, based on my experience with Crypto.com I would personally not hesitate to transfer money
thru Metropolitan to Crypto.com. However this is not advice; obviously everyone should make their own decisions based on their own risk tolerance.
If you are willing to say, is this your first venture into cryptocurrencies?
Then if its that easy, how do all these stories pop up about BitCoin losses/failures?
The same way the stories of losses/failures pop up with real estate loses or stock loses.
The rule that everyone quotes is "buy low, sell high".
However, what many people do is "buy high, sell low". Really. When something is going up, some people have a fear of missing out or believe that is something is going up it will continue to go up, so they buy. Then it starts crashing down, and the fear of loosing more kicks in and they sell.
Since about 2020 I've been watching a bunch of random stock shows on youtube and such (and most of them are idiots), but the same thing occurs in the comments over and over. Something is crashing and everyone yells that it is a scam or going out of business or something and calls anyone that is buying and idiot and fool. Then when something is going to new all time highs some people will be called idiots and fools for selling because it is going to keep going up and up. Then when it crashes, those that are taking the losses are calling those that sold at the top "lucky". Rinse, Repeat.
"Buy low, sell high" is easy to say but goes against most of human nature, at least it seems to from what I have seen.