7 reviews
Global Exchanges
Large offshore centralized exchanges with deep spot and derivatives markets, wide coin lists and varying regulatory oversight.
Binance Review: Deep Liquidity and Low Fees, With a Compliance Record You Should Weigh
Binance still has the deepest order books and one of the cheapest fee schedules in crypto. We tested what that is worth to a retail trader, and what the 2023 U.S. guilty plea means for you.
OKX Review: A Deep Exchange With a Wallet Built In, and a Compliance Past
OKX pairs a high-liquidity exchange with a non-custodial Web3 wallet covering 130+ chains. We weigh the fee schedule, the wallet, the licences and the $505 million US settlement.
Bybit Review: Strong Derivatives, a $1.46 Billion Hack and a Patchwork of Licences
Bybit prices spot at 0.10% and perps at 0.02% maker and 0.055% taker, close to Binance and OKX. We weighed that against the February 2025 hack and its regulatory record by country.
Bitget Review: Copy Trading Is the Draw, and the Fee Stack Is the Catch for Beginners
Bitget lets you copy other traders for a share of profit on top of normal fees. We looked at what that costs, what the regulatory gaps mean and why beginners should be careful with it.
KuCoin Review: Big Altcoin Menu, Cheap Spot Fees and an Enforcement Record You Must Weigh
KuCoin lists far more small-cap coins than most rivals and charges 0.1% spot fees. We set that against a $297 million US guilty plea, a permanent US bar, a Canadian penalty and an Austrian onboarding freeze.
MEXC Review: 0% Maker Fees and 3,000 Coins, Against a Record of Frozen Accounts and No Licence
MEXC charges 0% maker and 0.05% spot taker and lists more than 3,000 coins. We weighed that against its lack of a tier-one licence, risk-control freezes reported up to 12 months and the KYC rules that apply.
Gate Review: A Huge Altcoin Menu and Published Reserves, Set Against a Chilean Court Dispute
Gate lists thousands of tokens early and publishes a zk-SNARK proof of reserves. We tested the fee tiers, read the reserve claims closely and weighed a 2026 regulatory alert in Chile.
