Crypto Currency Exchanges - page 1 of 2
This is a compilation of all the biggest bitcoin and crypto currency exchanges or trading platforms around.
Bitfinex, one of the best crypto currency exchanges available today. Bitfinex offers margin trading, lending and trading of various crypto currencies. ‘Finex is one of the highest volume exchanges. If you’re not trading any of your “blue chip” coins, make sure to use Bitfinex lending platform, one of the best of all exchanges available right... [Read the full review]
Gemini is a USA-based crypto exchange founded by the Winklevoss brothers. Gemini is most similar to Coinbase in that USA and Canada citizens can bring new money into crypto space via bank wires or ACH. Like Coinbase, Gemini fee’s are extremely high. Currencies currently trading on Gemini: USD, BTC, ETH, ZEC, LTC, BCH Join Gemini
Binance exchange is one of the biggest and best Bitcoin and crypto currencies exchanges in the world, by users and by trading volume. They add new coins often. Customer support is good, and they even have a referral system. CEO Changpeng Zhao (aka CZ Binance) is very active on Twitter so be sure to checkout... [Read the full review]
Kraken is currently my #1 favorite USA-based Bitcoin (and crypto) exchange. Join Kraken
Coinbase was one of the pioneers of Bitcoin exchanges. After the Mtgox bankruptcy in 2014 Coinbase became the #1 Bitcoin exchange in the world. Until today Coinbase and their trading platform GDAX (aka Coinbase Pro) are among the leaders in crypto currency exchanges. Coinbase has the probably the best cold storage that any exchange offers,... [Read the full review]
Changelly is a Bitcoin exchange where you can actually buy Bitcoin using your credit card. CEO Konstantin Gladych and adviser Charlie Shrem have built a nice system here. Can’t load widget Buy or Swap at Changelly
Update: Yobit.io is offline Yobit is a Russian-based crypto exchange with most volume coming from BTC, ETH, and a scammy coin called LIZA. The reason I call LIZA a scammy coin is the fact there are no official websites that can give any information as it is not open source. Yobit has an affiliate program,... [Read the full review]
UPDATE Jan 28, 2019: Recently, we were happy to announce the change in our policies. We gave you the right to decide whether you want to be with us in our Crypto Exchange journey by accepting the changes. Much to our regret, after this step Liqui is no longer able to provide liquidity for the... [Read the full review]
Bitstamp is an old bitcoin exchange based in Europe. The coins supported there are BTC, ETH, XRP, BCH and LTC. Bitstamp follows compliance laws very strictly, so their KYC is maximal. Join Bitstamp
Gate Io (Gatecoin) is a bitcoin exchange based in Hong Kong. I initially became a customer of Gate because they were deploying many bitcoin fork coins in a timely manor. Gate now requires KYC for withdrawals, their site says: “KYC(ID Verification) : Identity Verification is required. Please complete identity verification and enable 2FA. Otherwise you... [Read the full review]
Okx (formerly Okex) is listed as the #1 highest volume bitcoin exchange in the world right now according to Coinmarketcap. They are another Hong Kong based crypto exchange that was founded in 2014 by OkCoin CEO Star Xu. No USA citizens allowed. Join Okx
HitBTC is a Hong Kong-based crypto currency exchange. They are well known for their excessive withdraw fees, AND even excessive deposit fees. Their support is low-end. They announce support for many crypto forks but deliver rarely. Their affiliate system has vanished along with all affiliate earnings, they say it’ll be back and no data lost,... [Read the full review]
UPDATE: Mercatox is offline. You can trade a wide variety of crypto currencies at Mercatox. From Bitcoin to fresh forked coins to ICO’s they’re always adding new coins/tokens almost daily, you can see on their news page. Mercatox also has a loyalty program and affiliate program, so invite your friends for bonuses. It looks like... [Read the full review]
Bitmex is currently the largest Bitcoin exchange according to BTC volume. You can short bitcoin or go long with their top-of-the-line margin trading system. Coins available for trading on Bitmex are: Bitcoin, Cardano, Bitcoin Cash, EOS Token, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Ripple. Deposits are only available with BTC. Bitmex has a quality referral system and a... [Read the full review]
UPDATE: Bittrex is closed. Bittrex is was one of the largest US-based crypto exchanges around but in 2023 they were forced to leave US and to exclude American citizens. Bittrex has USD (TrueUSD), Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), & Tether (USDT) and tons of other markets. USA not allowed. Bittrex support – https://support.bittrex.com/hc/en-us Join Bittrex.com
Cryptopia (cryptopia.co.nz) lists about every coin & token on the planet. Their support is not good. The trading platform is decent at best. I personally use this exchange only when I’m interested in certain altcoin that is not listed anywhere else. See an interview with Alan Booth, the CEO of Cryptopia here. May 15, 2019... [Read the full review]
After BTC-e.com was seized by the US government for possible fraud, they relaunched as Wex.nz Wex and all it’s domains were later shut down in Nov 2018.
Update: FatBtc.com is closed FatBTC is a fairly new exchange that has a medium amount of alts that trade against BTC, ETH, FCNY, and their own token FAT. I have done a few trades on FatBTC and suspect some kind of trading manipulation algorithm possibly going on. If you watch live trading you can see... [Read the full review]
KuCoin is an active crypto exchange with trading pairs with BTC, ETH, NEO, USDT, and their own KCS (Kucoin Shares). Kucoin has a referral program. KuCoin Knowledge base – https://support.kucoin.com/hc/en-us Join KuCoin
Poloniex was once a super active crypto exchange that would have 40k users online at any given time, now only around 5-10k. The trading platform is quite nice imo. Poloniex has 4 trading pairs setup, BTC, ETH, XMR, USDT. Poloniex is a US-based exchange which was recently bought by Circle, a company backed by Goldman... [Read the full review]
HodlHodl is a peer to peer (P2P) cryptocurrency exchange that does not hold any funds, completely peer to peer.
Feb 10, 2023: LocalBitcoins service is discontinuedDear Valued Customer, Originally LocalBitcoins was established to Bring Bitcoin Everywhere and drive global financial inclusion. We have honored that mission for over 10 years and we are proud of what we have achieved together with all of you, our loyal community. We are therefore sad to share, that... [Read the full review]
Update: Exrates is offline. Exrates is a small crypto exchange with BTC & ETH trading pairs. They also list a lot of not popular crypto currencies that you wouldn’t be able to find on the bigger exchanges. Join Exrates
Cobinhood is the first bitcoin & crypto exchange with FREE trading fees. [Shutdown Notice] [2020/01/10] – COBINHOOD Exchange is shutting down and auditing all accounts’ balances from Jan 10 to Feb 9 in 2020. It will be re-opened on Feb 10, 2020. All COBINHOOD users can then retrieve their funds accordingly. Please DO NOT make... [Read the full review]
Coin Exchange (coinexchange.io) is a smaller bitcoin/crypto exchange with trading pairs with BTC, ETH, LTC, DOGE, & ETC. They consider themself: “CoinExchange.io is an online altcoin exchange focused on ease of use, security and customer support. Our mission is to become a pillar in the online crypto currency market place.” Oct 1, 2019 CoinExchange.io announced... [Read the full review]
Buy bitcoins with credit card at Cex.io Most exchanges don’t have the option to buy with CC, so for Cex being one, if on the only one that currently exists, the fees for buying Bitcion with credit card is very high, from what I’m seeing it’s around 7%. A quote from Cex website: “CEX.IO takes... [Read the full review]
Coin Egg (Coinegg.com) review coming soon Join CoinEgg
TopBTC, The most professional integrated digital asset trading platform. Join TopBTC
Trade Satoshi is a low volume crypto exchange with current trading pairs setup with BTC, USDT, DOGE, ETH, LTC and Bcash (BCH). BTC withdraw fee 0.002 (approx $13usd) is a bit expensive. TRADESATOSHI is now OFFLINE
Update: BleuTrade.com is offline. BleuTrade is a very low volume crypto exchage with trading pairs setup with BTC, DOGE, ETH, and USDT.
Simex Global is a digital assets exchange based out of Russia. Will add more specific information about Simex bitcoin exchange after my own account has been approved, but it appears that citizens of USA are not allowed to trade (yet).
CoinEX is a pretty large global digital coin exchange. Aside from normal trading there are things like perpetual contracts, CoinEx lending, options trading, futures trading, margin trading and more. Their KYC is minimal, approx $10k/day withdraw limit, with basic ID verification is $1million/day and with advanced ID verification is unlimited withdraws. (similar to Binance and... [Read the full review]
Buy bitcoin instantly p2p with Paxful, using credit or debit cards, gift cards, cash deposits or online transfers. Gladly Paxful is now a Bitcoin-only company. 🙂
Update: Crex24 is offline Crex24 is a low volume exchange, doing only about half a million $USD volume per day. Their trop volume cryptocurrencies are Augur, Ordocoin, TrueUSD, QYNO, Bitcoin. Their system has many resemblances to HitBTC imo. And similar to Yobit, Crex24 also has a dice betting (gambling) game. Crex24 profile Link: https://www.crex24.com Twitter:... [Read the full review]
Edit: Bitselly.com is now offline Bitselly is a “digital crypto exchange”, a smaller exchange with its highest volume of BTC, ETH, BCH, REP, LTC, VEN, TRX, with trading pairs of only BTC & ETH.
IDAX crypto exchange has become a top 10 volume crypto currencies exchange. This exchange has trading setup most similar to Binance-style. Most of IDAX volume comes from BTC, EOS, ETH, USDT pairs.
Update: HotBit.io was closed. HotBit is a crypto exchange considered “high confidence” by CoinMarketCap. According to their support center KYC is not required for deposits or withdrawals. Note: Bitcoin withdraw fee is 0.001, approx $20.
HBUS cryptocurrency exchange is the USA trading platform brought to you from the creators of Singapore-based exchange Huobi. Current trading pairs are with USDT, BTC, ETH & TUSD. Huobi US aka HBUS shut down. Important Notice: ​Asset Withdrawal​ Account login will not be available starting:​ January 31, 2020