Binance
4.3/10 total
The largest exchange by volume with the lowest headline spot fees, offset by a long history of regulatory action including a $4.3B US settlement, and mandatory verification everywhere it operates.
Scores
Weights are published in the method and applied identically to every entry.
For
- Deepest liquidity and lowest spot fees of any major exchange
- Enormous asset and chain coverage
- Fast withdrawals on most networks
Against
- Mandatory KYC, tightened repeatedly since 2021
- Extensive regulatory history including a $4.3B US settlement
- Has frozen user funds at law enforcement request
- Jurisdictional structure makes recourse unclear
Agent access 4/10
Deep API coverage, entirely behind a verified account and issued keys.
Reported separately and not counted in the total. It measures what an autonomous agent can do unattended, not whether the service is safe to use.
Fees
0.10% maker/taker, 0.075% with BNB
Among the cheapest spot fees anywhere, and the BNB discount applies immediately without a volume requirement.
Specification
- Type
- Custodial exchange
- KYC policy
- KYC required
- Custody model
- custodial
- Account required
- yes
- Assets
- 350+
- Chains
- 60+
- Operating since
- 2017
- Jurisdiction
- multiple
- Onion service
- no
- Works without JS
- no
- Open source
- no
- Facts checked
- 2026-07-31
Links
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