Gemini
3.4/10 total
US exchange positioned around regulatory compliance and insurance. Strong custody, but the Earn programme collapse froze customer funds for a long period, which is the relevant counterparty lesson.
Scores
No-KYC
0
Fees
5
Privacy
1
Custody
4
Record
6
Coverage
6
Weights are published in the method and applied identically to every entry.
For
- Strong regulated custody with insurance on hot wallets
- SOC audits and a clear US regulatory footing
- Reliable fiat rails
Against
- Gemini Earn froze customer funds after the Genesis collapse
- Mandatory KYC with full reporting
- Higher fees than Kraken at comparable volume
Agent access 3/10
API behind a verified US account.
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
0.20% maker / 0.40% taker
ActiveTrader rates. The basic interface is considerably more expensive.
Specification
- Type
- Custodial exchange
- KYC policy
- KYC required
- Custody model
- custodial
- Account required
- yes
- Assets
- 150+
- Chains
- 15+
- Operating since
- 2014
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Onion service
- no
- Works without JS
- no
- Open source
- no
- Facts checked
- 2026-07-31
Links
Plain links, no referral parameters. Verify the domain yourself; phishing clones of every service in this table exist.