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BF Bitfinex VS CK Coincheck
Both exchanges offer Spot. The differences below come from our individual reviews of Bitfinex and Coincheck.
| Bitfinex | Coincheck | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2014 |
| Regions | Blocked for US persons and entities since a 2021 New York Attorney General settlement. Available in most other regions, with licensed derivatives operations in El Salvador; verify local availability before signing up. | Built for Japan-resident users: full access requires a Japanese bank account and Japanese identity verification (including My Number). Limited practical use outside Japan; not available to US persons. |
| Products | Spot, Margin, Peer-to-peer margin funding, Perpetual and dated futures, Securities and OTC block trades | Spot, Staking, Lending, NFT marketplace |
| Maker fee | 0% as of a December 2025 platform-wide change; verify this remains current, since fee policy can shift again | 0% on Coincheck Exchange order-book pairs for major coins, but most retail volume flows through the separate simple buy/sell service, which is priced into a spread rather than a visible fee: verify the current spread and order-book coverage before trading |
| Taker fee | 0% as of a December 2025 platform-wide change; verify this remains current, since fee policy can shift again | Same structure as maker: 0% on major order-book pairs, small fees (roughly 0.05% to 0.1%) on thinner order-book pairs; verify current rates, since the simple buy/sell spread is the real cost for most users |
Bitfinex pros
- Eliminated maker and taker fees across spot, margin, derivatives, and OTC trading platform-wide in December 2025, with no volume tiers or token-holding requirements
- Deep order-book liquidity and a mature peer-to-peer margin funding market that lets users lend idle assets directly to traders for yield
- One of the longest continuous operating histories in the industry, dating to 2012, and still functioning after surviving its own major hack
- A meaningful share of the bitcoin stolen in 2016 is now being returned to the exchange following a landmark US Department of Justice forfeiture case
Coincheck pros
- FSA-licensed and rebuilt under real regulatory oversight since 2019, with no comparable security incident since the 2018 hack
- Backed by Monex Group, a listed Japanese financial services company, and now itself a Nasdaq-listed public company with SEC disclosure obligations
- One of the most accessible on-ramps for JPY, with an expanding retail footprint through its 2025 partnership with Mercari's Mercoin
- Straightforward spot, staking, and NFT product set without the complexity of margin or derivatives to navigate
This table is generated from the same data behind our individual exchange reviews. See methodology for how it's put together. Fee figures marked "not yet verified" need confirming against live terms before this page is treated as launch-ready.