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BF Bitfinex VS CC Crypto.com
Both exchanges offer Spot, Margin. The differences below come from our individual reviews of Bitfinex and Crypto.com.
| Bitfinex | Crypto.com | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2012 | 2016 |
| 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. | The consumer app is available in most regions; the separate Crypto.com Exchange, margin, and derivatives products vary by jurisdiction and are more limited for US users specifically. Verify local availability before signing up. |
| Products | Spot, Margin, Peer-to-peer margin funding, Perpetual and dated futures, Securities and OTC block trades | Spot, Margin, Perpetual futures, Options |
| Maker fee | 0% as of a December 2025 platform-wide change; verify this remains current, since fee policy can shift again | Verify current tier: Crypto.com uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule that starts noticeably higher than several competitors at the base tier |
| Taker fee | 0% as of a December 2025 platform-wide change; verify this remains current, since fee policy can shift again | Verify current tier: Crypto.com uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule that starts noticeably higher than several competitors at the base tier |
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
Crypto.com pros
- Broad, genuinely useful product range beyond trading: a widely used crypto debit card, staking, and an in-house DeFi wallet
- Strong, growing regulatory footprint, including in-principle MiCA approval in the EU and a CFTC derivatives license in the US
- Large asset selection and a polished, beginner-friendly mobile app
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.