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BG Bitget VS BH Bithumb
Both exchanges offer Spot. The differences below come from our individual reviews of Bitget and Bithumb.
| Bitget | Bithumb | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | 2014 |
| Regions | Widely available internationally; not available to US, Canadian, Singaporean, Hong Kong, South Korean, or Netherlands residents, among other restricted jurisdictions: verify local availability before signing up. | Built for South Korean residents: full access requires a Korean mobile phone number and a real-name-verified account at Bithumb's partner bank. Registration for new overseas users has been suspended since 2021, and Bithumb blocks access from roughly 21 jurisdictions under FATF-related restrictions, including North Korea and Iran. |
| Products | Spot, Margin, Perpetual futures, Copy trading, Launchpool / staking | Spot |
| Maker fee | Verify current tier: Bitget uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule | Verify current tier: Bithumb runs a tiered, promotion-heavy schedule (KRW-market rates have ranged from a standard 0.25% down to 0.04% for applicants to fee events) so check the live rate and any active promotion before trading |
| Taker fee | Verify current tier: Bitget uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule | Verify current tier: same volatility applies, Bithumb has run limited-time maker/taker promotions on top of its standard tiered schedule more than once |
Bitget pros
- Copy trading is a genuinely core, well-built product rather than a bolted-on feature, with both spot and futures copy modes
- Self-funded protection fund (reported at over $300 million) with public, trackable wallet addresses
- Monthly Merkle-tree proof-of-reserves reports with an independent, open-source verification tool
- Broad product suite (spot, margin, futures, copy trading, launchpad, a separate Web3 wallet) inside one ecosystem
Bithumb pros
- Long operating history since 2014 and consistently South Korea's second-deepest KRW order book after Upbit
- Wide listing of Korea-origin and Korea-popular tokens that see little volume on international exchanges
- Free KRW deposits and a flat, low KRW withdrawal fee through its real-name-verified bank partner
- Site and app support multiple languages including English, though functional support for non-Korean users is thinner than the language selector suggests
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.