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BG Bitget VS UP Upbit
Both exchanges offer Spot. The differences below come from our individual reviews of Bitget and Upbit.
| Bitget | Upbit | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | 2017 |
| 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 primarily for South Korean residents: full KRW trading requires a real-name-verified account at K Bank, Upbit's sole partner bank, plus Korean identity verification. Separate Upbit Singapore, Upbit Indonesia, and Upbit Thailand entities serve those markets under local licenses. Not available to US persons or several sanctioned countries. |
| 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: Upbit's KRW pairs have run around 0.05%, and BTC/USDT crypto pairs were cut from a standard 0.25% to a promotional 0.05% in mid-2026 amid competitive pressure, so check the live rate and which promotion (if any) is active before trading |
| Taker fee | Verify current tier: Bitget uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule | Same volatility applies here: verify current tier and any active promotional rate before trading, since Upbit has changed crypto-market fees more than once in response to fee-free competitors |
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
Upbit pros
- By far the deepest KRW order-book liquidity of any Korean exchange, useful for anyone actually trading in won
- Real-name bank verification through K Bank adds a genuine anti-fraud layer most offshore exchanges don't have
- Wide listing of Korea-origin and Korea-popular tokens that are thinly traded or unlisted elsewhere
- Moved to holding over 99% of assets in cold storage following its 2025 breach, well above Korea's 80% legal minimum
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.