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BR Bitrue VS PL Poloniex
Both exchanges offer Spot. The differences below come from our individual reviews of Bitrue and Poloniex.
| Bitrue | Poloniex | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | 2014 |
| Regions | Not available to US customers; also restricted in Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and OFAC-sanctioned jurisdictions including Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Cuba. Available across most of Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America. | Blocked entirely for US customers since December 2019, along with Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria; primarily serves retail, margin, and futures traders outside those jurisdictions. |
| Products | Spot, USDT-margined futures, Coin-margined futures, Margin trading, Staking and lending | Spot, Margin, Perpetual futures |
| Maker fee | 0.098% on standard BTC/ETH/USDT pairs, 0.038% on futures (flat rate, not a volume-tiered schedule) | Verify current tier: Poloniex's base spot tier runs 0.2% maker and 0.2% taker, stepping down through its Plus tiers toward 0% maker at the higher levels; futures run a separate flat schedule around 0.01% maker |
| Taker fee | 0.098% on standard BTC/ETH/USDT pairs, 0.07% on futures (flat rate, not a volume-tiered schedule) | Verify current tier: spot taker fees fall toward roughly 0.04% to 0.06% at the higher Plus tiers; futures taker fees run around 0.075% flat regardless of volume |
Bitrue pros
- Unusually wide altcoin selection, with 700-plus listed assets and staking/lending pools most larger exchanges don't bother offering
- Flat fee structure that's simple to understand and doesn't punish small accounts the way tiered schedules do
- A long-running XRP staking product that's more developed than what most competitors offer for that asset
- Both USDT-margined and coin-margined futures, giving traders a choice in how they post collateral
Poloniex pros
- One of the longest continuously operating exchanges in crypto, dating back to 2014 and predating most of its current competitors
- Recovered from its November 2023 hack with user funds restored within about a week, backed by Justin Sun's personal capital
- Full spot, margin, and futures product set under one account
- Low advertised futures fees relative to many offshore derivatives platforms
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.