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BV Bitvavo VS DY dYdX
These two exchanges don't share an obvious product overlap. Differences below come from our individual reviews of Bitvavo and dYdX.
| Bitvavo | dYdX | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 | 2017 (dYdX Chain v4 launched October 2023) |
| Regions | Available across the European Economic Area (all EU member states plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein) under its MiCA license; not available to residents of the US, Canada, and several other restricted jurisdictions. | Blocked for US, Canadian, UK, and sanctioned-territory persons at the protocol's terms-of-use level on the main front end; open-source front ends and direct chain access mean geographic enforcement is a terms-of-use matter rather than a technical one: read the restrictions before connecting a wallet. |
| Products | Spot, Staking | Perpetual futures (primary product), Spot (newer, limited rollout) |
| Maker fee | Verify current tier: Bitvavo's volume-based schedule starts around 0.1% maker at the base tier and steps down toward roughly 0.04% maker for accounts trading $5 million or more in a rolling 30-day period | Not yet verified |
| Taker fee | Verify current tier: base-tier taker fees run around 0.1%, stepping down toward roughly 0.06% at the highest volume tier | Not yet verified |
Bitvavo pros
- One of the first major exchanges to secure a full MiCA license from a national regulator, the Dutch AFM, in June 2025, giving it passported access across the whole EEA under one harmonized framework
- Wide EUR and SEPA banking support, a straightforward on-ramp for European retail users
- Large asset selection, over 400 trading pairs, with built-in staking on proof-of-stake assets
- Transparent, competitively low fees at the base tier relative to many EU-facing competitors
dYdX pros
- Fully non-custodial: funds sit in your own wallet and on-chain margin account, never in a company-controlled hot or cold wallet
- Fully open source, including the validator software, indexer, and web/iOS/Android front ends, so no single company operates the exchange once it's running
- Deep specialization in perpetual futures with an order book and matching engine built specifically for that product, rather than derivatives bolted onto a spot exchange
- Governance and fee schedule are transparent and on-chain, set by DYDX token-holder votes rather than a private company's internal decisions
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.