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CK Coincheck VS KU KuCoin
Both exchanges offer Spot. The differences below come from our individual reviews of Coincheck and KuCoin.
| Coincheck | KuCoin | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 | 2017 |
| Regions | Built for Japan-resident users: full access requires a Japanese bank account and Japanese identity verification (including My Number). Limited practical use outside Japan; not available to US persons. | Available in most regions outside the United States. A 2025 guilty plea to unlicensed money transmission and a March 2026 CFTC consent order permanently bar KuCoin's operator from allowing US-based traders onto its platform. Also restricted in mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, and a handful of other jurisdictions: verify local availability before signing up. |
| Products | Spot, Staking, Lending, NFT marketplace | Spot, Margin, Perpetual futures, Trading bots |
| Maker fee | 0% on Coincheck Exchange order-book pairs for major coins, but most retail volume flows through the separate simple buy/sell service, which is priced into a spread rather than a visible fee: verify the current spread and order-book coverage before trading | Verify current tier: KuCoin uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule, with roughly a 20% discount for paying fees in its native KCS token |
| Taker fee | Same structure as maker: 0% on major order-book pairs, small fees (roughly 0.05% to 0.1%) on thinner order-book pairs; verify current rates, since the simple buy/sell spread is the real cost for most users | Verify current tier: KuCoin uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule, with roughly a 20% discount for paying fees in its native KCS token |
Coincheck pros
- FSA-licensed and rebuilt under real regulatory oversight since 2019, with no comparable security incident since the 2018 hack
- Backed by Monex Group, a listed Japanese financial services company, and now itself a Nasdaq-listed public company with SEC disclosure obligations
- One of the most accessible on-ramps for JPY, with an expanding retail footprint through its 2025 partnership with Mercari's Mercoin
- Straightforward spot, staking, and NFT product set without the complexity of margin or derivatives to navigate
KuCoin pros
- One of the widest altcoin listings among major exchanges, useful for traders looking for assets that haven't reached Binance or Coinbase yet
- A mature, free built-in trading-bot suite (grid and DCA bots) that many competitors charge for or don't offer at all
- Fully recovered from its 2020 hack, with no comparable incident since and a published monthly proof-of-reserves report
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.