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KU KuCoin VS MX MEXC
Both exchanges offer Spot, Margin, Perpetual futures. The differences below come from our individual reviews of KuCoin and MEXC.
| KuCoin | MEXC | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 | 2018 |
| Regions | 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. | Not available to US, Canadian, or Chinese mainland residents; also restricted in Singapore, Hong Kong, and several other jurisdictions. Widely available elsewhere with no strict KYC requirement for basic-tier access, though withdrawal limits are much lower without verification. |
| Products | Spot, Margin, Perpetual futures, Trading bots | Spot, Margin, Perpetual futures, Leveraged ETFs |
| Maker fee | Verify current tier: KuCoin uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule, with roughly a 20% discount for paying fees in its native KCS token | Verify current tier: MEXC runs frequent zero-fee and discounted-fee promotions on top of a volume-based schedule, so posted rates change often |
| Taker fee | Verify current tier: KuCoin uses a volume-based maker/taker schedule, with roughly a 20% discount for paying fees in its native KCS token | Verify current tier: MEXC runs frequent zero-fee and discounted-fee promotions on top of a volume-based schedule, so posted rates change often |
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
MEXC pros
- One of the widest new-token listing pipelines in the industry, frequently listing coins before Binance, Coinbase, or Kraken get to them
- Low headline trading costs, with spot maker fees at or near zero and periodic platform-wide fee promotions
- No mandatory KYC for basic-tier trading, which lowers the barrier to entry for users who don't want to submit ID up front
- Monthly Hacken-audited proof-of-reserves reports and a stated nine-figure insurance fund
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.