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PL Poloniex VS WX WazirX
Both exchanges offer Spot, Margin. The differences below come from our individual reviews of Poloniex and WazirX.
| Poloniex | WazirX | |
|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2014 | 2018 |
| Regions | 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. | Built for Indian retail users with direct INR deposit and withdrawal rails; not available to US persons. Full operations, including INR trading, resumed in October 2025 after the hack-related restructuring, though a share of user claims remain settled only in non-tradable Recovery Tokens as of 2026. |
| Products | Spot, Margin, Perpetual futures | Spot, Margin, INR-settled perpetual futures, P2P |
| Maker fee | 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 | Verify current tier: WazirX's standard schedule runs 0.2% maker and 0.2% taker on spot, moving with WRX holdings and 30-day volume, or a flat monthly WazirX ZERO subscription for unlimited trades; its INR futures product runs a separate schedule around 0.02% maker |
| Taker fee | 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 | Verify current tier: same pattern as the maker fee; WazirX futures taker fees run around 0.04%, and both the spot schedule and subscription pricing have changed more than once recently |
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
WazirX pros
- India's largest exchange by registered users, with by far the deepest INR order-book liquidity and direct rupee on and off-ramps
- Resumed full service, including INR deposits and withdrawals, after a Singapore court approved its restructuring plan with over 95% creditor support
- Wide asset selection, close to 300 tokens, plus a zero-commission P2P market
- A flat-fee subscription option, WazirX ZERO, that removes per-trade costs entirely for active traders
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.