MEXC or Gate?
MEXC and Gate are compared here on what matters when you choose where to trade: base trading fees, how many coins each lists, how quickly they add new ones, perpetual prices and funding on the coins both list, and safety signals such as proof of reserves and restricted regions. Live numbers update from the exchanges' public market data; fees and policies were checked against each exchange's own pages.
MEXC lists 2,016 coins and Gate 2,556. 1,022 coins trade on both, 994 only on MEXC and 1,534 only on Gate. In the last 30 days MEXC added 10 new coins and Gate 4.
On the 599 perpetual contracts listed on both exchanges, MEXC was cheaper on 299 and Gate on 273, with a typical gap of 0.065%. Gaps like these are what the arbitrage scanner tracks; average 24h funding on the shared coins was +0.016% on MEXC and +0.012% on Gate.
Fees above are base-tier rates before VIP levels and token discounts; MEXC offers 3 discount options and Gate offers 2 discount options. Availability depends on where you live, so check the restricted regions before signing up.