OKX vs KuCoin

Fees, coins, new listings, perp prices and safety of OKX and KuCoin, side by side.

OKX

Centralized exchange · since 2017

Global centralized exchange and Web3 wallet provider, launched internationally in 2017 as OKEx and rebranded OKX in 2022.

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KuCoin

Centralized exchange · since 2017

Global centralized exchange launched in 2017, offering spot, margin, futures, trading bots and earn products.

New users: New-user welcome rewards (USDT and coupons) worth up to 3,200 USDT

Claim on KuCoin ↗

Lower futures taker fee: OKX (0.05% vs 0.06%)
More coins: KuCoin (1,065 vs 669)
More new listings in 30 days: KuCoin (5 vs 0)
Cheaper perps more often: OKX (209 of 403 shared coins)

OKXKuCoin

Trading fees (base tier)

Spot maker0.08%0.1%

Spot taker0.1%0.1%

Futures maker0.02%0.02%

Futures taker0.05%0.06%

Markets (live)

Coins listed6691,065

Coins with perpetuals485682

Coins with spot pairs404844

24h volume$23.48B$3.51B

Coins only here478 coins trade on both191587

New listings (detected live)

Last 30 days05

Last 90 days05

Perpetuals listed on both

Cheaper on more coinsof 403 shared perps, by mid price209 coins172 coins

Average funding (24h)positive = longs pay shorts+0.007%+0.006%

Typical price gapmedian between the two venues0.055%0.055%

Safety and access

Proof of reservesYes · monthlyYes · monthly · Hacken

Licenses3EU: MiCA CASP authorisation for OKX Europe Limited from Malta's MFSA (27 January 2025), US: OKX INC., NMLS #1767779, Dubai: provisional virtual asset licence (July 2022)3EU: MiCA authorisation via KuCoin EU (Austria), Australia: AUSTRAC digital currency exchange registration, Thailand: licensed exchange under the Thai SEC

Restricted regions15 regionsCanada, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Malaysia…11 regionsUnited States, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia…

HeadquartersGlobal platform operated by Aux Cayes FinTech Co. Ltd. (Seychelles); regional entities incl. Malta (EEA), UAE, Singapore and the US (San Jose, California)No single official HQ; global operator historically Seychelles-registered (Peken Global Limited); current global Terms of Use are governed by Turks and Caicos Islands law

Exchange tokenOKBKCS

Incidents on record34

Highlighted = better on that line. Fees are base-tier rates before VIP and token discounts. Markets and listings are counted live from exchange APIs.

Top coins only on OKX

LEO OKB RLUSD PI EURC USAT OMI PURR SECZ SNT NEIRO CNPY CORE AMC

Top coins only on KuCoin

XMR RAIN USDE BTW M MNT USDD U HTX JST KAS KCS CAKE VET

Biggest perp price gaps right now

Liquid perpetuals listed on both exchanges, by mid price. Open a coin to see every route after fees.

OPENAI-89.81%KuCoin higher ANTHROPIC-89.75%KuCoin higher QNT-82.31%KuCoin higher ONE-2.95%KuCoin higher NES-0.47%KuCoin higher BWET+0.40%OKX higher CVX-0.30%KuCoin higher ESP-0.29%KuCoin higher

OKX or KuCoin?

OKX and KuCoin 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.

OKX lists 669 coins and KuCoin 1,065. 478 coins trade on both, 191 only on OKX and 587 only on KuCoin. In the last 30 days OKX added 0 new coins and KuCoin 5.

On the 403 perpetual contracts listed on both exchanges, OKX was cheaper on 209 and KuCoin on 172, with a typical gap of 0.055%. Gaps like these are what the arbitrage scanner tracks; average 24h funding on the shared coins was +0.007% on OKX and +0.006% on KuCoin.

Fees above are base-tier rates before VIP levels and token discounts; OKX offers 1 discount option and KuCoin offers 3 discount options. Availability depends on where you live, so check the restricted regions before signing up.

Which has lower fees, OKX or KuCoin?

At the base tier, spot taker fees are 0.1% on OKX and 0.1% on KuCoin; futures taker fees are 0.05% and 0.06%. VIP tiers and token discounts lower both.

Which lists more coins, OKX or KuCoin?

OKX lists 669 coins and KuCoin 1,065. 478 coins trade on both exchanges.

Which adds new coins faster?

In the last 30 days ArbiLayer detected 0 new coins on OKX and 5 on KuCoin.

Do OKX and KuCoin publish proof of reserves?

OKX: yes. KuCoin: yes.