Centralized exchange · since 2018 Offshore exchange with a large altcoin catalogue, offering spot, margin, futures, copy trading and earn products.
New users: New-user futures rewards
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Peer-to-peer RFQ derivatives protocol on Arbitrum; its Omni app offers zero-fee perpetuals on 500+ crypto and traditional markets.
New users: Weekly points toward the VAR genesis airdrop, plus loss refunds
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XT.COMVariational
Trading fees (base tier)
Spot maker0.2%—
Spot taker0.2%—
Futures maker0.04%0%
Futures taker0.06%0%
Markets (live)
Coins listed1,398565
Coins with perpetuals755565
Coins with spot pairs1,0230
24h volume$5.67B—
Coins only here487 coins trade on both91178
New listings (detected live)
Last 30 days5—
Last 90 days5—
Safety and access
Proof of reservesYesYes · real-time
LicensesNone listedNone listed
Restricted regions11 regionsUnited States, Canada, China, Singapore, North Korea…10 regionsUnited States and US territories (incl. Puerto Rico, Guam, US Virgin Islands), Canada, Taiwan, Cuba, Iran…
HeadquartersRegistered in Seychelles; operational presence reported in Dubai, UAE—
Exchange tokenXTVAR
Incidents on record20
XT.COM or Variational?
XT.COM and Variational 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.
XT.COM lists 1,398 coins and Variational 565. 487 coins trade on both, 911 only on XT.COM and 78 only on Variational. In the last 30 days XT.COM added 5 new coins and Variational —.
Fees above are base-tier rates before VIP levels and token discounts; XT.COM offers 2 discount options and Variational offers 3 discount options. Availability depends on where you live, so check the restricted regions before signing up.