Venues / OKX

OKX alternatives: cheaper and similar options (Oct 2026)

Why look beyond OKX

• The global operator pleaded guilty in February 2025 to running an unlicensed money transmitting business and paid more than $504M.
• OKX US charges regular users 0.20% maker and 0.35% taker, its fee page lists spot pairs only, and it is not available in New York.
• Halted all crypto withdrawals for about five weeks in October-November 2020.
• Custodial exchange with mandatory identity verification; fees and products vary by region.

OKX alternatives for US traders →

Cheaper than OKX

Backpack 0% — against OKX at 0.2% per round trip. Platform fee only; spreads and network fees are extra.

The alternatives

1. Binance

   CEXPerps

   · 0.2% round trip · US: not available

   Traders outside the US, Canada, the Netherlands, the UK and the EU who want a large centralised exchange with low base spot and futures fees and a BNB fee discount.

   + Base spot fees are 0.10% maker and taker, cut to 0.075% when paying fees in BNB.

   Open Binance

2. Bybit

   CEXPerps

   · 0.2% round trip · US: not available

   Derivatives-focused traders outside the US, Canada and Singapore who want a large centralised exchange with perpetuals, options and copy trading.

   + Base perpetual fees are 0.020% maker and 0.055% taker, and spot is 0.10% on both sides.

   Open Bybit

3. Kraken

   CEXPerps

   · 1.6% round trip · US: partial

   Traders in the US (outside New York and Maine), UK or EEA who want a long-running regulated exchange and will use Kraken Pro limit orders rather than the 1% instant-buy flow.

   + Kraken Pro entry-tier fees (0.40% maker, 0.80% taker) are lower than its 1% instant-buy fee, and drop to 0.00%/0.05% at the top tier.

   Open Kraken

4. Coinbase Advanced

   CEX

   · 1.8% round trip · US: available

   Active traders in the US, UK or EU who want an order book with no spread and tiered fees, from the same account as regular Coinbase.

   + Charges maker and taker fees on an order book instead of a built-in spread.

   Open Coinbase Advanced

5. Robinhood

   CEX

   Ethereum · Bitcoin · Solana · Dogecoin · Arbitrum · Polygon · Optimism · BNB Chain · Base · Robinhood Chain · 1.9% round trip · US: available

   US users who already invest with Robinhood and want a simple way to buy major coins and listed memecoins (DOGE, SHIB, PEPE, BONK, WIF, TRUMP) without a separate exchange account.

   + Default trades have no explicit fee line, and the spread is disclosed on the order review screen.

   Open Robinhood

6. Gemini

   CEXPerps

   · 2.4% round trip · US: available

   US users who want a regulated, licence-focused exchange and can use limit orders on ActiveTrader to avoid the higher app fees.

   + New York limited-purpose trust charter since 2015.

   Open Gemini

7. Coinbase

   CEXPerps

   Base · Solana · US: available

   Beginners in the US, UK or EU who want a regulated, KYC'd on-ramp with bank funding, and who can trade onchain Base/Solana tokens in the same app.

   + Coinbase Advanced has no spread and charges maker/taker fees on a central limit order book.

   Open Coinbase

8. Backpack

   WalletSelf-custody

   Solana · Ethereum · Optimism · Arbitrum · Polygon · Base · Sonic · Monad · 0% round trip · US: available

   Solana and EVM users who want a self-custodial wallet tied to the Backpack/Mad Lads ecosystem and an optional regulated exchange.

   + Self-custodial wallet covering Solana, Ethereum, Arbitrum, Optimism, Polygon, Base and Sonic.

   Open Backpack

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