Binance vs Crypto.com: fees, withdrawal costs, products, licenses, security record and support side by side — every value linked to its official source.
This is a mechanical count of per-row results with no weights and no composite score. Which exchange suits you depends on which rows matter to you.
Every sentence is generated from the values in the table below — nothing is added that the data does not show.
| Item | Binance | Crypto.com |
|---|---|---|
| Fees | ||
| Spot maker | 0.100%✓ ↗ | 0.250% ↗ |
| Spot taker | 0.100%✓ ↗ | 0.500% ↗ |
| Futures maker | 0.020% ↗ | 0.020% ↗ |
| Futures taker | 0.050% ↗ | 0.040%✓ ↗ |
| Cost of a $1,000 spot taker trade | $1.00✓ ↗ | $5.00 ↗ |
| Cost of a $1,000 futures taker trade | $0.50 ↗ | $0.40✓ ↗ |
| Fee discount with platform token | 25% ↗ BNB | Not disclosed |
| BTC withdrawal fee | 0.00002 BTC✓ ↗ | 0.0004 BTC ↗ |
| USDT withdrawal fee | 1.5 USDT ↗ | 0.011 USDT✓ ↗ |
| Products & features | ||
| Listed coins | 492✓ ↗ | 415 ↗ |
| Max futures leverage | 125× ↗ | 100× ↗ |
| Copy trading | Yes ↗ | Not confirmed |
| Earn / staking | Yes ↗ | Yes ↗ |
| Fiat deposit methods | Card · Bank transfer · P2P · Third-party✓ ↗ | Bank transfer ↗ |
| API trading | Yes ↗ | Yes ↗ |
| Mobile app | Yes ↗ | Yes ↗ |
| Trust & regulation | ||
| Licenses & registrations | 6✓ Abu Dhabi (ADGM), UAE, Dubai, UAE, France, Italy, Lithuania, Bahrain | 1 Malta / EEA |
| Recorded security incidents | 1 ↗ 2019 | 1 ↗ 2022 |
| Proof of reserves | Yes ↗ | Yes ↗ |
| User protection fund | Yes ↗ | Not confirmed |
| KYC required | Yes ↗ | Yes ↗ |
| Founded | 2017 ↗ | 2016 ↗ |
| Headquarters | Not disclosed | Not disclosed |
| Access & support | ||
| Interface languages | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Live chat support | Yes ↗ | Yes ↗ |
| Users (exchange’s own claim) | 320M ↗ | 150M ↗ |
Green marks the better value in each row: lower fee, more coins, feature present. Rows without a mark are informational only. Unconfirmed values are never compared.
Binance — Regular User tier (below VIP 1). No BNB discount applied. Spot: official trading fee page; futures: USDⓈ-M futures fee page. Withdrawal fees (2026-09-15, public capital config endpoint): BTC 0.00002 BTC on the Bitcoin network (Lightning 0.000001, BSC 0.00000029); USDT 1.5 USDT on TRC20 (cheapest: BSC 0.01). listed_coins = 492 distinct base assets with TRADING status on spot (api/v3/exchangeInfo, 2026-09-15); homepage markets "over 600 cryptocurrencies". Max leverage 125x on USDT-M perpetuals (BTCUSDT), tier-dependent; new accounts capped at 20x for 30 days. active_users_claimed updated to homepage "over 320 million registered users" (previous 250M was Jan 2025 figure). [Withdrawal fees checked 2026-10-28 via public API: BTC 0.00002 BTC on BTC (cheapest: BSC 2.8e-7); USDT 1.5 USDT on TRX (cheapest: BSC 0.01). The exchange adjusts them with network conditions.]
Crypto.com — Crypto.com Exchange (not the App, which prices via spread). Level 1 (30-day spot volume < $10,000; derivatives volume < $500,000), "Without CRO Balance" column. Holding CRO gives 0% maker and a lower taker rate (spot 0.44%, derivatives 0.0352%) — not applied here. Official Fees & Limits page, last updated 2026-09-08. Rechecked 2026-09-23 (page "Last updated: Sep 23, 2026"): Level 1 spot 0.25%/0.50%, derivatives 0.020%/0.040% and the BTC/USDT withdrawal fees unchanged. CRO benefit is 0% maker + 12% off taker, so a single native_token_fee_discount_pct cannot be stated (left null). listed_coins = 415 distinct spot base assets (570 CCY_PAIR instruments) and futures_max_leverage = highest max_leverage (100) among 380 PERPETUAL_SWAP instruments in the public get-instruments API. Founding year ("since 2016") from the official crypto.com/kr page; HQ not stated on official pages. [Withdrawal fees checked 2026-10-28 via the Deposit & Withdrawal Fees tab of the official Fees & Limits page, read in-browser (the public API has no fee field): BTC 0.0004 BTC on BTC (cheapest: Cronos (CDCBTC) 0); USDT 0.011 USDT on APT (no TRC20 route listed). The exchange adjusts them with network conditions.]
Binance has the lower spot taker fee (0.1% vs 0.5% on Crypto.com). Maker fees are 0.1% on Binance and 0.25% on Crypto.com.
Crypto.com has the lower futures taker fee (0.04% vs 0.05% on Binance). Maker fees are 0.02% on Crypto.com and 0.02% on Binance.
Both require identity verification (KYC) before trading.
Binance lists more: 492 coins vs 415 on Crypto.com (each exchange’s own count).
BTC withdrawal: 0.00002 BTC on Binance vs 0.0004 BTC on Crypto.com. USDT withdrawal: 1.5 USDT on Binance vs 0.011 USDT on Crypto.com.
Binance has 6 recorded license(s) or registration(s); Crypto.com has 1. A license count is not a safety score.
Every answer is generated from the values above and their official sources — nothing is added that the data does not show.