Bybit vs Kraken — fees & conditions

Bybit — Non-VIP tier. No MNT discount applied. Official fee pages /en/fee/spot and /en/fee/futures (the old announcement-info/fee-rate URL now redirects to /en/fee/futures). Re-verified 2026-10-12 by weekly review in-browser: Spot Crypto Pairs "Regular User" 0.1% maker / 0.1% taker (0.075% after MNT discount, not used); Futures Standard Crypto "Regular User" 0.02% maker / 0.055% taker (0.018%/0.0495% after MNT discount, not used). Founded March 2018; global HQ moved to Dubai (opened Apr 2023). listed_coins = 398 distinct spot base coins from the public v5 instruments-info endpoint (538 pairs, 2026-09-15). futures_max_leverage = 100x for BTCUSDT perpetual at the lowest risk-limit tier (USDC perpetuals go to 125x, excluded as the USDT-margined figure is the comparable one). Fiat: bank-card buy, fiat deposit to Funding Account (bank transfer), P2P, and third-party one-click buy partners. Bybit.com blocks automated fetches; values above were confirmed in-browser from the official fee rate page (2026-09-23). active_users_claimed = "80M users" per the official 80M-users celebration announcement (Jan 2026). [Withdrawal fees checked 2026-10-28 via the data feed behind the official Crypto Deposit/Withdrawal Status page (read in-browser; returns 403 to non-browser clients): BTC 0.000057 BTC on BTC; USDT 1.3 USDT on TRON (TRC20) (cheapest: BERA (USDT0) 0). The exchange adjusts them with network conditions.]

Kraken — Tier 1 (30-day volume $0+), Kraken Pro cross-platform fee tiers. Instant Buy pricing excluded. Kraken has no platform token. futures_max_leverage = 50x per the Kraken Perps support article (product page also states 'up to 50x'; region-dependent). insurance_fund=false: Kraken Futures uses a Position Assignment System with liquidity providers instead of a dedicated insurance fund. Crypto withdrawal fees (support article table, 2026-09-23): BTC 0.000015 BTC on the Bitcoin network (Lightning 0); USDT 1.00 USDT on Tron/TRC20 (cheapest: TON/Plasma/Tempo 0.10, Ink 0; Ethereum 0.7935). HQ left null: Kraken states it was founded in San Francisco but publishes no headquarters; listed_coins left null because no official total is published (Assets API returns 843 entries incl. staking variants and tokenized equities). listed_coins = 627 from kraken.com/buy ("buy over 627 cryptocurrencies"); the homepage advertises "600+ crypto pairs".