Kraken vs Crypto.com — fees & 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".

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.]