MEXC vs Gate.io — fees & conditions

MEXC — Base rates from the official MEXC fee guide (published 2026-07-27): spot 0%/0.05%, futures 0%/0.02% (maker/taker). MEXC explicitly states fees vary by country, region and trading pair, and runs frequent per-pair promotions — the live fee page renders different values per load. No MX-token discount applied. native_token_fee_discount_pct = 20% standard MX deduction (50% when holding >500 MX, not applied here). futures_max_leverage = 500x on BTCUSDT/ETHUSDT (announced 2025-04-23). listed_coins from official press boilerplate 'over 3,000 digital assets'. Withdrawal fees are dynamic (network-condition based); the value recorded is the figure shown on the official fee page at check time. Re-verified 2026-10-19 by weekly review in-browser: official fee guide (updated 2026-10-18) "Spot maker orders cost 0% on every MEXC pair, while the standard taker fee is 0.05%" and "BTCUSDT perpetual futures cost 0% maker and 0.02% taker". Unchanged. [Withdrawal fees checked 2026-10-28 via public API: BTC 0.00002 BTC on Bitcoin(BTC) (cheapest: BNB Smart Chain(BEP20) 2.5e-7); USDT 0.5 USDT on Tron(TRC20) (cheapest: PLASMA 0). The exchange adjusts them with network conditions.]

Gate.io — VIP0 tier. No GT discount applied. Official fee page. native_token_fee_discount_pct = 25% additional GT-payment discount for VIP0-VIP9 (45% for VIP10-14) per the GT fee-payment announcement. withdrawal_btc_fee = 0.00003 BTC per the Deposit & Withdrawal tab of the fee page on 2026-09-15 (Gate states BTC fees are dynamic). No official page names an HQ city. [Withdrawal fees checked 2026-10-28 via public API: BTC 0.00003 BTC on Bitcoin (cheapest: BNB Smart Chain(BEP20) 0.00000596); USDT 1.5 USDT on Tron(TRC20) (cheapest: Aptos 0.04). The exchange adjusts them with network conditions.]