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Compare crypto exchanges: 8 pairs, side by side from their terms

No winner declaredLast reviewed 11 exchanges
In short, from the documents

Which crypto exchanges can be compared here?

8 comparisons cover 11 exchanges, each pair read from the two register records and nothing else. 9 of the 11 have a registration confirmed in an issuing register. Every pair page sets out the licences found, the freeze clause, the gambling clause, reserves and incidents side by side. No winner is declared on any of them.

Documents last checked Reviewed by CryptoGuardz Register Desk, editorial desk

These are the head-to-head questions people put to a search engine: Coinbase or Kraken, Binance or Coinbase, Cash App or Coinbase. Each comparison takes the two exchanges’ register records, built from the terms that bind a retail user and from the register of the authority each one claims, and lays them out field by field. Where the records differ, the pair page says who the difference matters to. Where they agree, it says so once.

What a comparison here cannot tell you is how the platforms perform. No account was funded and no withdrawal was run. A licence found in a register is a statement about one legal entity, often a European subsidiary, and not about the company most users contract with. The full entries carry the clauses behind every cell, quoted with the date they were read.

Every comparison

8 exchange comparisons, in the order the register lists them. Not ranked.
ComparisonLicences foundFreeze clauseGambling clauseIncidents
Coinbase vs KrakenCoinbase: 1 found in a register (CSSF)Kraken: 2 found in a register (CBI)Coinbase: Discretion and no noticeKraken: Discretion and no noticeCoinbase: Restricts some gamblingKraken: Restricts some gamblingCoinbase: 0Kraken: 0
Binance vs CoinbaseBinance: None found in a registerCoinbase: 1 found in a register (CSSF)Binance: Discretion and no noticeCoinbase: Discretion and no noticeBinance: Not disclosedCoinbase: Restricts some gamblingBinance: 1Coinbase: 0
Crypto.com vs CoinbaseCrypto.com: 1 found in a register (MFSA)Coinbase: 1 found in a register (CSSF)Crypto.com: Discretion and no noticeCoinbase: Discretion and no noticeCrypto.com: Not disclosedCoinbase: Restricts some gamblingCrypto.com: 0Coinbase: 0
Kraken vs GeminiKraken: 2 found in a register (CBI)Gemini: 1 found in a register (NYDFS)Kraken: Discretion and no noticeGemini: Discretion and no noticeKraken: Restricts some gamblingGemini: Not verifiedKraken: 0Gemini: 2
Coinbase vs Robinhood CryptoCoinbase: 1 found in a register (CSSF)Robinhood Crypto: 1 found in a register (NYDFS)Coinbase: Discretion and no noticeRobinhood Crypto: Discretion and no noticeCoinbase: Restricts some gamblingRobinhood Crypto: Not verifiedCoinbase: 0Robinhood Crypto: 2
Bybit vs OKXBybit: 1 found in a register (FMA)OKX: 1 found in a register (MFSA)Bybit: Not verifiedOKX: Discretion and no noticeBybit: Not verifiedOKX: Prohibits gamblingBybit: 1OKX: 1
KuCoin vs MEXCKuCoin: 1 found in a register (FMA)MEXC: None found in a register; on a regulator warning listKuCoin: Discretion and no noticeMEXC: Discretion and no noticeKuCoin: Restricts some gamblingMEXC: Prohibits gamblingKuCoin: 1MEXC: 1
Cash App vs CoinbaseCash App: 1 found in a register (NYDFS)Coinbase: 1 found in a register (CSSF)Cash App: Discretion and no noticeCoinbase: Discretion and no noticeCash App: Restricts some gamblingCoinbase: Restricts some gamblingCash App: 2Coinbase: 0

Comparisons by exchange

Pick the exchange you already use or are weighing up. Each is listed with every comparison it appears in and its own safety page.

11 exchanges appear in a comparison. A pair is built when people search for it; the other exchanges on the register are read on their own entries and in the sorted list.

Exchange comparisons in the analysis

Coinbase vs Coinbase Wallet: a custodial exchange account and a self-custody wallet, and the Base app renameCoinbase is a custodial exchange account where crypto is "stored on the platform"; Coinbase Wallet is a self-custody app where Coinbase "never has access to your recovery phrase". The wallet's App Store notes called it Base app for months, and since version 30.11 say "We're now Coinbase Wallet."Coinbase vs Gemini: licences, fees, custody and the Earn collapse, from the documentsBoth hold New York charters, but most US Gemini users now contract with Gemini Moonbase, LLC, which is not on the NYDFS list. Gemini's ActiveTrader fees start at 0.600% maker and 1.200% taker. Coinbase's record includes a $50 million NYDFS penalty and a 2025 insider data theft; Gemini's includes the Earn freeze of 340,000 investors.Kraken vs Binance: who can use each, what they charge and what regulators settledBinance.com must keep a "complete exit from the United States" under its 2023 Treasury settlement; Americans use the separate Binance.US, unavailable in 16 states and regions. Kraken serves US residents except in Maine and New York. Binance's entry spot fee is 0.100%; Kraken Pro's is 0.40% maker and 0.80% taker.Can you buy crypto with a credit card? What four exchanges and three card issuers sayIn the US, Coinbase, Kraken and Gemini accept debit cards, not credit cards, for crypto purchases. Crypto.com's Pay on-ramp lists credit cards at a 3.99% fee. Where a credit card purchase goes through, Chase, Capital One and American Express agreements class it as a cash advance with a 5% fee, minimum $5 or $10.Coinbase scams: how the impersonation calls work, and what Coinbase says it will never askMost Coinbase scams are impersonation: a caller or text posing as Coinbase support pushes the customer to move coins to a "safe" wallet. Coinbase's help centre lists what its staff never ask for. In May 2025 Coinbase disclosed that bribed support contractors had taken customer data, including government ID images, for under 1% of monthly transacting users, which gave scammers real details to quote.Coinbase withdrawal time, fees and how to cash out, from the Coinbase Help CenterSelling crypto to a Coinbase cash balance is instant. Moving that cash to a bank takes 1 to 5 business days by ACH, about 30 minutes by instant cashout, or a same-day wire for $25, per the Coinbase Help Center on 14 October 2026.

Compiled by the CryptoGuardz Register Desk from the exchange records. First published 2026-10-14, last reviewed 2026-10-08. Corrections: corrections.