Which exchanges are genuinely best in terms of:-
1) Ease of use.
2) No issues in deposits and withdrawals for verified accounts. I have read horror stories when it comes to withdrawal with top exchanges for verified customers. Why?
3) Fast transactions.
4) Safety of crypto, funds and accounts. I have read horror stories about sudden closure of verified accounts.
5) Fees - It is least important among the above but does any exchange have all the above and reasonable fees as well.
Thanks
1- This is up to you. All of them have their differences and you will have to decide which one is fit for you.
2- If your account is verified with the right and authentic paperwork and your activity has "logic" or is not shady by any means, then you are good to go. But you need to know that is in exchange curtesy if want to ban you or not and if they do, they "can" find a reason/ excuse to do it.
3- Some delays can occur to any of them but all are fast enough. At least the top-5 and for major/ big coins and tokens.
4- There is no safety regarding your funds in any exchange. Why? Because you don't own the keys, it's not your wallet. Anything can happen, you can just navigate around here and you will read a lot.
5- Besides Coinbase Pro/Coinbase all the others (at least as far as I know) have the same fees, at least for BTC. For alts and tokens fees varies.