What are the best exchanges that you are using for trading in 2026

[Oshosondy]

For easy swap, https://mobit.exchange/ can be used and it is highly recommended, I know that. But the exchanges that I am talking about are the ones for derivatives where you can trade in the perpetual, future and options market. I know we have discussed this before, but I think we can discuss about these exchanges again as they are competing with each other.

You can mention up to 5 exchanges.
You can also state the reason you choose the exchanges.

We assume the first ones you choose are better to you than the one that followed and so on.

[Wiwo]

I can't remember if it were you or other members or in this forum, but I am certain that we have discussed similar topics before that put us in the position to compare exchanges both dex or cex, so for that reason we shouldn't be overwhelmed with recent exchanges development,  at least there are inclining with recent market developments and demands.

That should be for their marketing purposes, a lot can still happen in 2026 that could change our perspectives about our current favourite exchanges for future trading.

[cryptoaddictchie]

For easy swap, https://mobit.exchange/ can be used and it is highly recommended, I know that. But the exchanges that I am talking about are the ones for derivatives where you can trade in the perpetual, future and options market. I know we have discussed this before, but I think we can discuss about these exchanges again as they are competing with each other.

You can mention up to 5 exchanges.
You can also state the reason you choose the exchanges.

We assume the first ones you choose are better to you than the one that followed and so on.

Binance for me still number 1. Not only for trading but can be used conveniently for p2p transactions on our fiat money.  Well the cons are it is indeed needed kyc but the process of those p2p is smooth. Also a good one for using in future trading as it I like the design and intuitive approach of it.

But for the more reason its very useful on p2p. I cant do that on our local ot even here doing transactions since trust is at length. Also if ever it could be another evidence for becoming an alt or multi users here (kek not a good one though) for linking btc transaction or even altcoins.

[Rruchi man]

You can mention up to 5 exchanges.

I am not sure I will have up to 5, but the exchange I have mostly been trading on has been MEXC. I'm a bit old-fashioned and sometimes may be very reluctant to explore new exchanges until the exchange I use starts disappointing or becoming unsatisfactory to me.

So far, MEXC has been my choice because of their wide variety of trading pairs; they have a lot of listings, even coins and tokens that you will not find on every exchange. They also have low fees for trading.

Binance for me still number 1. Not only for trading but can be used conveniently for p2p transactions on our fiat money.

Binance used to be my choice as well; I am sure it was also the choice of many from my region for P2P and also trading, but since our government went after their business and ensured P2P was suspended and the removal of Naira deposits and withdrawals from their platform, I moved on.

[cryptoaddictchie]

Binance used to be my choice as well; I am sure it was also the choice of many from my region for P2P and also trading, but since our government went after their business and ensured P2P was suspended and the removal of Naira deposits and withdrawals from their platform, I moved on.

Ow so Naira was removed from the binance p2p? I wonder how you guys able to do some p2p now? Like which other cex you used for doing some fiat conversion from assets to naira?

I didnt know that some countries has banned some p2p trading. Hope you can tell me, with the crackdown of crypto in our region we might face hardship too later on. Our countries forcing us to use our local cex which isnt good as the fees there are too thick when it come to spread values.

[Charles-Tim]

I am not sure I will have up to 5, but the exchange I have mostly been trading on has been MEXC. I'm a bit old-fashioned and sometimes may be very reluctant to explore new exchanges until the exchange I use starts disappointing or becoming unsatisfactory to me.

So far, MEXC has been my choice because of their wide variety of trading pairs; they have a lot of listings, even coins and tokens that you will not find on every exchange. They also have low fees for trading.

Mexc is a good exchange, but the exchange has now finally make KYC mandatory for people. But if it is about exchanges, the reason some people stick to that exchange is the low fee. USDC on the exchange is still of zero fee on the spot pairs. Also there are low fees on the future market part of the exchange for some coins with the USDT and USDC pairs. I noticed that the exchange listed USD1 pairs recently, all still with zero fee for both spot and future which I think Trump's family has given the exchange huge amount of money or something.

Ow so Naira was removed from the binance p2p? I wonder how you guys able to do some p2p now? Like which other cex you used for doing some fiat conversion from assets to naira?

Bybit, Gate, Bitget, MEXC, BitMart and some other exchanges.

[arwin100]

Binance used to be my choice as well; I am sure it was also the choice of many from my region for P2P and also trading, but since our government went after their business and ensured P2P was suspended and the removal of Naira deposits and withdrawals from their platform, I moved on.

Ow so Naira was removed from the binance p2p? I wonder how you guys able to do some p2p now? Like which other cex you used for doing some fiat conversion from assets to naira?

I didnt know that some countries has banned some p2p trading. Hope you can tell me, with the crackdown of crypto in our region we might face hardship too later on. Our countries forcing us to use our local cex which isnt good as the fees there are too thick when it come to spread values.

I think this is the reason why it happened https://cryptonews.com/news/binance-removes-nigerian-naira-from-p2p-service-amid-devaluation-concerns

That crackdown might really happen in our country, especially if the government goes crazy and try to replicate the actions done by SEC of Nigeria.

I think this site list those alternative exchange on where Nigerians can do p2p https://breet.io/blog/binance-p2p-nigeria

[Charles-Tim]

I think this site list those alternative exchange on where Nigerians can do p2p https://breet.io/blog/binance-p2p-nigeria

According to the site, these are the lists: Breet, Paxful, KuCoin P2P, Bitget P2P, Bybit P2P, Luno and MEXC P2P.

Paxful how close down operation again and the exchange is down. Kucoin stopped P2Pfor naira not so long when Binance stopped naira P2P. The last time I know about Lino is that it is not actually P2P but they make use of another means to convert crypto to naira, but I do not really know about it.

[tvplus006]

I used to trade on exchanges such as Binance, Bybit, KuCoin and many other exchanges, but about 2 years ago I changed my habits and now I trade on new exchanges that have not yet distributed airdrops to early participants. Now the list of such exchanges on which I trade looks like this: Ethereal, Variational, Hotstuff, Nado, Pacifica. I try to keep active on all these exchanges in order to get not only profit from trading, but also qualify for an airdrop.

[YOSHIE]

We assume the first ones you choose are better to you than the one that followed and so on.

If I can be honest, of course, when carrying out crypto trading activities I use the Binance exchange, I have used this exchange from the start and until now, personally there have been no problems or anything that has made me dizzy.

Why use too many exchanges up to five, it's not a good solution in my opinion, yes maybe each exchange has different features, but those are just features, the crypto trading process is the same.

However, if I use a local crypto exchange to make transactions, I trust the local exchange more.

[AakZaki]

Talking about the best exchanges, in my opinion the exchanges that have low fees have a maximum of no more than 0.5%. As an active trader, I always consider low fees to make buy and sell entry entries. Unless there is some kind of trading competition, I can still consider when there is a fee of up to 1%.

It's impossible to waste tens of USD fees in one continuous entry, even though I can reverse those fees in profits. It's really very unfortunate in my opinion if it is done continuously, because what I am looking for is as much profit as possible, on the other hand, I have to pay expensive fees, really I can't do that.

In my opinion, CEXs are still the best choice for day trading. While DEX is the second option if there is a good offer.

[shawonngp]

Although I am only using the Binance exchange at the moment, all transactions are P2P regular. Sometimes, I make spot trading; otherwise, I have not been trading on any other exchange for the past 3-4 months. I still have accounts on many CEXs and have traded on them, including Bybit, MEXC, Bitget, Gate.io, and BitMart, but this exchange is not on my favorite list because liquidity is very low; moreover, even if a new coin is listed, it gradually dies due to a lack of liquidity. I visited your recommended exchange mobit, but it only accepts 4 currencies: BTC, ETH, USDT, and Monero. It's pretty low; no low-fee coins are accepted here.

[EarnOnVictor]

You can mention up to 5 exchanges.
You can also state the reason you choose the exchanges.

I am a trader of the old era and I maintain it as such. So, a whole 5 crypto exchanges is too much for me. Well, I use Binance and Bybit for so long, but now that Bybit has renegade in their P2P service, I've moved to Gate.io, and the experience there has been cool. As I hinted earlier, I don't use exchanges as such for my crypto trading, I use the traditional brokers, that's why my experience in exploring them is so little, and I prefer to keep it that way.

[Faisal2202]

For easy swap, https://mobit.exchange/ can be used and it is highly recommended, I know that. But the exchanges that I am talking about are the ones for derivatives where you can trade in the perpetual, future and options market. I know we have discussed this before, but I think we can discuss about these exchanges again as they are competing with each other.

You can mention up to 5 exchanges.
You can also state the reason you choose the exchanges.

We assume the first ones you choose are better to you than the one that followed and so on.

Mobit seems like a good one, and I don't know if it is wise to compete with instant exchanges here, haha but you started it, so I have to mention CCECash as the first instant exchange because of its trust and lowest fee. Fee is the first thing that attracts customers and then the referral program, team and response etc., also play a vital role.

By the way, we are in the trading section, so I don't think anyone would be using instant exchanges for trading purposes, because I have not used them for trading but whenever I have to swap some amount into another token without moving them to cexs because of higher fee and time it could take so CCE is the first choice.

But if you are asking about the exchanges not instant exchanges then I would go for Binance, coinbase, and CCE haha.

[Oshosondy]

But if you are asking about the exchanges not instant exchanges then I would go for Binance, coinbase, and CCE haha.

I check CCE now but I did not see it to be a derivative exchange, it is a swap service just like mobit.exchange. I know Binance to be part of it and probably Coinbase. I like Binance when CZ was still their CEO , but I noticed that I do not use the exchange anymore after CZ left. Few exchanges are now better to me than Binance, but Binance still remain very good up to what I can call excellent.

[cryptoaddictchie]

I think this is the reason why it happened https://cryptonews.com/news/binance-removes-nigerian-naira-from-p2p-service-amid-devaluation-concerns

That crackdown might really happen in our country, especially if the government goes crazy and try to replicate the actions done by SEC of Nigeria.

I think this site list those alternative exchange on where Nigerians can do p2p https://breet.io/blog/binance-p2p-nigeria

Ow thats kinda nuts on the side of Nigeria. Plus I can only imagine Binance will likely do this due to what their employee suffered and thats unacceptable on the part of Nigeria.

As far as I can see Philippines wouldnt dare to do this kind of stuff on Binance people like Nigeria did but whats happening on our country still pulling away most of the services from Binance. Only wonder how they wanna remove it totally from the equation. In spite trading on Binance is the best thing happened on the filipinos.

[tygeade]

You can mention up to 5 exchanges.
You can also state the reason you choose the exchanges.

We assume the first ones you choose are better to you than the one that followed and so on.

I have personally used the following exchanges mostly:
1. Binance
2. OKX
3. Kucoin
4. Local exchange for P2P

Binance has been one of the major ones that I've been using since the time I joined this space or since when it started operating, other than that, I use OKX mostly because it has pretty low deposit and withdrawal fees and limits are also very good. The other three are used frequently, I don't use them on a daily basis, but I do make some trades on them as well sometimes, and never had any problems with any of them.

I try to keep active on all these exchanges in order to get not only profit from trading, but also qualify for an airdrop.

That's a news for me. How does it work, basically? Do you make trades, and qualify for airdrops? I think I should try some of these exchanges.

[Jatiluhung]

Personally, I just trade more often on Binance. I’d probably consider it my favorite centralized exchange after a few local exchanges in my country. Another option is OKX. Binance frequently offers promotions and bonuses that can even allow us to trade certain pairs without paying any trading fees at all. I sometimes take advantage of this when I have time to trade. Meanwhile, OKX also occasionally runs pretty good campaigns that I often participate in. As a result, I end up trading there quite often as well. However, when it comes to convenience, Binance remains the top choice if we’re talking about centralized exchanges.

[Strongkored]

I'm stick with one exchange, and there is local exchange, the reason simply the owner knows in the crypto community, also the exchange has lisence, and not least because I can trade with fiat pairs.

[Bd officer]

Not only for trading, I always have to use exchanges to buy/sell crypto, we know Binance is the most popular exchange so I chose it, although I used Kucoin before but I get more benefits on Binance exchange for P2P buy/sell, so I currently use it.

Anyway, although I don't trade much so I haven't gained experience using other exchanges, so this year I have only used Binance.