Bybit vs KuCoin

Bybit is built for contracts; KuCoin also covers earn, bots and launches. It comes down to what you need more often.

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Compared by the numbers

These figures come from the venues themselves. Volume is missing on purpose: every exchange counts it its own way, and on a few the top of the book is tokenised equities. The bottom row counts the P2P currencies our scanner reaches, not everything the venue lists.

Bybit KuCoin
USDT pairs392840
Futures contracts788679
Networks for USDT2019
Cheapest USDT withdrawal0.0700 POLYGON0.50 TON
P2P currencies in our scanner89 currencies89 currencies

In short: the difference

First in the pair, Bybit, is a venue built for leveraged trading. On the market since 2018, jurisdiction: Dubai, UAE, its own MNT token.

Second in the pair, KuCoin, is a venue with bots and a Web3 side. On the market since 2017, jurisdiction: Seychelles, its own KCS token.

What Bybit gives you

Compared with an ecosystem, Bybit leans on its own strengths: A venue with a strong derivatives pedigree and an unusually comfortable interface. Spot, perpetual futures and options, P2P, Earn savings, copy trading with open trader statistics, trading bots and a card. Twenty networks for USDT withdrawals — more than anyone we cover — and several of them free.

Strong sides: 20 withdrawal networks, several of them free, an even book on the main pairs, transparent copy trading.

What KuCoin gives you

The terminal is strong on contracts, but KuCoin has its own ground: The venue known for its trading bots: grid, DCA and arbitrage bots are configured right in the interface, with no third-party service. Alongside that, spot across eight hundred-plus pairs, perpetual futures, P2P, savings and staking under Earn, Spotlight launches and copy trading. Nineteen networks for USDT withdrawals.

Strong sides: built-in trading bots, 800+ spot pairs, 19 withdrawal networks, a broad P2P.

What decides it

  • Jurisdiction. Bybit sits in Dubai, UAE, KuCoin in Seychelles. It shapes both the checks you pass and what the venue has to disclose.
  • Native tokens. Bybit has MNT, KuCoin has KCS: holders usually get fee discounts and access to launches.
  • Strengths side by side. Bybit: 20 withdrawal networks, several of them free, an even book on the main pairs, transparent copy trading; KuCoin: built-in trading bots, 800+ spot pairs, 19 withdrawal networks, a broad P2P.
  • Which job. Bybit is a natural second venue in a route: cheap transfers and predictable execution, while KuCoin is for anyone who wants to automate trading without writing code.
  • Worth remembering. Bybit: the spot listing is slimmer than the Asian venues with thousands of pairs. KuCoin: USDT withdrawals cost more than on neighbouring venues — compare networks before moving.

Which one fits you

Bybit — a natural second venue in a route: cheap transfers and predictable execution.

KuCoin — for anyone who wants to automate trading without writing code.

What people ask most

Bybit: How many USDT withdrawal networks are there? Twenty, more than any other venue in our review, and several of them are free. Live per-network prices are in the table at the top of this page.

Bybit: Is Bybit good for spot? Fine for major pairs: nearly four hundred USDT pairs with no random coins on an empty book. For the long tail of new listings keep a wide-listing venue alongside.

Bybit: Are there options here? Yes, a proper section. Options are uncommon among exchanges, and Bybit is one of the few venues with the full derivatives set.

KuCoin: How many coins are here? More than eight hundred spot pairs — KuCoin sits comfortably in the top five by listing, and many coins got their first serious book here.

KuCoin: How many withdrawal networks? Nineteen for USDT, a wide choice. The price depends on the network, so compare before you send: the live table is at the top of this page.

KuCoin: How do the built-in bots work? The grid bot earns on swings inside a set range, DCA averages the entry, the arbitrage bot captures the gap between spot and futures. All configured with a mouse, no code and no third-party services.

Both at once

Most people end up keeping both: one for daily trades, the other for what the first one lacks. Spot and earn stay on the ecosystem, contracts on the terminal. Moving between them costs pennies on the right network.

Live numbers

The figures above do not come from marketing pages: we compute them from the same market snapshots as the rest of the site. Bybit and KuCoin can be compared on facts rather than promises.

What the numbers say

The spot lists differ by 2.1× — 840 USDT pairs on KuCoin, 392 on the other side. Derivatives go to Bybit: 788 perpetuals against 679. Bybit lists 20 networks for USDT, KuCoin lists 19 — that is freedom of route when you move funds. The cheapest chain for USDT sits on Bybit: POLYGON at 0.0700, where KuCoin charges 0.50 TON. P2P coverage is wider on Bybit: 89 currencies against 89 on KuCoin.

Snapshot from 30 September 2026; on the page the figures refresh on every visit.

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