LBank
WhiteBITIn short: the difference
How LBank differs from WhiteBIT
First in the pair, LBank, is the place where new coins show up first. On the market since 2015, jurisdiction: British Virgin Islands, its own LBK token.
Second in the pair, WhiteBIT, is an exchange for real-money settlement. On the market since 2018, jurisdiction: Lithuania, its own WBT token.
What LBank gives you
The regulated venue wins on money, LBank on everything else: One of the elder Asian venues, running since 2015. Eight hundred and thirty perpetuals and a broad P2P across dozens of currencies — stronger than many of its contemporaries on both counts. There is savings, staking and its own LBK token. The exchange is known for early listings: new coins land here before the majors.
Where LBank is strong
830 perpetuals, a broad P2P, early listings, running since 2015.
What WhiteBIT gives you
Against an early-listing venue, WhiteBIT plays a different game: A European venue with Ukrainian roots, registered in Lithuania. Its defining trait is money without USDT in the middle: ninety-two euro pairs and sixteen hryvnia ones, a combination nothing else here offers. There is spot, almost four hundred perpetuals, P2P, staking and savings, a launchpad and its own WBT token, which sits in the market top twenty by capitalisation.
Where WhiteBIT is strong
direct euro and hryvnia pairs, European registration, a 0.1% fee, WBT in the top 20.
What decides it
Fees, withdrawals and limits: where the gap shows
- Age. LBank has run since 2015, WhiteBIT since 2018 — a gap of 3 years. It guarantees nothing on its own, but the older venue has been through more market cycles.
- Jurisdiction. LBank sits in British Virgin Islands, WhiteBIT in Lithuania. It shapes both the checks you pass and what the venue has to disclose.
- Native tokens. LBank has LBK, WhiteBIT has WBT: holders usually get fee discounts and access to launches.
- Strengths side by side. LBank: 830 perpetuals, a broad P2P, early listings, running since 2015; WhiteBIT: direct euro and hryvnia pairs, European registration, a 0.1% fee, WBT in the top 20.
- Which job. LBank is for funding, P2P and finding fresh coins, while WhiteBIT is for settling directly in euro and hryvnia without USDT in between.
- Worth remembering. LBank: we do not show it in cross-exchange spot arbitrage: it serves its book one pair per request. WhiteBIT: USDT withdrawals cost more than on the largest venues — compare networks if you move often.
Which one fits you
Who LBank suits
LBank — for funding, P2P and finding fresh coins.
Who WhiteBIT suits
WhiteBIT — for settling directly in euro and hryvnia without USDT in between.
What people ask most
Questions about LBank
LBank: How old is LBank? It has run since 2015 — one of the older venues we cover. Registered in the British Virgin Islands, its token is LBK.
LBank: Why is LBank missing from your cross-exchange spot arbitrage? The venue serves its order book one symbol per request — covering every pair would take over a thousand calls per cycle. And the last trade price is not the price you can buy at, so spreads based on it would be invented.
LBank: What is the maximum leverage on LBank? Per the 2026 guide, 1x to 125x depending on the contract. The 200x figure appears in older material and is better not treated as current.
Questions about WhiteBIT
WhiteBIT: What does a trade cost? A tenth of a percent for both maker and taker — the same on both sides, falling with volume and with WBT held. That is mid-table for this review.
WhiteBIT: How many euro and hryvnia pairs does WhiteBIT have? The exact counts are in the panel at the top of the page: they come from the exchange’s own market list and change with every listing. The hryvnia exists only here, and there are more euro pairs than on any venue we cover except Kraken.
WhiteBIT: What does the WBT token give you? A fee discount, higher deposit rates and access to the venue’s programmes. Its price depends on the exchange’s own fortunes — the usual exchange-token risk.
Both at once
When it makes sense to keep accounts on both LBank and WhiteBIT
You do not have to pick one. Two accounts give you a fallback when the coin or network you need exists only on the other venue. Fiat comes in through the regulated venue, while a small sum sits on the early-listing one for new coins: the money arrives clean and the tickers do not pass you by.
Live numbers
Live LBank and WhiteBIT prices side by side
Everything in the table above is recomputed together with the rest of the site — pairs, contracts, P2P, networks and the withdrawal fee. LBank and WhiteBIT can be compared on facts rather than promises.
Where these numbers come from
Prices are read straight from the venues and refresh automatically. There is no averaged rate here: each exchange has its own, which is why both are shown side by side.
How often they refresh
Spot and futures every few seconds; fee tiers and withdrawal networks once a day.
What the numbers say
Where the gap between LBank and WhiteBIT is widest
Derivatives go to LBank: 850 perpetuals against 395. Only WhiteBIT gives a measurable USDT withdrawal: 0.50 over SOL. Only LBank of the two reaches our P2P scanner, in 89 currencies.
The source of these values
Pair counts, withdrawal chains, fee tiers and P2P currencies are taken from the venues own public references, not from our judgement. Where a venue does not publish a field, we say so plainly instead of filling in a number.
How fresh this snapshot is
Snapshot from 13 November 2026; on the page the figures refresh on every visit.
