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MEXC vs KCEX

MEXC wins on the breadth of the list, KCEX on the services around trading. People often keep both and switch by task.

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Compared by the numbers

All of it is pulled from the platforms as they publish it. Volume is the one figure we skip — the counting rules differ so widely that a side-by-side would mislead rather than inform.

MEXCMEXC KCEXKCEX
USDT pairs1,413785
Futures contracts1,112819
Networks for USDT8—
Cheapest USDT withdrawal0.0100 BSC—
P2P currencies in our scanner60 currencies—

In short: the difference

How MEXC differs from KCEX

MEXC is an exchange with thousands of pairs. On the market since 2018, jurisdiction: Seychelles, its own MX token.

KCEX is an exchange with services around the trading. On the market since 2021, jurisdiction: Seychelles.

What MEXC gives you

The rival’s service list is wide, yet MEXC wins on other things: Coins arrive here before they reach the majors: fifteen hundred spot pairs and over a thousand perpetuals, among the broadest selections we cover. P2P, savings and staking, Kickstarter and copy trading are all present. The spot maker fee is zero and USDT leaves free over Plasma.

Where MEXC is strong

a zero maker fee, free withdrawals on Plasma, early listings, 1500 spot pairs.

What KCEX gives you

Against an early-listing venue, KCEX plays a different game: A venue weighted towards derivatives: eight hundred and more perpetual contracts, each with an open funding rate and mark price, alongside spot on roughly eight hundred and fifty pairs. The offer it leads with is zero spot commission and low rates on futures. Copy trading and new-coin launches round it out, and the dense part of the book sits in the first hundred pairs.

Where KCEX is strong

800+ contracts with open rates and mark prices, zero spot fees per the venue’s own schedule, early listings.

What decides it

Fees, withdrawals and limits: where the gap shows

  • Age. MEXC has run since 2018, KCEX since 2021 — a gap of 3 years. It guarantees nothing on its own, but the older venue has been through more market cycles.
  • Native token. MX on MEXC cuts fees and opens launches; KCEX has no such lever.
  • Strengths side by side. MEXC: a zero maker fee, free withdrawals on Plasma, early listings, 1500 spot pairs; KCEX: 800+ contracts with open rates and mark prices, zero spot fees per the venue’s own schedule, early listings.
  • Which job. MEXC is for anyone chasing new coins and working from a wide list, while KCEX is primarily as a futures venue in funding.
  • Worth remembering. MEXC: among thousands of pairs many are very thin: check the book before size. KCEX: spot books are served one pair per request, so we keep the top hundred by turnover under watch.

Which one fits you

Who MEXC suits

MEXC — for anyone chasing new coins and working from a wide list.

Who KCEX suits

KCEX — primarily as a futures venue in funding.

What people ask most

Questions about MEXC

MEXC: Does MX give a discount? Yes: the spot taker falls from 0.05% to 0.04%, and on contracts the maker from 0.01% to 0.008% and the taker from 0.04% to 0.032%. Where the fee is already zero it adds nothing. The "50% for 500 MX" promotion has been suspended since 9 February 2026.

MEXC: Is the spot fee really zero? Zero for the maker — an order that rests in the book and fills. Buying at market makes you a taker, paying the normal rate, though one of the lowest around.

MEXC: Is MEXC good for arbitrage? For same-venue arbitrage, yes, thanks to the zero maker fee. For cross-venue you must watch volume: on thin pairs a visible price gap is often unfillable.

Questions about KCEX

KCEX: Does KCEX take part in funding? Yes, in full. Every contract arrives in one list with its rate, accrual interval and next payout time, so the annualised rate is computed from the real interval rather than an assumption.

KCEX: How many contracts and pairs does KCEX have? By our measurements over eight hundred perpetual contracts and around eight hundred and fifty spot pairs. The figures are live — they come from the exchange’s own directory on every refresh.

KCEX: Why does spot arbitrage show only some KCEX pairs? The exchange serves its book one pair per request and limits requests to roughly five a second. Walking eight hundred pairs within a single refresh is not possible, so we watch the top hundred by turnover, where nearly all the volume sits. Using the last trade price instead of a book was not an option: you cannot buy at it.

Both at once

When it makes sense to keep accounts on both MEXC and KCEX

Keeping both costs less than it seems: signing up is free, and a choice of two quotes usually beats one. A rare coin is bought where it exists and moved to the ecosystem — easier to hold, stake or sell into a deeper book there.

Live numbers

Live MEXC and KCEX prices side by side

The figures above do not come from marketing pages: we compute them from the same market snapshots as the rest of the site. MEXC and KCEX 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 MEXC and KCEX is widest

A price for moving USDT exists only for MEXC: 0.0100 over BSC. MEXC gives 1.8× the choice on spot: 1,413 USDT pairs against 785. The longer contract list belongs to MEXC — 1,112 perpetuals, against 819. P2P advertisements reach us from MEXC alone: 60 currencies.

What this comparison is built on

Every value in the table is read from the venues themselves: pairs, networks, fee tiers, P2P currencies. We add no estimates of our own and spell out the fields that are missing.

How fresh this snapshot is

Snapshot from 12 November 2026; on the page the figures refresh on every visit.

MEXC ↗KCEX ↗

Frequently asked

KCEX or MEXC — which should you pick?
It is the same choice whichever way round you write it. The comparison above is built on what can be measured: fees, pair counts, withdrawal chains and funding routes. Look less at which venue is "better" in general and more at which of those matters to you.

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