Binance vs Bitfinex: fees, withdrawal costs, products, licenses, security record and support side by side — every value linked to its official source.
This is a mechanical count of per-row results with no weights and no composite score. Which exchange suits you depends on which rows matter to you.
| Item | Binance | Bitfinex |
|---|---|---|
| Fees | ||
| Spot maker | 0.100% ↗ | 0.000%✓ ↗ |
| Spot taker | 0.100% ↗ | 0.000%✓ ↗ |
| Futures maker | 0.020% ↗ | 0.000%✓ ↗ |
| Futures taker | 0.050% ↗ | 0.000%✓ ↗ |
| Cost of a $1,000 spot taker trade | $1.00 ↗ | $0.00✓ ↗ |
| Cost of a $1,000 futures taker trade | $0.50 ↗ | $0.00✓ ↗ |
| Fee discount with platform token | 25%✓ ↗ BNB | 0% ↗ LEO |
| BTC withdrawal fee | Not confirmed | 0.00006 BTC ↗ |
| USDT withdrawal fee | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Products & features | ||
| Listed coins | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Max futures leverage | Not confirmed | 100× ↗ |
| Copy trading | Yes ↗ | Not confirmed |
| Earn / staking | Yes ↗ | Yes ↗ |
| Fiat deposit methods | Card · Bank transfer · P2P · Third-party✓ ↗ | Bank transfer ↗ |
| API trading | Yes ↗ | Yes ↗ |
| Mobile app | Yes ↗ | Yes ↗ |
| Trust & regulation | ||
| Licenses & registrations | 6✓ Abu Dhabi (ADGM), UAE, Dubai, UAE, France, Italy, Lithuania, Bahrain | 2 El Salvador, El Salvador |
| Recorded security incidents | 1 2019 | Not confirmed |
| Proof of reserves | Yes ↗ | Not confirmed |
| User protection fund | Yes ↗ | Yes ↗ |
| KYC required | Yes ↗ | Yes ↗ |
| Founded | 2017 ↗ | 2012 ↗ |
| Headquarters | Not confirmed | Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands ↗ |
| Access & support | ||
| Interface languages | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Live chat support | Yes ↗ | Not confirmed |
| Users (exchange’s own claim) | 250M ↗ | Not confirmed |
Green marks the better value in each row: lower fee, more coins, feature present. Rows without a mark are informational only. Unconfirmed values are never compared.
Binance — Regular User tier (below VIP 1). No BNB discount applied. Spot: official trading fee page; futures: USDⓈ-M futures fee page.
Bitfinex — Official Fee Schedule page (Order Execution and Derivatives Order Execution sections) shows maker and taker fees as zero for all customers; Bitfinex removed maker/taker fees on spot, margin and derivatives on 17 Dec 2025 (blog: Zero Fees Q&A). No tiering applies. LEO trading-fee discount therefore no longer applies (0). Derivatives = USDt-settled perpetual swaps, up to 100x. BTC withdrawal fee (0.00006 BTC) is from the public API endpoint pub:map:currency:tx:fee; USDT withdrawal fee is charged per transport network (ERC20/TRC20/etc.) and is not exposed in that map, so left null. Bank wire deposit 0.100% (min 60 USD/EUR).