Kraken vs Gemini: 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 | Kraken | Gemini |
|---|---|---|
| Fees | ||
| Spot maker | 0.400%✓ ↗ | 0.600% ↗ |
| Spot taker | 0.800%✓ ↗ | 1.200% ↗ |
| Futures maker | 0.020% ↗ | 0.020% ↗ |
| Futures taker | 0.050%✓ ↗ | 0.070% ↗ |
| Cost of a $1,000 spot taker trade | $8.00✓ ↗ | $12.00 ↗ |
| Cost of a $1,000 futures taker trade | $0.50✓ ↗ | $0.70 ↗ |
| Fee discount with platform token | No platform token | No platform token |
| BTC withdrawal fee | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| USDT withdrawal fee | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Products & features | ||
| Listed coins | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Max futures leverage | 50× ↗ | 100× ↗ |
| Copy trading | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Earn / staking | Yes ↗ | Yes ↗ |
| Fiat deposit methods | Card · Bank transfer ↗ | Card · Bank transfer · Third-party✓ ↗ |
| API trading | Yes ↗ | Yes ↗ |
| Mobile app | Yes ↗ | Yes ↗ |
| Trust & regulation | ||
| Licenses & registrations | 8✓ United States, United States, Ireland / EEA, United Kingdom, Cyprus, Canada, Australia, Bermuda | 1 New York, USA |
| Recorded security incidents | 1 2024 | 1 2022 |
| Proof of reserves | Yes ↗ | Not confirmed |
| User protection fund | No ↗ | Not confirmed |
| KYC required | Yes ↗ | Not confirmed |
| Founded | 2011 ↗ | Not confirmed |
| Headquarters | Not confirmed | New York City, USA ↗ |
| Access & support | ||
| Interface languages | 28 ↗ en, ms, cs, da, de, es, es-419, fr … | Not confirmed |
| Live chat support | Yes✓ ↗ | No ↗ |
| Users (exchange’s own claim) | 13M ↗ | 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.
Kraken — Tier 1 (30-day volume $0+), Kraken Pro cross-platform fee tiers. Instant Buy pricing excluded. Kraken has no platform token. futures_max_leverage = 50x per the Kraken Perps support article (product page also states 'up to 50x'; region-dependent). insurance_fund=false: Kraken Futures uses a Position Assignment System with liquidity providers instead of a dedicated insurance fund. Crypto withdrawal fee table could not be retrieved programmatically (2026-09-08).
Gemini — Spot: ActiveTrader fee schedule, lowest tier (30-day volume >= $0, asset balance >= $0): maker 0.600% / taker 1.200%. Derivatives: Perpetuals table on the same page, $0 volume tier: maker 0.02% / taker 0.07% (taker drops to 0.06% from $10,000); fees charged in GUSD; perpetuals offered by Gemini Artemis Pte. Ltd. in select non-US jurisdictions, up to 100x. Crypto withdrawal fees are dynamic (current network fee shown at withdrawal time), so BTC/USDT withdrawal fees are null. Fiat deposits: ACH and wire free, debit card 3.49%, PayPal 2.50%. Support is email-only per the security page (no phone/live chat).