Poloniex vs OKEx vs CEX.IO
What problem does this service solve?
Poloniex is a fully regulated, USA based, crypto to crypto exchange. It was acquired by Circle in February, 2018. | OKEx is one of the largest exchanges by trading volume. It provides hundreds of token and futures trading pairs, and has become one of the most important exchanges. | CEX.io is a London-based exchange that was initially launched as a cloud mining pool. |
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Company Description
Poloniex is an established crypto to crypto exchange that is based in the United States. It offers a large selection of tokens to trade and has high liquidity. Poloniex was hacked in 2014, and lost more than 12% of their bitcoin supply. They have improved their security protocols since then. In February, 2018 Poloniex was acquired by Circle, one of the largest crypto payment providers. Trading Fee: 0%-0.1% Maker and 0%-0.2% Taker | OKEx is a relatively new exchange that allows cryptocurrency investors to trade a wide variety of fiat and crytpo pairs. Although it is based in China, and caters to the Chinese market, it has a platform that is easy to use in all languages, and has quickly become one of the largest exchanges, by volume, in the world. The highly secure platform provides high liquidity, and has a number of other advantages. | CEX.io is a British company that changed its focus from mining into becoming a cryptocurrency exchange. CEX has made an effort to add many coins, and boasts of fill-or-kill (FOK) orders that allow for some of the industry’s fastest trading, but it has a poor record on privacy and transparency that should give pause to traders. |