UPbit is a Korean exchange that was launched in October 2017 by Song Chi-Hyung, who is one of South Korea’s richest men. His company, Dunamu, is the holding company behind UPbit, was originally an online news aggregator, but quickly pivoted into Fintech, where it has done very well. UPbit is geared almost exclusively towards the Korean market, and offers a large number of BTC and Korean Wong pairs.
UPbit has very quickly become an important player in the Korean crypto market, and is one of the largest exchanges by trading volume in the country.
Trading Fee: 0.25%
Withdrawal Fee: 0.0005
Number of Tokens/Coins: 272

HitBTC is an exchange for advanced traders that was founded in 2015. It has one of the largest selection of currency pairings and is a very good exchange for technical traders. Unfortunately, the trading platform has a variety of detailed features that can be intimidating to newer users that aren’t familiar with them.
They have a very good record on security and provide a variety of options to secure accounts, including two factor authentication.
Trading fees vary depending on whether the order is executed immediately or not (.01%-0.1%). There are also no fiat deposit or withdrawal options, making cashing in more difficult.
HitBTC offers a number of trading tools aimed at experienced technical traders. The hundreds of coin pairings and advanced charting tools, allow traders to better take advantage of market opportunities,