UPbit vs LBank vs Poloniex
What problem does this service solve?
UPbit is the largest Korean trading exchange and is backed by Song Chi-Hyung, who is one of South Korea’s richest men. | LBank is a Chinese based exchange that primarily caters to the Chinese market. | Poloniex is a fully regulated, USA based, crypto to crypto exchange. It was acquired by Circle in February, 2018. |
Token Stats
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Company Description
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. | LBank is Chinese exchange that ranks in the top 20 for trading volumes. The trading platform is intuitive and offers some advanced trading tools. However, the company's focus is on the Chinese market, and the English language site can be difficult to use. Trading Fee: 0.1% | 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 |