Topic: LIST OF ALL CURRENT EXCHANGES: REVIEW & SAFETY RANKING- please contribute - page 2. (Read 1936 times)

I want to add about HITBTC they have a very large commission for some coins. And you do not know what kind of commission until you buy it and it will not be on your account. For example, I have 10 OMG, for withdrawal requests 2 OMG, i.e. 20% or ~ $ 41. The only plus is that verification is not required.

Add Coinsecure and Unocoin to Tier 1 as both have offices in India and live support too. C-cex.io has been having too many issues now and can't be placed in Tier 1. Checking the complaints they should be moved down to Tier 2. Livecoin does have a good support and instant withdrawals but at times deposits can be slow. In case of hitbtc, I agree as I too have faced issues but most projects prefer listing their coins on this exchange as the price gets pumped too often.

exx.com is scam?

Many times users can´t access  and  some people associated exx with bitcoin diamond

Today I was thinking to create a review thread for exchanges, but when I saw this thread, I'm glad that someone took the step.
But just don't give up after sometime, continue the work and keep us updated.

Why did you placed bittrex in tier 1? Currently they have huge number of accusations against them?

If it is possible than organize the list somewhat like this.

And also if you want then you can implement feedback/voting system in op for each and every exchange. Such as positive, neutral & negative.
Lets say when someone will post a feedback (positive or negative), you will update the feedback/voting column in op by ascending order.
An example could be like the way selly implemented.

Thank you for the efforts... Keep up the good work.
 

I'm also curious about this one as well.

Interesting list. Does anyone use DSX? It is in Tier 1 here, but there is very little information about this exchange.

This is a great thread, and until there's a reliable website devoted to this, this can be a great service to all investors and users of exchanges.

I'm curious what if any experience people have with Mercatox. I see it in Tier 2, and I was considering doing some small trades there, but not if people have the experience of money getting trapped there forever.

This is helpful — thanks. Slightly different perspective — which exchanges (and cryptos) have the quickest crypto deposit / withdrawal times? I know depends on the coin’s infrastructure but also the exchange’s.

Ripple comes to mind but hard to tell for the less well known cryptos (and which exchanges are best able to handle their traffic).

Thanks all.

I think it is really important to consider how responsive these exchanges are when you need to get support or withdraw crypto/fiat. I think a  lot of us are getting really disappointed at the awful level of support most exchanges are providing at the time. I for one would love to know which exchanges continue to support their customers well especially as they expand. The important thing of course is how will these exchanges behave/provide support in times of panic and high selling?

I couldn't find coinsbank on your list.

https://coinsbank.com/

https://coinmarketcap.com/exchanges/coinsbank/

They maybe respond on the forum, but they don't respond the tickets neither do provide a decent service so what's the point? yeah they make it look like they respond on the forum to not lose clients but that's it.  Ukrainian, kidnapping, holding withdrawals, not answering clients, recent company, that's too many red flags; not again, thanks




I doubt they have servers or registrations on russian soil. i'm sure the government already blocked access to the site long ago. do you really think the russian government has the power to see them shut down? they aren't the USA.[/quote]


I do think Russians can shut them down much more easily than the FBI if they want to, especially if they own something to the Russian government
They don't bother with trials and Russians security services have reach all over the world; do whatever you want, but there is a significant risk
Russian forums are filled with complaints about this exchange; withdrawals never happening, no support etc.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/cryptocurrency-exchange-yobit-investigated-in-russia-on-fraud-claims




any info on hitbtc appreciated. i was planning to risk a small amount there but i've seen some worrisome reports recently.
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about hitbtc: don't

This exchange is going to exit scam one day or another and that will make Mtgox looks like a joke
hitbtc is under investigation by a huge number of law enforcement agencies
they will be shut down


It is the shadiest exchanges i know to date

- Fake company name
- no corporate registration / totally of the grid
- no offices
- whois hidden by panama based whoisguard
- huge ressources invested by hitbtc to elude investigators researching the company, with complex network of fake entities, company name usurpations, fake people, etc..
- almost non existent support with fake names
- faked volume by a huge extent / bot generated markets
- too cheap miner fees which results in transfers stuck in limbo for days (for the lucky one who actually get some money out of it)

Their business model is based on selective scamming; they let a number of payments go through based on a automated selection made by algoritm and withhold others either for days, weeks, months or forever.

They let some payments go through to create confusion among people who cannot figure out if they are a full blown scam or just incompetent and understaffed, and keep their scammy business going, but also to elude "withdrawal tests" made with small amounts, to draw larger sums into their exchange

A certain percentage of the funds never leave the exchange; and some are only returned months later, when the exchange has been able to buy the coins at rock bottom price and pocket the difference, since most of their books are fake

at least they have a support rep here responding to forum posts, fwiw. but lots of people have stuck withdrawals there. also, people should be aware that an exmo manager was kidnapped in ukraine and released after exmo paid a $1 million ransom. this happened over the past several days.


i doubt they have servers or registrations on russian soil. i'm sure the government already blocked access to the site long ago. do you really think the russian government has the power to see them shut down? they aren't the USA.


any info on hitbtc appreciated. i was planning to risk a small amount there but i've seen some worrisome reports recently.

damn! 

Thanks  
I downgraded poloniex;
i have to agree that the service sucks and i've recently lost confidence in this platform;
they owe me $50K frozen since about 10 days due to a "technical problem" with BCN web wallets and not a single response to my ticket. The interesting thing is that the bytecoin developers tell me they have been trying to reach them for a while to fix the problem but Poloniex never responded so there is something wrong happening here.

I'd like to put yobit in tiers 2 but the police investigation in Russia makes it highly untrustworthy; they could be shut down any time and all users would be screwed

I recently tried Tidex, which is a pleasant surprise so far; very neat and fluid interface; no verification needed, instant withdrawals and deposits
I have yet to reach their support for any problem but it is all good so far; just one issue is the low volume on most markets due to the fact that they are still a recent company

I added Kucoin which seems to be a nice company, transparent and legit for now; i exchanged emails with the business development team. I'll keep testing more exchanges and will try to keep the list up to date with the forum comments

I like this tier-list of exchanges, it reminds me of the power supply tier list on tomshardware.com.
This list is a good start but I understand that it is based on personal experience, so obviously it's difficult to make it objective. So this list can be improved by community. My suggestion is to move Yobit to Tier 2, I've been using Yobit many times and never had a problem with them. Poloniex is in tier 1, I would agree with that few months ago, but not anymore. I had problems with withdrawals so Poloniex should be in Tier 2 at most.

Дa! дыpкa  пoзвoляющaя oбxoдить xoлд ycтaнaвливaeмый пpи ввoдe cpeдcтв!!!
Taкaя жe дыpкa былa нa Btc-e впeчaтлeниe чтo exmo кoгдa тo кyпилa движoк y ниx...

Yes! little hole allows you to bypass the hold set by the input means!
The same hole was on Btc-e impression that exmo when it bought the engine from them ...

of course you can
google translate is here to help

aha ok, not sure i understand everything you wrote but what you're saying is that they have a huge hole in their payment security??


i also commented about Exmo

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1084193.560

I noticed there is no real reliable source of information out there to figure out what exchange is worth dealing with, so i thought i might be a good idea to start a list that you could update and comment

I splitted the exchanges in 3 tiers from the Best to high risk
It is based on my personnal experience and extensive researches taking into account feedbacks, transparency, corporate informations, WHOIS etc; please add exchanges, comment and update

TIERS 1 (LOW RISK SOMEWHAT LEGIT / GOOD SUPPORT / REASONABLY FAST WITHDRAWALS)

ACX            Australia
Binance            japan china
bitcoin indonesia        indonesia
bitcoin.de         germany
bitfinex            taiwan hk
bitflyerFX         japan
Bithumb            korea
BITSO                   Mexico
bitstamp         uk slovenia luxembourg
bittrex            usa
BL3P            NL
BTC BOX            japan
btcmarkets         Australia
cex.io            uk ukrainian
coinbase            usa
coincheck         japan
COINNEST         Korea
coinone            korea
coinsquare         Canada
cryptopia         nZ
dsx                           uk
gatecoin            hk
GDAX            usa
Gemini            USa
huobi         china
independent reserve   Australia
itbit            usa
Koinex            India
Korbit            korea
kraken            usa
LUNO (SA)         South Africa
okcoin            china
OKEX            china Belize
Paymium         France
Quadrigacx         canada
quoinex            japan sg (legit but manual withdrawal only during business days; very slow)
Therock trading      malta
Tidex                        UK / Russia
zaif            japan

TIERS 2 (MEDIUM RISK, POOR SUPPORT, SLOW WITHDRAWALS)

Abucoins         poland
Bitbank                     China
Bitbay         poland
Bitgrail                      Italy
Bitmex         Seychelles
bitsane         uk
Bit-z                         China
Bleutrade         brazil
BTCC            uk china
btc38                   China
coinmate                   UK czech
coinroom         poland
EXX                           hk
Gatehub                    Slovenia
Kucoin                       Hong Kong
Liqui          Ukraine
livecoin          UK russia
Mercatox         UK costa rica
Poloniex            usa
ZB.COM                   china

TIERS 3 (HIGH RISK / POTENTIAL EXIT SCAM / NO SUPPORT / SLOW-NO WITHDRAWALS)

Aex                           WHOIS protected
c-cex         Russia WHOIS protected
coinexchange            WHOIS protected
coinegg                   UK chinese / same than coolcoin   WHOIS protected
coolcoin         China / cayman WHOIS protected
exmo             uk lithuania spain
Gate.io         china WHOIS protected (bter rebranding hacked/inside job)
Hitbtc         Unknown, no corporate registration. hidden WHOIS
Mixcoins                   uk china WHOIS protected
Right BTC         Dubai WHOIS protected
trustdex                    unknown origin WHOIS protected
wex                 Russia (btc-e rebranding) FBI investigation pending
xBTCe         china WHOIS protected
yobit            Russia (Russian police investigation pending)