CryptoRanked 2026 index · 43 exchanges tracked

The clearest crypto exchange rankings for 2026.

Side-by-side scores for liquidity, security, fees and EU MiCA relevance across the centralized exchanges that matter. Independent. Educational. No hype.

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Exchange ranking — 2026 index

Composite score across governance, business, liquidity, security, technology and data quality. Binance is our editor's pick.

#	Exchange					Type	MiCA	Rating	Action
1	BinanceEditor's pick Global	79	90	94	0.10%	CEX		AA	Visit
2	Kraken United States	82	83	100	0.16% / 0.26%	CEX		AA	Visit
3	Crypto.com Singapore	81	67	91	0.25% / 0.50%	CEX		AA	Visit
4	Coinbase United States	80	72	91	0.40% / 0.60%	CEX		AA	Visit
5	Gemini United States	80	79	91	0.20% / 0.40%	CEX		AA	Visit
6	Bitstamp Luxembourg	79	72	94	0.30% / 0.40%	CEX		AA	Visit
7	OKX Seychelles / global entities	76	74	88	0.08% / 0.10%	CEX		AA	Visit
8	UPbit South Korea	74	76	94	~0.05%–0.25%	CEX	—	A	Visit
9	EDX Markets United States	73	72	85	Institutional	CEX	—	A	Visit
10	HTX Seychelles	72	67	91	0.20%	CEX	—	A	Visit
11	Bithumb South Korea	71	68	91	~0.04%–0.25%	CEX	—	A	Visit
12	BinanceUS United States	70	59	94	0.10%	CEX	—	A	Visit
13	BitMEX Seychelles	69	59	91	0.10% spot	CEX	—	A	Visit
14	LMAX Digital United Kingdom	68	74	70	Institutional	CEX		A	Visit
15	CEX.IO United Kingdom	67	77	69	0.15% / 0.25%	CEX		A	Visit
16	Bitvavo Netherlands	67	60	85	0.15% / 0.25%	CEX		A	Visit
17	Bitfinex British Virgin Islands	67	60	76	0.10% / 0.20%	CEX	—	A	Visit
18	One Trading Netherlands / EU	66	51	69	0.00% / 0.10%	CEX		A	Visit
19	Bybit Dubai	66	73	63	0.10%	CEX	—	A	Visit
20	Mercado Bitcoin Brazil	63	59	63	0.30% / 0.70%	CEX	—	B	Visit
21	Bitso Mexico	63	60	76	~0.50% / 0.65%	CEX		A	Visit
22	bitFlyer Japan	62	69	48	0.10%–0.15%	CEX		A	Visit
23	Bitbank Japan	62	65	76	-0.02% / 0.12%	CEX	—	-	Visit
24	itBit United States	62	55	73	0.35%	CEX	—	A	Visit
25	Korbit South Korea	61	53	70	0.08% / 0.20%	CEX	—	A	Visit
26	WhiteBIT Lithuania / Ukraine	61	71	69	0.10%	CEX		A	Visit
27	Bullish Gibraltar	60	56	69	0.00% / 0.03%	CEX		B	Visit
28	CoinEx Hong Kong / global	59	54	54	0.20%	CEX	—	B	Visit
29	KuCoin Seychelles	59	71	73	0.10%	CEX	—	B	Visit
30	BeQuant Malta / global	59	75	48	Institutional	CEX		B	Visit
31	Delta Exchange India / global	59	63	51	Perps-focused	CEX	—	B	Visit
32	Bitget Seychelles	57	56	76	0.10%	CEX	—	B	Visit
33	Coincheck Japan	57	61	48	0% spot pairs	CEX	—	B	Visit
34	Independent Reserve Australia	57	63	70	0.50%	CEX	—	B	Visit
35	Coinmate.io Czech Republic	56	53	48	0.12% / 0.25%	CEX		B	Visit
36	Poloniex Global	55	77	51	0.10% / 0.20%	CEX	—	B	Visit
37	Coinone South Korea	53	61	70	0.20%	CEX	—	-	Visit
38	HitBTC Global	51	78	48	0.09% / 0.10%	CEX	—	-	Visit
39	Zaif Japan	48	62	48	0.10% / 0.30%	CEX	—	B	Visit
40	BigONE Seychelles	47	60	39	0.20%	CEX	—	-	Visit
41	BtcTurk Türkiye	47	57	22	0.12% / 0.20%	CEX	—	-	Visit
42	NovaDAX Brazil	46	51	41	0.25% / 0.50%	CEX	—	B	Visit
43	MEXC Seychelles	46	76	47	0.00% / 0.05%	CEX	—	B	Visit

Methodology: CryptoRanked proprietary 2026 ranking — composite scoring across liquidity, security, governance, business, technology and data quality. Nothing here is financial advice.

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