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Top Rated Crypto Exchanges 2026: All 200 Ranked by Trust Score

On 2 September 2026 CoinGecko tracks 200 centralised crypto exchanges with a trust score, and only 7 of them hold the maximum 10 out of 10: Coinbase Exchange, Binance, Kraken, OKX, Gate, Bitget, MEXC. Their normalised 24-hour spot volume adds up to $91.0B, and the ten largest venues carry 41 percent of it. This page ranks all 200 by trust score, then re-sorts the same data by volume, by where the company is registered and by how new it is, so a trader and a project looking for a listing can both find the venue that fits.

Everything here is pulled from CoinGecko’s public exchange data on the date above, converted to dollars at that day’s Bitcoin price of $77,588, and refreshed monthly. We do not take payment from exchanges and none of the positions below are sponsored; where we work with an exchange it is on the listing side for our clients, which is covered at the end.

How this crypto exchange ranking works

The trust score is CoinGecko’s, not ours. It combines reported volume against on-site traffic, order-book depth, the share of volume that looks organic, regulatory licences, and how the exchange handles cybersecurity and reserves. A 10 means every one of those checks came back clean; a 6 usually means the volume looks larger than the audience that could produce it.

Volume is the normalised figure, which strips out wash-trading patterns, so it will be lower than what most exchanges print on their own homepages. Founded year and country of registration come from the same dataset; a country of registration is a legal fact, not where the users or the team are, and an offshore address is normal for the sector rather than a red flag on its own.

Top rated crypto exchanges 2026: ranks 1 to 50

#ExchangeTrust score24h volumeFoundedRegistered in
1Coinbase Exchange10/10$1.6B2012United States
2Binance10/10$9.3B2017Cayman Islands
3Kraken10/10$1.3B2011United States
4OKX10/10$1.8B2017Seychelles
5Gate10/10$1.8B2013Panama
6Bitget10/10$837M2018Seychelles
7MEXC10/10$1.2B2018Seychelles
8Bitstamp by Robinhood9/10$421M2011Luxembourg
9KuCoin9/10$1.4B2017Seychelles
10Bybit9/10$2.3B2018British Virgin Islands
11Crypto.com Exchange9/10$891M2019Malta
12Binance US9/10$17M2019United States
13LBank9/10$1.8B2015British Virgin Islands
14OSL Exchange9/10$220M2018Hong Kong
15Bitunix9/10$305M2021Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
16HashKey Exchange9/10$151M2018Hong Kong
17BingX9/10$392M2018British Virgin Islands
18Luno9/10$9M2013Singapore
19CoinW9/10$1.2B2017not disclosed
20Toobit9/10$1.4B2022Cayman Islands
21Bitso8/10$16M2014Gibraltar
22Bitvavo8/10$227M2018Netherlands
23Bitkub8/10$38M2018Thailand
24Bitbank8/10$27M2016Japan
25Zoomex8/10$393M2021Seychelles
26Gemini8/10$56M2014United States
27Upbit8/10$1.1B2017South Korea
28Bullish8/10$1.4B2021Gibraltar
29Bybit EU8/10$18M2025Austria
30WhiteBIT8/10$947M2018Lithuania
31DigiFinex8/10$1.3B2018Seychelles
32Bit2Me8/10$225M2014Spain
33Ourbit8/10$1.2B2020British Virgin Islands
34Bitfinex8/10$185M2012British Virgin Islands
35Niza.io8/10$278M2021Lithuania
36WEEX8/10$2.1B2018Singapore
37Bitazza8/10$24M2021Thailand
38Coinstore8/10$105M2020British Virgin Islands
39HashKey Global8/10$261K2018Bermuda
40P2B8/10$466M2018Lithuania
41Byte Exchange8/10$74M2021Estonia
42BitKan8/10$130M2012British Virgin Islands
43CoinTR8/10$132M2022Turkey
44Coins.ph8/10$107M2014Philippines
45Websea8/10$737M2023British Virgin Islands
46GroveX8/10$832M2022Australia
47BitoPro8/10$21M2018Taiwan
48Pionex8/10$3.5B2019British Virgin Islands
49GMO Coin Japan8/10$28M2017Japan
50Phemex7/10$793M2019Samoa

Ranks 51 to 100

#ExchangeTrust score24h volumeFoundedRegistered in
51BTSE7/10$147M2018Costa Rica
52VALR7/10$26M2018South Africa
53LeveX7/10$18M2023Panama
54Bitrue7/10$438M2018Seychelles
55Bittime7/10$18M2022Indonesia
56Nonkyc.io7/10$33M2023Seychelles
57bitFlyer7/10$24M2014Japan
58Azbit7/10$1.7B2018Seychelles
59CoinEx7/10$60M2017Samoa
60Biconomy.com7/10$1.9B2019British Virgin Islands
61Webot7/10$8M2022United States
62OKJ7/10$9M2017Japan
63XT.COM7/10$1.4B2018Seychelles
64Bithumb7/10$650M2014South Korea
65BitTrade7/10$8M2016Japan
66Backpack Exchange 7/10$20M2023British Virgin Islands
67BYDFi7/10$161M2020Canada
68Max Maicoin7/10$12M2018Taiwan
69XBO.com7/10$16M2022Isle of Man
70One Trading7/10$389K2019Italy
71Deepcoin7/10$464M2018Seychelles
72DIFX7/10$105M2021Cayman Islands
73Hibt7/10$472M2021Canada
74Korbit7/10$16M2013South Korea
75Ondo Stocks7/10$18M2025British Virgin Islands
76Hotcoin7/10$1.1B2017Seychelles
77CEX.IO7/10$61M2013United Kingdom
78BtcTurk | Kripto7/10$83M2013Turkey
79Bitlo7/10$1M2018Turkey
80Coinone7/10$90M2016South Korea
81Tapbit7/10$2.9B2019United States
82BitMEX7/10$4K2022Seychelles
83Koinpark6/10$11M2023India
84SAFEbit6/10$139M2018Turkey
85KCEX6/10$1.6B2021Seychelles
86Deribit Spot6/10$99M2016Panama
87Tokpie6/10$10M2018Hong Kong
88Gate US6/10$62K2020United States
89PointPay6/10$132M2018Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
90BloFin6/10$1.1B2023Marshall Islands
91HTX6/10$969M2013Seychelles
92Independent Reserve6/10$7M2013Australia
93OrangeX6/10$1.5B2021Seychelles
94Poloniex6/10$824M2014Seychelles
95Dex-Trade6/10$2M2017Seychelles
96CoinJar Exchange6/10$3M2013United Kingdom
97Zaif6/10$338K2015Japan
98Hata6/10$400K2023Malaysia
99Mercado Bitcoin6/10$14M2013Brazil
100BitDelta6/10$2.1B2023Vanuatu

Ranks 101 to 200

Below rank 100 the trust scores drop to 6 and under. Exchanges here are not necessarily unsafe, but the volume-to-traffic ratio or the licensing did not pass CoinGecko’s checks, and for a listing they rarely move the needle on price discovery.

#ExchangeTrust score24h volumeFoundedRegistered in
101BitMart5/10$238M2017Cayman Islands
102CoinDCX5/10$1M2018Singapore
103TokoCrypto5/10$5M2017Indonesia
104Foxbit5/10$160M2014Brazil
105Coincheck5/10$56M2014Japan
106Orbix5/10$371K2017Thailand
107Tothemoon5/10$90M2018Lithuania
108BigONE5/10$691M2017Seychelles
109Indodax5/10$14M2014Indonesia
110Blockchain.com5/10$20K2012United Kingdom
111WazirX5/10$309K2018India
112SecondBTC5/10$53M2018India
113Figure Markets5/10$49M2018United States
114EarnBIT5/10$4M2022Lithuania
115Coinzoom5/10$2M2020United States
116Paribu5/10$94M2017Turkey
117FMFW.io4/10$90M2019Bahamas
118WOO X4/10$178K2019Seychelles
119ALP.COM4/10$168M2016El Salvador
120Bitexlive4/10$3M2017Germany
121Aivora Exchange4/10$1.2B2023United Arab Emirates
122Kanga Global4/10$7M2018Costa Rica
123Young Platform4/10$168K2019Italy
124GoPax4/10$360K2016South Korea
125Bitbaby4/10$274M2024United Arab Emirates
126BTCMarkets4/10$5M2013Australia
127Delta Exchange4/10$3K2018Jamaica
128INEX4/10$22K2022South Korea
129Changelly PRO4/10$76M2020Seychelles
130Paymium3/10$239K2011France
131Kinesis Money3/10$1M2018Cayman Islands
132Cube3/10$0K2023Australia
133Bitexen3/10$543K2018Turkey
134Catex3/10$97M2018China
135Digitalexchange.id3/10$2K2018Indonesia
136Giottus3/10$113K2018India
137Upbit Indonesia 3/10$2M2018Indonesia
138ChainEX3/10$6K2018South Africa
139BVOX3/10$1.5B2018British Virgin Islands
140Icrypex3/10$23M2018Turkey
141Bit2c3/10$37K2013Israel
142bitcastle3/10$459M2019Lithuania
143INX One3/10$8K2020Canada
144BTCC3/10$5.9B2011Lithuania
145HitBTC3/10$91M2013British Virgin Islands
146EXMO3/10$3K2014Poland
147KoinBX3/10$25M2020India
148LATOKEN3/10$84M2017Cayman Islands
149FameEX3/10$1.1B2020Australia
150Buda3/10$1M2015Chile
151Mudrex3/10$2M2018India
152ZebPay3/10$1M2014India
153BitBNS3/10$18K2017Estonia
154Vindax2/10$29M2019Vietnam
155CoinUp.io2/10$5.8B2021Singapore
156NBX2/10$146K2018Norway
157Cryptal2/10$845K2020Georgia
158IMBX2/10$250M2023El Salvador
159Globe2/10$481K2021Seychelles
160SafeTrade2/10$520K2018Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
161Bitbegin2/10$2M2018Georgia
162BTC Trade UA2/10$0K2014Ukraine
163Bilaxy2/10$21M2018Seychelles
164Coinbase International Exchange2/10$1.2B2023United States
165Uniswap V3 (Robinhood)2/10$1.0Bn/anot disclosed
166PancakeSwap V3 (BSC)2/10$664M2023not disclosed
167Uniswap V4 (Ethereum)2/10$434Mn/anot disclosed
168Uniswap V3 (Ethereum)2/10$349M2018not disclosed
169Pancakeswap Infinity CLMM (BSC)2/10$307Mn/anot disclosed
170Uniswap V4 (Robinhood)2/10$252Mn/anot disclosed
171Aerodrome Slipstream 32/10$247Mn/anot disclosed
172Orca2/10$220M2021not disclosed
173Hyperliquid2/10$204M2024Cayman Islands
174Meteora2/10$179M2023not disclosed
175Uniswap V3 (Base)2/10$148M2023not disclosed
176Manifest2/10$144M2024Unknown or Invalid Region
177Uniswap V3 (Arbitrum One)2/10$129M2021not disclosed
178Fluid (Ethereum)2/10$128M2024British Virgin Islands
179Aerodrome SlipStream2/10$107M2024not disclosed
180AlphaX2/10$105M2025Australia
181PancakeSwap V3 (Base)2/10$102M2023not disclosed
182Kuru2/10$100M2025Panama
183Uniswap V4 (BSC)2/10$95Mn/anot disclosed
184Curve (Ethereum)2/10$90M2020not disclosed
185Ramses V3 (Robinhood)2/10$85Mn/anot disclosed
186Project X2/10$80Mn/anot disclosed
187Up V32/10$72Mn/anot disclosed
188Raydium (CLMM)2/10$69M2022not disclosed
189PancakeSwap (v2)2/10$68M2020not disclosed
190AlphaQ2/10$65M2025United States
191SunSwap V32/10$62M2023not disclosed
192PumpSwap2/10$58Mn/anot disclosed
193Pharaoh Exchange2/10$56M2025Unknown or Invalid Region
194Subnet Tokens2/10$44Mn/anot disclosed
195Near Intents2/10$40Mn/anot disclosed
196THORChain2/10$39Mn/anot disclosed
197GIGA V32/10$37M2026Chad
198Uniswap V3 (BSC)2/10$34M2023not disclosed
199Ramses V3 (HyperEVM)2/10$33M2025United States
200ChangeNOW2/10$31M2017Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Largest crypto exchanges by 24-hour trading volume

Trust and size are different rankings. Binance leads on volume at $9.3B in 24 hours, and the top fifteen by volume are below. A high-volume venue with a trust score under 8 is exactly the combination that deserves a second look before depositing.

#ExchangeTrust score24h volumeFoundedRegistered in
1Binance10/10$9.3B2017Cayman Islands
2BTCC3/10$5.9B2011Lithuania
3CoinUp.io2/10$5.8B2021Singapore
4Pionex8/10$3.5B2019British Virgin Islands
5Tapbit7/10$2.9B2019United States
6Bybit9/10$2.3B2018British Virgin Islands
7BitDelta6/10$2.1B2023Vanuatu
8WEEX8/10$2.1B2018Singapore
9Biconomy.com7/10$1.9B2019British Virgin Islands
10LBank9/10$1.8B2015British Virgin Islands
11Gate10/10$1.8B2013Panama
12OKX10/10$1.8B2017Seychelles
13Azbit7/10$1.7B2018Seychelles
14Coinbase Exchange10/10$1.6B2012United States
15KCEX6/10$1.6B2021Seychelles

The exchanges with a perfect 10/10 trust score

7 exchanges hold a 10 on 2 September 2026: Coinbase Exchange (founded 2012, registered in United States, $1.6B daily); Binance (founded 2017, registered in Cayman Islands, $9.3B daily); Kraken (founded 2011, registered in United States, $1.3B daily); OKX (founded 2017, registered in Seychelles, $1.8B daily); Gate (founded 2013, registered in Panama, $1.8B daily); Bitget (founded 2018, registered in Seychelles, $837M daily); MEXC (founded 2018, registered in Seychelles, $1.2B daily). What they share is not size, since the group spans from a few hundred million to several billion dollars a day, but audited reserves, a regulatory footprint in at least one major jurisdiction, and order books deep enough that the reported volume can be explained by real traffic.

Crypto exchanges by where they are registered

Registered in the United States

#ExchangeTrust score24h volumeFoundedRegistered in
1Coinbase Exchange10/10$1.6B2012United States
2Kraken10/10$1.3B2011United States
3Binance US9/10$17M2019United States
4Gemini8/10$56M2014United States
5Webot7/10$8M2022United States
6Tapbit7/10$2.9B2019United States
7Gate US6/10$62K2020United States
8Figure Markets5/10$49M2018United States
9Coinzoom5/10$2M2020United States
10Coinbase International Exchange2/10$1.2B2023United States
11AlphaQ2/10$65M2025United States
12Ramses V3 (HyperEVM)2/10$33M2025United States

United States registration means state-level money transmitter licensing and, in most cases, FinCEN registration. These are the venues a US resident can normally use without a VPN, which is why the list is short.

Registered in Europe and the United Kingdom

#ExchangeTrust score24h volumeFoundedRegistered in
1Bitstamp by Robinhood9/10$421M2011Luxembourg
2Crypto.com Exchange9/10$891M2019Malta
3Bitvavo8/10$227M2018Netherlands
4Bybit EU8/10$18M2025Austria
5WhiteBIT8/10$947M2018Lithuania
6Bit2Me8/10$225M2014Spain
7Niza.io8/10$278M2021Lithuania
8P2B8/10$466M2018Lithuania
9Byte Exchange8/10$74M2021Estonia
10One Trading7/10$389K2019Italy
11CEX.IO7/10$61M2013United Kingdom
12CoinJar Exchange6/10$3M2013United Kingdom

Registered in Asia, the Middle East and Australia

#ExchangeTrust score24h volumeFoundedRegistered in
1OSL Exchange9/10$220M2018Hong Kong
2HashKey Exchange9/10$151M2018Hong Kong
3Luno9/10$9M2013Singapore
4Bitkub8/10$38M2018Thailand
5Bitbank8/10$27M2016Japan
6Upbit8/10$1.1B2017South Korea
7WEEX8/10$2.1B2018Singapore
8Bitazza8/10$24M2021Thailand
9CoinTR8/10$132M2022Turkey
10Coins.ph8/10$107M2014Philippines
11GroveX8/10$832M2022Australia
12BitoPro8/10$21M2018Taiwan

Newest crypto exchanges with a trust score of 7 or higher

Founded in 2021 or later and already scoring 7 or above. New venues are where listing fees are lowest and where a project’s token can be a meaningful share of the order flow, which cuts both ways: more attention per listing, less depth behind it.

#ExchangeTrust score24h volumeFoundedRegistered in
1Bitunix9/10$305M2021Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2Toobit9/10$1.4B2022Cayman Islands
3Zoomex8/10$393M2021Seychelles
4Bullish8/10$1.4B2021Gibraltar
5Bybit EU8/10$18M2025Austria
6Niza.io8/10$278M2021Lithuania
7Bitazza8/10$24M2021Thailand
8Byte Exchange8/10$74M2021Estonia
9CoinTR8/10$132M2022Turkey
10Websea8/10$737M2023British Virgin Islands
11GroveX8/10$832M2022Australia
12LeveX7/10$18M2023Panama

For projects: which exchanges to target for a listing

A listing is not a marketing outcome by itself; it is distribution that has to be filled. The pattern we see across client listings is that a first centralised listing on a trust-8-or-higher venue with a few hundred million in daily volume produces more sustained volume than a debut on a top-three exchange, because the token is visible on the smaller venue’s front page and invisible on the larger one’s.

The application process, the documents trackers and exchanges expect, and the fee ranges are covered in how to apply for a CEX listing. If you want the shortlist built for your token and the applications handled, that is our crypto exchange listing service. For the decentralised side of the same decision, the DEX list is the companion page to this one.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which crypto exchange is the most trusted in 2026?

On 2 September 2026 CoinGecko gives a perfect 10/10 trust score to 7 exchanges: Coinbase Exchange, Binance, Kraken, OKX, Gate, Bitget, MEXC. The score weighs organic volume, liquidity depth, licences and security, so a 10 means all of those checks passed rather than that one exchange is the best for everyone.

What is the biggest crypto exchange by volume?

Binance has the largest normalised 24-hour volume at $9.3B, followed by BTCC at $5.9B and CoinUp.io at $5.8B. Normalised volume excludes trading patterns that look like wash trading, so it is lower than the figures exchanges publish themselves.

What does the CoinGecko trust score measure?

It combines the ratio of reported volume to website traffic, order-book depth, the share of volume that appears organic, regulatory licences, and cybersecurity and reserve disclosures. Scores run from 1 to 10 and are recalculated continuously.

Which crypto exchanges are registered in the United States?

The highest-rated US-registered exchanges on this list are Coinbase Exchange, Kraken, Binance US, Gemini, Webot. US registration implies state money-transmitter licences and is the practical test of whether a US resident can use the venue without restrictions.

How often is this exchange ranking updated?

The table is refreshed monthly from CoinGecko’s public exchange data, and the check date is printed in the first line of the page. Trust scores and volumes move daily, so treat the ranking as a snapshot on the date shown.

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