Best Binance Alternatives (Oct 2026): EU, UK, India & More

What happened to Binance (and can you still withdraw?)

European Union

Binance has no MiCA authorisation: no Binance company appears on ESMA’s register (checked 31 Oct 2026). Binance’s own notice to European users says it withdrew its MiCA application in Greece and will seek authorisation in another member state; the notice gives no date. It withdrew the Greek application on 24 June 2026, according to press reports.

MiCA fully applied from 1 July 2026, and unlicensed firms had to wind down EU activity. CoinDesk reported that Binance notified users across the EU that it could no longer accept new registrations and would restrict services; the emails it saw went to users in France, Italy, Poland and Spain. Binance’s email said users’ assets “will remain accessible at all times”. We treat the whole EU as not served, with withdrawals still available.

Source: CoinDesk, 26 Jun 2026, re-checked 10 Oct 2026.

Withdrawing from Binance: what Binance says

Withdrawal record (researched, not tested). WithdrawFirst does not open exchange accounts, deposit or withdraw funds. This section summarises Binance’s own withdrawal rules and notices, public incident reports and our dated complaint sample. Last verified 10 Oct 2026.

• Status: no platform-wide Binance withdrawal suspension found (checked 11 Oct 2026). Binance pauses deposits and withdrawals on a single coin’s network during wallet maintenance.
• Timing: Binance says a transaction ID usually appears within 1–30 minutes; network confirmation then takes about 10–60 minutes for Bitcoin, about 5 minutes for Ethereum and about 3 minutes for BNB Chain and TRON. If no transaction ID appears after 6 hours, Binance asks you to contact support. These are Binance’s estimates, not times we measured.
• Holds: a password or other security change suspends withdrawals for 24 to 48 hours, and Binance says this cannot be lifted early. Abnormal activity, a withdrawal that matches known fraud patterns, or failed identity verification can trigger a review, a questionnaire or a cool-down period.
• Fees: BTC (Bitcoin) 0.00002 BTC; ETH (Ethereum (ERC20)) 0.00015 ETH; USDT (Tron (TRC20)) 1.5 USDT; USDT (BNB Smart Chain (BEP20)) 0.01 USDT (checked 31 Oct 2026). The withdrawal screen shows the current fee before you confirm.
• If a withdrawal is blocked: use Binance Support chat (an AI assistant first, then “Get Support” for a human agent), or, if identity verification failed, the “Appeal” option on the Withdraw Crypto page. Binance says not every restriction can be appealed, especially those linked to law-enforcement or regulatory obligations.

In a sample of 95 Trustpilot reviews of Bybit, Binance, MEXC and Bitget (every review on page 2 of each exchange’s page, all star ratings, read on 9 October 2026), 47 were mainly about frozen accounts or withheld withdrawals, and 53 mentioned the problem. This is a small, self-selected sample of mostly one-star reviews, not a measure of how often accounts are frozen. How we count complaints

Sources: Binance withdrawal FAQ, Binance withdrawal-function guide, Binance support guide, Binance public withdrawal settings; checked 11 Oct 2026. Ignore anyone who offers to “recover” funds for a fee.

Other markets

• United States: under its November 2023 settlement with the US Treasury, Binance must make a “complete exit from the United States” and not offer services to US persons (US Treasury, A). Binance.US is a separate company and is not covered here.
• Canada: Binance announced its withdrawal from Canada on 12 May 2023, according to press reports (CoinDesk, B).
• United Kingdom: Binance has taken no new UK customers since 16 Oct 2023, according to press reports (Cointelegraph, B).
• Nigeria: Binance removed naira trading and naira P2P in 2024, according to Datawallet (B).
• Kenya: not confirmed. We have not found an official Binance or Kenyan regulator source on whether Binance serves users in Kenya; separately, Business Daily reports that Kenyan authorities froze Binance accounts in an anti-money-laundering operation. No link.
• India: Binance is still available. See the India section.

Binance alternatives in the EU

Since 1 July 2026, crypto exchanges serving EU residents need MiCA authorisation. We recommend only exchanges whose EU company is on ESMA’s interim register, and we link only that company, for spot trading. MiCA covers buying, selling and holding crypto, not futures: those need a separate investment-firm licence, so we list EU futures only where we found one.

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Source: ESMA interim MiCA register (A), read 10 Oct 2026. EU futures sources are linked in each section below. Copy trading: we could not confirm copy trading for EU users at any of these five, so we do not recommend any of them for it.

Kraken

• Fees: Kraken Pro starts at 0.40% maker and 0.80% taker, falling with 30-day volume (for example 0.30% / 0.60% from $2,500 and 0.20% / 0.35% from $25,000). Instant Buy charges 1%. Kraken+ is a paid membership with zero trading fees on up to $10,000 a month on major currencies; spreads and card fees still apply. Source: Kraken fee schedule (A), verified 10 Oct 2026.
• Futures: offered to EEA clients through its Cyprus company after identity and location checks (Kraken, A).
• Withdrawals: Kraken says a crypto withdrawal spends up to 10 minutes in internal checks and up to 10 minutes being passed to its payment gateway before it is broadcast. After a password change, withdrawals to new addresses are held for up to 24 hours. Withdrawal fees: BTC (Bitcoin) 0.000015 BTC; ETH (Ethereum) 0.00014 ETH; USDT (Tron) 1 USDT; USDT (BEP20) not yet verified (checked 31 Oct 2026) (Kraken, A).
• Complaints: Kraken confirms a complaint within 5 business days and aims to respond within 15. EU customers can then go to Ireland’s Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman or FIN-NET, or, for its Cyprus company, the Financial Ombudsman of the Republic of Cyprus (Kraken complaint process, A).

OKX (OKX Europe)

• Fees: 0.08% maker and 0.10% taker on spot is an example rate shown by OKX in its fee FAQ; it varies by region and tier (B). OKX’s own fee table shows 0.20% maker / 0.35% taker for a regular user. EU readers are served by OKX Europe Limited, whose fees may differ; check the rate in your account. Sources: OKX fee FAQ and OKX fees, verified 31 Oct 2026.
• Futures: X-Perps, after identity checks and an appropriateness test. OKX says they may not be switched on in every EEA country at the same time (OKX, A).
• Proof of reserves: report 48, BTC 110%, ETH 100%, USDT 105%; latest verification 3 Oct 2026 (OKX, A).
• Withdrawals: OKX gives no standard processing time. Withdrawal fees: Not yet verified. OKX adjusts withdrawal fees with network conditions and shows the current fee on the withdrawal page; the fee is charged once per withdrawal, whatever the amount. Deposits are free. OKX Europe customers can file a formal complaint; OKX acknowledges within 5 business days and generally answers within 15 business days, and you can then go to Malta’s Office of the Arbiter for Financial Services (OKX Europe complaints process, A).
• Record: the Seychelles-based company that operates OKX’s global platform pleaded guilty in the US on 24 Feb 2025 to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, with penalties of more than $504 million, according to the US Department of Justice (B).

Coinbase (Coinbase Luxembourg)

• Fees: not yet verified. Coinbase’s fee pages did not load for us, and public guides give conflicting figures, so we quote none.
• Futures: press reports say Coinbase launched futures for European users in March 2026 through a Cyprus-licensed company (The Block, B). We have not confirmed this on Coinbase’s own pages.
• Last incident: Coinbase disclosed a customer-data breach on 15 May 2025 involving overseas support contractors; it says no passwords, keys or funds were accessed (Security Affairs, B).
• Withdrawal fees and rules: not yet verified.

Bybit (Bybit EU)

• What it covers: Bybit EU’s MiCA authorisation covers custody, buying and selling crypto, and transfers. It is passported to every EEA country except Malta. We found no EU authorisation for futures (Bybit’s application is reported as pending), so we make no claims about futures or copy trading at Bybit EU.
• Fees: Bybit’s global standard spot fee is 0.10% maker and 0.10% taker. Bybit says rates may vary by region, and we have not verified Bybit EU’s own rates (Bybit, A). Withdrawal fees: not yet verified.
• Security record: Bybit suffered a hack of approximately $1.5 billion on 21 February 2025, which the FBI attributed to North Korea (“TraderTraitor”) (FBI PSA, A). Its latest proof-of-reserves report, by Hacken and dated 29 Sep 2026 (snapshot 23 Sep 2026, 50 assets), states reserves above 100% for each asset, including USDT, USDC, BTC and ETH, without exact ratios (Bybit, A). More: Bybit review.

Gate (Gate’s EU site)

• Which site: Gate’s MiCA company runs gate.com/en-eu. Gate’s global site lists France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Austria and Malta among restricted places, so EU readers should use only the EU site (Gate, A, page dated 2024). Gate is not related to GateHub, a different firm.
• Fees: Gate’s EU fee page lists 0.10% maker and 0.10% taker on spot at the base tier, VIP 0 (Gate EU, A).
• Futures: no EU authorisation found, so we make no claims about Gate EU futures.
• Withdrawals: Gate disables withdrawals for 24 hours after any security-setting change and says this cannot be removed early. Limits depend on your VIP level and identity verification; Gate does not publish the amounts. Withdrawal fees: Not yet verified. Gate's fee page (read 31 Oct 2026) lists trading fees by VIP level and 24-hour withdrawal limits, but no withdrawal-fee schedule, so we have not recorded fees per network. (Gate help, A; Gate’s global help pages, some from 2020–2022). We found no published complaints procedure for Gate’s EU company.

Not recommended in the EU, and why

• KuCoin: KuCoin EU is on ESMA’s register (FMA Austria, 27 Nov 2025). Austria’s FMA banned new business on 19 Feb 2026 and lifted that ban on 18 May 2026, but says KuCoin EU still may not commence business operations (FMA, B).
• Bitget: no Bitget company is on ESMA’s register (A). Its application with Austria’s FMA is reported as pending, and it appears in a France AMF blacklist notice, per Tangem (B). Bitget also had a security incident on 24 Sep 2026: approximately $388 million per Bitget, which says user balances were unaffected and withdrawals fully reopened on 2 Oct 2026. See our Bitget review.
• MEXC and BingX: neither is on ESMA’s register (A).

How to check an exchange’s MiCA licence yourself

ESMA, the EU’s markets regulator, publishes its interim register of authorised crypto-asset service providers as downloadable files on its MiCA page. Search for the exact company name (for example “Payward Europe Solutions Limited”) and check the regulator, date, services and countries listed. A brand name alone is not enough: only the authorised EU company can serve you under MiCA.

France, Italy, Spain and Poland

Same answer as the rest of the EU: these four countries were among those emailed, and the exchanges above are our options. In France or Spain, use Gate only through its EU site.

Binance alternatives in the UK

We link no crypto exchange for UK readers, and we never show UK readers a bonus or referral offer. Here is what we found, for information only:

• Kraken serves the UK with limits: retail derivatives, Opt-in Rewards, DeFi Earn and Krakbacks are not available, and new customers have a 24-hour cooling-off period (Kraken, A).
• Bybit relaunched in the UK on 19 Dec 2025 with promotions approved by Archax, an FCA-authorised firm; spot and P2P only, no derivatives, according to press reports (Cointelegraph, B).
• Binance: no new UK customers since 16 Oct 2023, according to press reports (B).
• OKX: derivatives, CeFi and P2P may be restricted in the UK (OKX, A).
• MEXC, Gate and BingX: each lists the UK as restricted (A).
• Coinbase, KuCoin and Bitget: not confirmed. Bitget does not list the UK as prohibited; in the UK we show no exchange links at all. Note Bitget’s Sep 2026 security incident.

Binance alternatives in the US

Kraken serves the US, with these limits (source: Kraken geographic restrictions, A, verified 10 Oct 2026):

• Licence: Kraken’s US service is run by Payward Interactive, Inc., which is registered with FinCEN as a money services business and lists its state money transmitter licences (NMLS ID 1843762) on Kraken’s legal disclosures page (updated 11 Aug 2026, A). Its California licence application is still pending, so we show no Kraken link to readers in California.
• Not available to residents of Maine and New York.
• Futures: Kraken’s own pages disagree. Its fee schedule says futures are not available to US customers, while its derivatives eligibility page (updated 28 Jul 2026) says US clients can use Kraken Derivatives US. We do not link to Kraken futures.
• Fiat transfers are unavailable in Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts and Utah.
• Kraken Pro spot fees start at 0.40% maker and 0.80% taker (fee schedule, A).

Coinbase is licensed in the US. We have not yet confirmed which US states it serves, so we do not link to Coinbase for US readers for now.

Offshore exchanges are not available in the US: Binance (see above), Bybit, Bitget, MEXC, KuCoin, Gate and BingX all exclude the US. OKX’s global platform is not available in the US; OKX US is a separate company that we do not cover.

Binance alternatives in Canada

We link no exchange for readers in Canada. Kraken serves Canada with extra verification, but without margin or derivatives (Kraken, A). We have not confirmed Kraken’s or Coinbase’s Canadian registration.

Not available in Canada: Binance withdrew in 2023 (press reports, B). Bybit, OKX, MEXC, Gate and BingX each list Canada as restricted (A); Bitget’s Terms of Use list all of Canada as prohibited (A). KuCoin excludes Ontario and British Columbia, and we do not link it anywhere in Canada.

Binance alternatives in India

Binance itself is available in India: it registered with FIU-IND after a Rs 18.82 crore penalty (FIU order dated 19 June 2024), according to Outlook Business (B, verified 10 Oct 2026).

If you want an alternative to Binance in India, these offshore exchanges have evidence of FIU-IND registration. We link Indian readers to spot trading only.

• Bybit: announced its FIU-IND registration in a press release dated 6 February 2025, after a Rs 9.27 crore penalty (order dated 31 January 2025); a later Bybit release dates the registration to January 2025. Services were first restored to Indian users on 25 February 2025, and full app and web access on 8 September 2025 (Bybit press release via AAP, Cointelegraph, B). Spot fees 0.10% / 0.10% (Bybit, A). Bybit says it deducts 1% TDS for Indian users on sales and crypto-to-crypto trades (Bybit India FAQ, A). Bybit says an instant withdrawal may take up to 15 minutes to process (A); its withdrawal fees are not yet verified.
• KuCoin: described by its legal counsel as the first offshore exchange registered with FIU-IND, after a Rs 34.5 lakh penalty (order dated 22 March 2024) (Conventus Law, B). Spot fees 0.10% / 0.10% at the base tier for Class A coins (KuCoin, A). Proof of reserves: BTC 109%, ETH 117%, USDT 110%, USDC 127% (snapshot 30 Sep 2026, KuCoin, A). KuCoin says it deducts 1% TDS, or 20% without a PAN (KuCoin TDS FAQ, A). Withdrawal fees: BTC (Bitcoin) 0.00009 BTC; ETH (Ethereum (ERC20)) 0.0015 ETH; USDT (Tron (TRC20)) 1.99 USDT; USDT (BNB Smart Chain (BEP20)) 1 USDT (checked 31 Oct 2026) (KuCoin public currency data, A).

Indian exchanges such as CoinDCX, CoinSwitch, Mudrex and ZebPay also say they are FIU-registered. We cover them, with their fees and incident records, in our India exchange guide. Coinbase announced its FIU-IND registration in March 2025, but we could not confirm that retail trading has launched in India, so we do not link it.

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How sure are we? FIU-IND does not publish a public list of registered exchanges, so registration can only be established through FIU-IND orders, government releases and exchange announcements. Our India statuses are therefore never better than B.

Binance P2P alternatives (Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and elsewhere)

Bybit, OKX, KuCoin, MEXC and Bitget all run P2P marketplaces (Bitget calls its service C2C; note its Sep 2026 security incident). For Indian rupees, Binance, Bybit and KuCoin all list INR P2P on their own pages (A). For naira, shillings and rand, we have not verified which exchanges support them or how their disputes work.

We link no exchange for readers in Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa or the UAE.

General P2P safety points, whichever platform you use:

• Keep chat, payment confirmation and disputes inside the platform, so its escrow and dispute process can apply.
• Release crypto only after the money has arrived in your bank or mobile-money account. A screenshot of a “sent” payment is not proof.
• Bank-block risk. Some banks flag or freeze accounts that receive frequent payments from strangers.
• Know the dispute route before you trade: how to appeal, what evidence counts and how long it takes.

Elsewhere (countries not listed above)

If your country is not covered above, we do not show any exchange links. You can check these exchanges against their own official restricted-country lists:

• Bybit: Bybit restricted countries (A, updated 1 Sep 2026).
• OKX: OKX restricted locations (A).
• Kraken: Kraken geographic restrictions (A, updated 30 Sep 2026).
• Bitget: “Prohibited Countries” in Bitget’s Terms of Use (A, last updated 20 Oct 2026, which added Russia, Belarus and the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine). Bitget had a security incident on 24 Sep 2026 (approximately $388 million per Bitget; withdrawals fully reopened 2 Oct 2026). See our Bitget review.

We do not cover ways to get around an exchange’s country restrictions, including VPNs.

Before you move your funds from Binance (checklist)

1. Check the new exchange is legal in your country. Open its official restricted-countries page, not a third-party list.
2. Send a small test amount first. The deposit network on the new exchange must match the withdrawal network you select on Binance. Sending on the wrong network can lose the funds.
3. Check withdrawal fees before you send. Binance’s published fees: BTC (Bitcoin) 0.00002 BTC; ETH (Ethereum (ERC20)) 0.00015 ETH; USDT (Tron (TRC20)) 1.5 USDT; USDT (BNB Smart Chain (BEP20)) 0.01 USDT (checked 31 Oct 2026); the withdrawal screen shows the current fee.
4. Allow for holds. A password or security change blocks Binance withdrawals for 24 to 48 hours, so make account changes after you move funds, not before.
5. Keep records. Export your trade and transfer history before you leave, for tax purposes. Indian readers: see our India guide.
6. Stay within the rules. Using an exchange where it does not serve you can breach its terms and lead to a frozen account.

Comparison table

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Links appear only where your country allows them. Withdrawal fees, proof of reserves and P2P details are in each exchange’s section above where we have them.

Availability by country

Market	Kraken	OKX	Coinbase	Bybit	Gate (Gate.com)	KuCoin	Binance
India	Not available	Not available	Registered with FIU-IND; trading not confirmed	Available	Not available	Available	Available
Nigeria	Available, not linked	Not confirmed	Not available	Available, not linked	Available, not linked	Available, not linked	Naira trading removed; products not confirmed
United Arab Emirates	Spot and futures available; copy not confirmed	Available, not linked	Not confirmed	Spot available; futures and copy not confirmed	Not available	Available, not linked	Not confirmed
Kenya	Available, not linked	Available, not linked	Not confirmed	Available, not linked	Available, not linked	Available, not linked	Not confirmed
South Africa	Available, not linked	Available, not linked	Not confirmed	Available, not linked	Available, not linked	Available, not linked	Not confirmed
United States	Spot except ME and NY; futures and copy not confirmed	Not confirmed	Available, not linked	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
United Kingdom	Spot only; no retail derivatives	Spot available; no derivatives; copy not confirmed	Not confirmed	Spot and P2P only; no derivatives	Not available	Not linked	Not available to new users
Canada	Spot only; no derivatives or margin	Not available	Not confirmed	Not available	Not available	Not in Ontario or BC; elsewhere not confirmed	Not available
Singapore	Spot and futures; Kraken not licensed in Singapore	Spot via OKX Singapore; futures, copy not confirmed	Not confirmed	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not available
Hong Kong	Not confirmed	Not available	Not confirmed	Not available	Not available	Not available	Not confirmed
European Union / EEA	Spot and futures available; copy not confirmed	Spot and futures via OKX Europe; copy not confirmed	Spot via Coinbase Luxembourg; futures, copy not confirmed	Spot only via Bybit EU GmbH; not in Malta	Spot only via Gate EU (gate.com/en-eu)	Not available: FMA still bars KuCoin EU operations	Not available
Philippines	Not available	Not available	Not confirmed	Not available	Not confirmed	Not available	Not confirmed
Thailand	Not confirmed	Not available	Not confirmed	Not available	Not available	Not confirmed	Via Binance TH only; products not confirmed

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Details and sources per exchange: Kraken, OKX, Coinbase, Bybit, Gate (Gate.com), KuCoin, Binance.

For Binance itself in depth, see our Binance review. If an exchange freezes your account while you move, see what to do, in order.

How we researched this page

This page is Researched (not tested). We research exchanges’ official pages and regulator records and keep every figure in a dated data sheet. We do not open accounts or move funds, and we do not give exchanges an overall score. Lists are grouped by country and ordered by availability, then safety record, then how much each exchange publishes; commission plays no part.

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