KuCoin is known as the “people’s exchange” for its wide altcoin catalog and light onboarding: basic tiers allow spot trading with just an email, with withdrawal limits. Its registered seat is in Seychelles (KuCoin Technologies).
What it does
- Reach altcoins missing from other large exchanges
- Trade spot and perpetual futures
- Automate with grid, DCA and futures bots
- Discover launches via Launchpad and Trading Inspector
Products
The standout is listing: thousands of tracked assets and hundreds listed for trading, covering niches regulated exchanges are slow to list. There is spot, futures, margin, earn, bots, P2P and a trading bot marketplace. The KCS token discounts fees.
Public pricing
- Spot: maker/taker from 0.10% at the base tier
- Futures: maker 0.02% and taker 0.06% at the base tier
- KCS and 30-day volume discounts — official table
Strengths
- Giant, early altcoin catalog for new projects
- Email-only onboarding at basic tiers (with limits)
- Trading bots included at no extra cost
Points of attention
- Full KYC becomes required for higher limits and some countries
- Incident history (the 2020 breach, a 2025 US settlement) warrants attention
- Less regulatory recognition than Coinbase/Kraken