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CEX.IO, founded in 2013, is a cryptocurrency exchange and was the first cloud mining provider in the world. This was when CEX.IO was connected to the Bitcoin mining pool provided by GHash.IO, a well-known mining pool that officially closed in October 2016. A review of CEX.IO reveals that this connection allowed them to offer both cloud mining and trading. This provided a convenient means for miners to sell the Bitcoins that were mined as part of the GHash.IO mining pool.
Today the team behind GHash.IO seems to purely help with the development of enterprise mining solutions and custom-built pools under the same name. This while CEX.IO offers cryptocurrency trading via 27+ active markets and various currency pairs, including fiat-to-crypto and crypto-to-crypto currency pairs. The cryptocurrencies offered include Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Stellar, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, Zcash, Bitcoin Gold, Zcash, Dash and the Gemini Dollar – the first regulated stablecoin to surface.
A CEX.IO exchange review reveals that this digital asset exchange allows for the instant purchase of the above-mentioned cryptocurrencies or digital assets in USD by using a credit card (Visa or MasterCard). They also offer other payment options, including bank transfers via SWIFT and the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). Payment in cryptocurrency is also offered as an option. In addition, their services (margin trading, etc.) seem to be available in most countries, including no less than 24 states in the United States.
KYC was at some stage not a requirement at CEX.IO, but that changed. CEX.IO also seems to take security very seriously with strong security against DDoS attacks. They also seem to make use of full data encryption and comply with PCI DSS standards (although the certificate of compliance available at the time of writing has already expired).
CEX.IO Exchange Review, Trading Fees, Deposit and Markets
24h Trading Volume
209.714 BTC
CEX.IO Total Trading Pairs
89
CEX.IO Margin Trading
Yes
CEX.IO Deposit Fees
Free, unless using visa/mastercard, then 2.99%
CEX.IO Trading Fees
Full list of trading fees here
CEX.IO Fiat Deposit
Yes
Accepted Payment Methods
Crypto to Crypto, Crypto to FIAT
CEX.IO Native Token
No
Native Token Smart Contract
N/A
CEX.IO Trading Markets
CEX.IO Stablecoins Trading
N/A
CEX.IO Markets Data
| Market | Price | Volume (24h) | Change (24h) | Last update |
| ADA/EUR | € 0.1184 | ADA 3,140,108.9 | € 0.00033 0.28% | 2020-08-04 08:32:39 |
| ADA/GBP | £ 0.1067 | ADA 2,237,031.5 | £ 0.00026 0.25% | 2020-08-04 08:32:43 |
| ADA/USD | $ 0.1393 | ADA 3,564,981.9 | $ 0.00059 0.42% | 2020-08-04 08:32:46 |
| ADA/USDT | ₮ 0.1386 | ADA 1,476,995.5 | ₮ 0.0024 1.74% | 2020-08-04 08:32:58 |
| ATOM/EUR | € 3.35 | ATOM 798.57 | € 0.043 1.32% | 2020-08-03 22:04:04 |
| ATOM/USD | $ 3.98 | ATOM 1,585.64 | $ 0.018 0.45% | 2020-08-04 08:19:52 |
| ATOM/USDT | ₮ 3.65 | ATOM 579.57 | ₮ 0.0 0.00% | 2020-07-27 23:19:36 |
| BAT/GBP | £ 0.1858 | BAT 514.94 | £ 0.0 0.00% | 2020-07-27 17:06:44 |
| BAT/USD | $ 0.2576 | BAT 7,393.22 | $ 0.010 4.11% | 2020-08-04 08:30:47 |
| BAT/USDT | ₮ 0.2540 | BAT 8,299.31 | ₮ 0.0017 0.67% | 2020-07-27 22:29:09 |
| BCH/BTC | Ƀ 0.02628 | BCH 25.38 | Ƀ 0.00042 1.63% | 2020-08-04 08:13:28 |
| BCH/EUR | € 257.00 | BCH 17.00 | € 15.12 6.25% | 2020-08-04 00:49:33 |
| BCH/GBP | £ 266.26 | BCH 0 | £ 0.0 0.00% | 2020-08-02 14:11:45 |
| BCH/USD | $ 292.81 | BCH 237.02 | $ 3.08 1.06% | 2020-08-04 07:04:17 |
| BCH/USDT | ₮ 296.92 | BCH 817.72 | ₮ 6.95 2.40% | 2020-08-04 08:32:45 |
| BTC/EUR | € 9,609.80 | Ƀ 42.78 | € 83.50 0.88% | 2020-08-04 08:24:35 |
| BTC/GBP | £ 8,708.80 | Ƀ 64.06 | £ 133.40 1.56% | 2020-08-04 08:32:39 |
| BTC/RUB | ₽ 829,000.6 | Ƀ 84.67 | ₽ 532.30 0.06% | 2020-08-04 08:32:38 |
| BTC/USD | $ 11,324.3 | Ƀ 201.49 | $ 127.20 1.14% | 2020-08-04 08:32:26 |
| BTC/USDC | USDC 11,181.9 | Ƀ 0.1518 | USDC 153.60 1.39% | 2020-08-03 22:56:12 |
| BTC/USDT | ₮ 11,303.0 | Ƀ 28.34 | ₮ 124.60 1.11% | 2020-08-04 08:32:41 |
| BTG/BTC | Ƀ 0.0009340 | BTG 43.04 | Ƀ 0.000010 1.08% | 2020-08-04 06:11:18 |
| BTG/EUR | € 9.37 | BTG 32.18 | € 0.96 11.42% | 2020-08-04 05:33:20 |
| BTG/USD | $ 10.58 | BTG 831.19 | $ 0.37 3.59% | 2020-08-04 02:33:16 |
| BTT/BTC | Ƀ 0.00000004 | BTT 694,596.2 | Ƀ 1.0e-8 33.33% | 2020-08-03 21:23:09 |
| BTT/EUR | € 0.0003589 | BTT 157,137.0 | € 0.000025 7.62% | 2020-08-03 19:45:02 |
| BTT/USD | $ 0.0003882 | BTT 7,440,181.2 | $ -0.000022 -5.29% | 2020-08-04 03:28:00 |
| DASH/BTC | Ƀ 0.007940 | DASH 26.50 | Ƀ 0.00015 1.99% | 2020-08-03 23:00:20 |
| DASH/EUR | € 73.97 | DASH 3.43 | € -1.04 -1.38% | 2020-08-03 22:14:07 |
| DASH/USD | $ 87.21 | DASH 64.76 | $ 0.70 0.81% | 2020-08-04 06:37:31 |
| ETH/BTC | Ƀ 0.03500 | Ξ 192.27 | Ƀ 0.00080 2.35% | 2020-08-04 08:31:40 |
| ETH/EUR | € 336.42 | Ξ 2,997.03 | € 11.35 3.49% | 2020-08-04 08:24:35 |
| ETH/GBP | £ 304.90 | Ξ 1,284.74 | £ 12.51 4.28% | 2020-08-04 08:32:40 |
| ETH/USD | $ 395.72 | Ξ 8,557.85 | $ 12.31 3.21% | 2020-08-04 08:24:31 |
| ETH/USDT | ₮ 396.54 | Ξ 1,177.05 | ₮ 14.82 3.88% | 2020-08-04 08:32:39 |
| GAS/EUR | € 1.43 | GAS 0 | € 0.0 0.00% | 2020-08-02 14:43:07 |
| GAS/USD | $ 1.70 | GAS 957.00 | $ 0.045 2.73% | 2020-08-04 08:08:36 |
| GAS/USDT | ₮ 1.74 | GAS 0 | ₮ 0.0 0.00% | 2020-08-02 04:39:48 |
| GUSD/USD | $ 1.00 | GUSD 0 | $ 0.0 0.00% | 2020-08-01 17:38:45 |
| HOLO/USD | $ 0.0008100 | HOLO 2,599,877.9 | $ 0.0000010 0.12% | 2020-07-29 18:42:19 |
| LINK/EUR | € 7.99 | LINK 1,575.18 | € 1.04 14.96% | 2020-08-04 08:12:50 |
| LINK/GBP | £ 5.64 | LINK 196.86 | £ -0.35 -5.81% | 2020-07-28 07:08:27 |
| LINK/USD | $ 9.44 | LINK 8,779.08 | $ 0.94 11.05% | 2020-08-04 08:26:39 |
| LINK/USDT | ₮ 8.41 | LINK 951.03 | ₮ 0.0 0.00% | 2020-08-02 08:20:36 |
| LTC/BTC | Ƀ 0.005148 | Ł 86.72 | Ƀ 0.0000041 0.08% | 2020-08-04 07:25:53 |
| LTC/EUR | € 49.79 | Ł 4,485.17 | € 0.75 1.52% | 2020-08-04 08:32:36 |
| LTC/GBP | £ 44.95 | Ł 4,496.47 | £ 0.79 1.79% | 2020-08-04 08:32:40 |
| LTC/USD | $ 58.52 | Ł 6,773.78 | $ 0.85 1.48% | 2020-08-04 08:32:30 |
| LTC/USDT | ₮ 58.37 | Ł 4,525.62 | ₮ 0.73 1.27% | 2020-08-04 08:32:54 |
| MATIC/EUR | € 0.01757 | MATIC 258,284.2 | € 0.00021 1.21% | 2020-08-04 05:01:25 |
| MATIC/USD | $ 0.02029 | MATIC 330,310.0 | $ -0.00064 -3.06% | 2020-07-27 21:22:19 |
| MHC/BTC | Ƀ 0.00000044 | MHC 83,002.9 | Ƀ 5.0e-8 12.82% | 2020-08-03 19:36:58 |
| MHC/ETH | Ξ 0.00001742 | MHC 0 | Ξ 0.0 0.00% | 2020-08-02 16:24:14 |
| MHC/EUR | € 0.004000 | MHC 736,274.1 | € -0.00010 -2.44% | 2020-08-04 08:20:42 |
| MHC/GBP | £ 0.003900 | MHC 10,519.3 | £ 0.00040 11.43% | 2020-08-03 21:12:58 |
| MHC/USD | $ 0.004700 | MHC 1,331,905.8 | $ -0.00010 -2.08% | 2020-08-04 07:55:39 |
| NEO/EUR | € 10.84 | NEO 421.48 | € 0.19 1.82% | 2020-08-04 00:49:56 |
| NEO/USD | $ 12.61 | NEO 846.51 | $ 0.0081 0.06% | 2020-08-04 08:18:47 |
| NEO/USDT | ₮ 10.85 | NEO 153.27 | ₮ -0.96 -8.14% | 2020-07-27 14:04:00 |
| ONGAS/BTC | Ƀ 0.00001612 | ONGAS 894.19 | Ƀ 9.3e-7 6.12% | 2020-08-04 06:11:19 |
| ONGAS/EUR | € 0.1520 | ONGAS 644.19 | € 0.0013 0.86% | 2020-08-03 11:27:23 |
| ONGAS/USD | $ 0.1734 | ONGAS 10,419.1 | $ -0.0035 -2.01% | 2020-08-03 20:21:30 |
| ONGAS/USDT | ₮ 0.1651 | ONGAS 4,307.32 | ₮ 0.0 0.00% | 2020-08-02 04:51:30 |
| ONT/BTC | Ƀ 0.00005613 | ONT 182.82 | Ƀ 3.0e-8 0.05% | 2020-08-03 13:17:26 |
| ONT/EUR | € 0.5750 | ONT 0 | € 0.0 0.00% | 2020-08-02 04:42:42 |
| ONT/USD | $ 0.7000 | ONT 1,938.98 | $ -0.035 -4.71% | 2020-08-03 23:55:07 |
| ONT/USDT | ₮ 0.6951 | ONT 1,206.30 | ₮ -0.0075 -1.07% | 2020-08-02 05:37:04 |
| TRX/BTC | Ƀ 0.00000180 | TRX 208,393.4 | Ƀ 7.0e-8 4.05% | 2020-08-04 08:32:18 |
| TRX/EUR | € 0.01730 | TRX 119,682.7 | € 0.00090 5.49% | 2020-08-04 08:27:06 |
| TRX/USD | $ 0.02045 | TRX 641,069.3 | $ 0.00095 4.85% | 2020-08-04 08:32:23 |
| USDC/USD | $ 1.00 | USDC 2,062.96 | $ -0.0020 -0.20% | 2020-08-04 02:47:50 |
| USDC/USDT | ₮ 0.9972 | USDC 0 | ₮ 0.0 0.00% | 2020-07-31 18:19:30 |
| USDT/EUR | € 0.8511 | ₮ 327,780.0 | € -0.00010 -0.01% | 2020-08-04 08:32:52 |
| USDT/GBP | £ 0.7812 | ₮ 5,399.85 | £ 0.014 1.80% | 2020-07-27 21:57:36 |
| USDT/USD | $ 1.00 | ₮ 627,628.4 | $ 0.00050 0.05% | 2020-08-04 08:32:47 |
| WABI/USD | $ 0.1168 | WABI 7,984.88 | $ -0.0059 -4.83% | 2020-08-04 00:51:48 |
| XLM/BTC | Ƀ 0.00000963 | XLM 87,238.4 | Ƀ 2.6e-7 2.77% | 2020-08-04 08:06:14 |
| XLM/EUR | € 0.09304 | XLM 4,086.47 | € 0.0065 7.49% | 2020-08-03 20:28:32 |
| XLM/USD | $ 0.1090 | XLM 465,089.7 | $ 0.0035 3.28% | 2020-08-04 08:00:36 |
| XRP/BTC | Ƀ 0.00002767 | XRP 121,077.7 | Ƀ 9.4e-7 3.52% | 2020-08-04 08:23:14 |
| XRP/EUR | € 0.2656 | XRP 1,088,271.5 | € 0.011 4.40% | 2020-08-04 08:24:35 |
| XRP/GBP | £ 0.2407 | XRP 1,006,868.7 | £ 0.012 5.26% | 2020-08-04 08:32:41 |
| XRP/USD | $ 0.3134 | XRP 2,507,191.1 | $ 0.014 4.70% | 2020-08-04 08:24:35 |
| XRP/USDT | ₮ 0.3124 | XRP 371,554.9 | ₮ 0.013 4.30% | 2020-08-04 08:32:45 |
| XTZ/EUR | € 2.75 | XTZ 5,250.68 | € 0.21 8.09% | 2020-08-04 07:22:41 |
| XTZ/GBP | £ 2.45 | XTZ 1,892.35 | £ 0.16 7.18% | 2020-08-04 07:30:37 |
| XTZ/USD | $ 3.20 | XTZ 10,242.0 | $ 0.23 7.65% | 2020-08-04 08:30:17 |
| XTZ/USDT | ₮ 2.87 | XTZ 856.65 | ₮ 0.025 0.89% | 2020-07-27 22:34:16 |
| ZRX/USD | $ 0.3770 | ZRX 18,612.3 | $ -0.015 -3.84% | 2020-07-28 15:00:50 |
CEX.IO Withdrawals
Daily Withdrawal Limit
Basic: USD $1,000 daily, $3,000 monthly. All other: umlimited
CEX.IO Withdrawal Fees
Full list of withdrawal fees here
CEX.IO Withdrawal Fees Discount
N/A
Proof of Reserves
N/A
CEX.IO Exchange Rating Analysis
Last edit 11.09.2019
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CEX.io is a crypto exchange whose main source of income is its credit card-enabled purchases of crypto, although many users will find their fees and rates extremely high - at times up to 10% premium over market standard - and will prefer alternatives such as Coinbase, should it be available to them.
The exchange has been operating since 2013, and has not suffered a hack until today, which is not something all veteran crypto exchanges can say about themselves. However, CEX has received many negative reviews over time, with most user citing the exchange's unwillingness to enable fiat withdrawals, with many users reporting they are not able to recieve their money and the exchange does not seem to cooperate.
Users who do choose to trade on the platform will find it allows for margin trading in four of its largest pairs and significant organic volume in the large pairs' spot trading. The exchange enables the user to employ many security techniques and layers to protect their funds and their account, although it is not clear how the exchange chooses to manage its funds - whether they are stored in cold storage or in proprietary software wallets. The CEX team is known and relatively public, appearing in LinkedIn searches but not on the exchange's website, and many of them are experienced in the field of blockchain technology.
To conclude, CEX provides a smooth and attractive spot trading engine, but suffers from community accusations of being dishonest at times. It is important to note that many of these accusations might be from a lack of communication between the exchange and its customers, and we are not hearing the reports of dozens of other users who have used the exchange with no fund problems whatsoever, which we know to be true provided the significant trading volume on CEX.
CEX.IO Exchange KYC and AML
CEX.IO Exchange KYC and AML
ID/Passport Proof of Address Selfie with a document
CEX.IO AML Policy
CEX.IO Exchange Additional Information
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CEX.IO Headquarters
United Kingdom
CEX.IO Establish Date
N/A
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