Bybit vs KuCoin — Which Is Better? Fees, Staking & Winner

Name: Bybit vs KuCoin Exchange Comparison Dataset
Creator: Yieldo
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Bybit: USDT withdrawal via TRC20 — $1.30; KuCoin via TRC20 — $1.99. ETH staking: 2.0% vs 2.0%. Live data, updated every 10 min.

Updated: 19.10.2026 12:23 MSK

Result based on available data

Bybit

3 of 3 criteria are comparable

Bybit leads on 3 of 3 criteria against 0 for KuCoin — the rest are close enough to call a draw. Which of them matters depends on what you need the exchange for.

On staking rates, across the coins both exchanges actually list, Bybit is ahead of KuCoin. If passive income is the priority, the edge is on its side.

Bybit has a lower average USDT fee across shared networks with withdrawals open than KuCoin. The result may differ on an individual network.

Bybit vs KuCoin

Bybit leads to the result ↑

6 criteria

Scorecard

Criteria	Bybit	KuCoin	Winner
Staking Coverage (coins)	Bybit261	KuCoin36	Winner Reference
Best Rates (top-10 coins)	Bybit5	KuCoin0	Winner Bybit
Avg USDT fee on shared networks	Bybit$0.41	KuCoin$1.42	Winner Bybit
Funding Coverage (coins)	Bybit648	KuCoin639	Winner Reference
Network Availability	Bybit81.2%	KuCoin38.7%	Winner Bybit
Coins in the fee database	Bybit793	KuCoin2167	Winner Reference

Rows marked “Reference” show catalogue width — the size of the listing, not the quality of the exchange — and do not count towards the overall result. The result comes from three substantive criteria: staking rates, average withdrawal fee and network availability.

The table shows the average USDT fee across the same set of networks where both exchanges allow withdrawals and publish a fee. The summary shows the fee on the named network (TRC20 first, then other networks), not the absolute minimum. The cheapest transfer between these exchanges is calculated separately and requires deposits on the receiving side.

Which one for which job

An overall score decides little: the two exchanges win on different axes. Here is which ones, with the number next to each.

Staking rates

Bybit

Across coins both of them list: 5 wins for Bybit, 0 for KuCoin.

Staking coverage

Bybit

Bybit — 261, KuCoin — 36.

USDT withdrawal fee

Bybit

Average across shared networks with withdrawals open: Bybit — $0.41, KuCoin — $1.42.

Funding coverage

Draw

Bybit — 648, KuCoin — 639.

Listing breadth

KuCoin

563 coins on both; 234 only on Bybit, 1618 only on KuCoin.

Withdrawal reliability

Bybit

Networks closed right now: Bybit — 18.8%, KuCoin — 61.3%.

Rate stability

Draw

Over 90 days: Bybit held 0.80–1.20%, KuCoin held 1.16–2.04%.

Moving funds between them

No winner

Cheapest via PLASMA — 0 USDT to move $1 000.

11 coins

Everything for one coin

Rate, withdrawal and funding per coin at once: Bybit on the left, KuCoin on the right.

Coin	Staking APR	Withdrawal, cheapest network	Funding per 8h
BTC staking	Staking APR 1.20% / —	Withdrawal, cheapest network under $0.01 / under $0.01 BTC / BTC	Funding per 8h +0.0100% / +0.0045%
ETH staking	Staking APR 2.04% / 1.99%	Withdrawal, cheapest network under $0.01 / under $0.01 ARBITRUM / BASE	Funding per 8h +0.0098% / +0.0100%
USDT staking	Staking APR 5.25% / —	Withdrawal, cheapest network free / $0.40 PLASMA / PLASMA	Funding per 8h — / —
USDC staking	Staking APR 6.91% / —	Withdrawal, cheapest network free / $0.21 ARC / POLYGON	Funding per 8h +0.0095% / +0.0100%
SOL staking	Staking APR 4.50% / 4.00%	Withdrawal, cheapest network under $0.01 / under $0.01 SOL / SOL	Funding per 8h +0.0044% / +0.0031%
BNB staking	Staking APR 0.80% / 0.60%	Withdrawal, cheapest network under $0.01 / under $0.01 BSC / BSC	Funding per 8h +0.0100% / +0.0100%
XRP staking	Staking APR 0.70% / —	Withdrawal, cheapest network $0.20 / $0.30 XRP / XRP	Funding per 8h +0.0035% / +0.0100%
GRAM staking	Staking APR 14.85% / 2.70%	Withdrawal, cheapest network $0.02 / — TON / —	Funding per 8h +0.0050% / +0.0050%
ADA staking	Staking APR 2.14% / 2.00%	Withdrawal, cheapest network $0.80 / $2.50 ADA / ADA	Funding per 8h -0.0085% / -0.0099%
DOGE staking	Staking APR 0.50% / —	Withdrawal, cheapest network $4.00 / $4.00 DOGE / DOGE	Funding per 8h +0.0047% / +0.0043%
HYPE staking	Staking APR — / —	Withdrawal, cheapest network $0.03 / $0.03 HYPEREVM / HYPEREVM	Funding per 8h +0.0083% / +0.0050%

The fee is the cheapest network with withdrawals open at each exchange; the networks are named separately below the numbers because they often differ. A dash means “not in our data”, not “unsupported”.

How these two differ

Bybit and KuCoin fight for the same audience from opposite directions. Bybit is a derivatives venue that grew a full spot business: a strong terminal, copy trading, a bet on execution. The Yieldo withdrawal fee database has records for 797 coins at Bybit and 2181 at KuCoin, with 563 shared in this sample. This is fee database coverage, not the full trading listings: a missing record does not mean the coin is absent from the exchange.

A long list is not only an advantage. KuCoin currently has 61.3% of its networks closed for withdrawal against 18.8% on Bybit. Part of that follows from breadth itself: the more exotic coins and chains in the matrix, the more often one of them is paused. But the user feels it the same way either — the route you planned to use may be shut.

Verified: 17 August 2026

Which one suits you

Pick Bybit if

→ you trade perpetuals and hold positions for days
→ you withdraw often and do not want to hit closed networks
→ you want a mature terminal and copy trading

Open Bybit

Pick KuCoin if

→ pair choice matters more than BTC book depth
→ you buy early listings and accept that some networks sit paused

Open KuCoin

Verified 17 August 2026

Access and verification

These terms change more often than the numbers above: every fact carries a check date and a source link.

Criteria	Bybit	KuCoin
Verification (KYC)	BybitRequired	KuCoinRequired

Bybit

Since 8 May 2023 at least Level 1 verification is mandatory across all products: without it only closing positions and withdrawing remain available.

Sources: Bybit Help Center: Individual KYC FAQ

KuCoin

Since 15 July 2023 (UTC) verification is mandatory for new registrations, and from 31 August 2023 the exchange raised the bar to standard verification. Older accounts that have not completed it lose deposits, while withdrawals, spot sell orders, closing futures and margin positions and Earn redemption keep working.

Sources: KuCoin: enhancement of customer identification and verification program (28.06.2023), KuCoin: upgraded standard user identity verification procedure (07.08.2023)

This is not legal advice. Exchanges change their rules without notice — check the terms on the platform itself before funding an account.

USDT · 10 shared networks

How to move USDT from Bybit to KuCoin

What it costs to move $1 000 in USDT over the cheapest route that is actually open right now.

Bybit → KuCoin

Free

via PLASMA

minimum withdrawal: 2 USDT

KuCoin → Bybit

$0.4

via PLASMA · 0.04% of the amount

minimum withdrawal: 5 USDT

Network	Bybit fee	KuCoin fee	Bybit → KuCoin	KuCoin → Bybit
PLASMA	Free	0.4	open	open
APTOS on KuCoin: APT	0.002	0.5	open	open
POLYGON on Bybit: MATIC on KuCoin: POLYGON POS	0.07	0.8	open	open
AVAX on Bybit: CAVAX on KuCoin: AVAX C-CHAIN	0.1	1	open	open
BSC on KuCoin: BEP20	0.15	1	open	open
TON	0.15	0.5	open	open
SOL	0.5	1.5	open	open
ETH on KuCoin: ERC20	0.8	5.5	open	open
OPTIMISM on Bybit: OP	1	1	unavailable for this amount	open
TRC20 on Bybit: TRX	1.3	1.99	open	open

A route requires open withdrawals at the sender and deposits at the receiver on the same network and in the same token form. Selection requires a known fee and a withdrawal minimum compatible with 1,000 USDT. The fee shown is the sender withdrawal fee; verify the terms at both exchanges before transferring.

Moving funds between Bybit and KuCoin is an ordinary blockchain transaction: only the sending side charges a fee.

Find a network open in both directions. The cheapest right now is PLASMA — 0 USDT on $1,000.
Copy the deposit address on the receiving exchange for that exact network.
Check the minimum withdrawal amount.
Send it and wait for confirmations.

30 days

Withdrawal reliability

Share of networks closed for withdrawal right now, and how many times withdrawals actually closed over the last 30 days.

Bybit

18.8% Closed for withdrawal now

194 / 1034 · Median across tracked exchanges — 19.1%.

Freezes in 30 days

Restores in 30 days

NIGHT · BSC H · HUMANITY LINEA · ETH HOLO · SOL

KuCoin

61.3% Closed for withdrawal now

1509 / 2460 · Median across tracked exchanges — 18.9%.

Freezes in 30 days

Restores in 30 days

ARPADOWN · ERC20 ROSEUP · ERC20 ROSEDOWN · ERC20 FETUP · ERC20

797 / 2181

Withdrawal fee database coverage

This compares Yieldo withdrawal fee records, not the full trading listings. A missing record does not mean the exchange lacks the coin, its markets or Earn products.

Coins with records for both exchanges

563

Shared networks in the fee database: 100 BTC, ETH, SOL, XRP, ADA, DOGE

Records only for Bybit

234

For example: ALMANAK, BSB, SOSO, AEDZ, AMZNX, APEX

49 networks with records only for Bybit

Records only for KuCoin

1618

For example: TLOS, BAND, HT, PROMPT, TT, XCN

243 networks with records only for KuCoin

10 coins

Staking Rate Comparison

Coin	Bybit APR	KuCoin APR
BTC staking	1.20%	—
ETH staking	2.04%	1.99%
USDT staking	5.25%	—
USDC staking	6.91%	—
SOL staking	4.50%	4.00%
BNB staking	0.80%	0.60%
XRP staking	0.70%	—
GRAM staking	14.85%	2.70%
ADA staking	2.14%	2.00%
DOGE staking	0.50%	—

90 · 11

Rates over 90 days

A headline APR is one point in time. This shows what it actually hovered around for three months and how often it moved.

Coin	Bybit				KuCoin
Coin	Now	Average	Range	Changes	Now	Average	Range	Changes
BTC	1.20%	1.01%	0.80–1.20	1	—	—	—	—
ETH	2.04%	2.04%	1.46–2.85	13095	1.99%	1.99%	1.16–2.04	43
USDT	5.25%	4.75%	2.44–6.91	13103	—	—	—	—
USDC	6.91%	5.26%	2.06–9.11	13110	—	—	—	—
SOL	4.50%	4.66%	2.94–6.46	13121	4.00%	4.00%	4.00–4.00	0
BNB	0.80%	0.80%	0.80–0.80	0	0.60%	0.60%	0.60–0.60	0
XRP	0.70%	0.70%	0.70–0.71	10	—	—	—	—
GRAM	14.66%	15.16%	13.67–18.66	166	2.70%	2.70%	2.70–2.70	0
ADA	2.14%	2.05%	1.76–2.41	18	2.00%	2.00%	2.00–2.00	0
DOGE	0.50%	0.50%	0.50–0.50	0	—	—	—	—
HYPE	1.99%	2.16%	1.97–2.93	90	—	—	—	—

A change means the value moved between samples, not the sample itself: polling records the rate regularly, and without that collapse "changes" would simply equal the number of readings.

36 coin–network pairs

Withdrawal Fee Comparison

Each row compares one coin on one shared network; fees are in units of that coin. BTC includes only Bitcoin and the separate SegWit option; BTC representations on BSC, X Layer and other chains are excluded. The network and token form must match the receiving address details. Open withdrawals do not guarantee open deposits.

Coin	Network	Bybit	KuCoin
BTC	BTC	0.000057 BTC	0.00009 BTC
ETH	ARBITRUM	0.00004 ARBI	0.0002 ARBITRUM
ETH	BASE	0.0003 BASE	0.0001 BASE
ETH	BSC	0.0002 BSC	0.00024 BEP20
ETH	ETH	0.0003 ETH	0.0015 ERC20
ETH	OPTIMISM	0.00015 OP	0.0002 OPTIMISM
USDT	APTOS	0.002 APTOS	0.5 APT
USDT	AVAX	0.1 CAVAX	1 AVAX C-CHAIN
USDT	BSC	0.15 BSC	1 BEP20
USDT	ETH	0.8 ETH	5.5 ERC20
USDT	OPTIMISM	1 OP	1 OPTIMISM
USDT	PLASMA	Free PLASMA	0.4 PLASMA
USDT	POLYGON	0.07 MATIC	0.8 POLYGON POS
USDT	SOL	0.5 SOL	1.5 SOL
USDT	TON	0.15 TON	0.5 TON
USDT	TRC20	1.3 TRX	1.99 TRC20
USDC	ARBITRUM	0.2 ARBI	1 ARBITRUM
USDC	ARC	Free ARC	1 ARC
USDC	AVAX	1 CAVAX	1 AVAX C-CHAIN
USDC	BASE	0.25 BASE	0.5 BASE
USDC	ETH	0.8 ETH	5.5 ERC20
USDC	HBAR	0.5 HBAR	35 HBAR (Disabled)
USDC	MONAD	1 MONAD	0.5 MONAD
USDC	OPTIMISM	1 OP	1 OPTIMISM
USDC	POLYGON	0.12 MATIC	0.21 POLYGON POS
USDC	SOL	0.3 SOL	1 SOL
USDC	SONIC	0.05 SONIC	0.21 SONIC
USDC	SUI	1 SUI	0.5 SUI
USDC	XDC	Free XDC	1 XDC
SOL	SOL	0.001 SOL	0.008 SOL
BNB	BSC	0.0002 BSC	0.000953 BEP20
XRP	XRP	0.2 XRP	0.3 XRP
GRAM	TON	0.02 TON	Free TON (Disabled)
ADA	ADA	0.8 ADA	2.5 ADA
DOGE	DOGE	4 DOGE	4 DOGE
HYPE	HYPEREVM	0.025 HYPEREVM	0.025 HYPEREVM

10 coins

Funding Rate Comparison

The main rate is normalized to 8 hours: current rate × 8 / exchange interval. Below it are the original rate and interval, plus a simple annualized equivalent. This is an extrapolation, not a payment forecast. Positive: longs pay shorts; negative: shorts pay longs.

Coin	Bybit	KuCoin
BTC	0.0100% +0.0100% per 8 h 10.95% annualized	0.0045% +0.0045% per 8 h 4.93% annualized
ETH	0.0098% +0.0098% per 8 h 10.69% annualized	0.0100% +0.0100% per 8 h 10.95% annualized
USDC	0.0095% +0.0095% per 8 h 10.41% annualized	0.0100% +0.0100% per 8 h 10.95% annualized
SOL	0.0044% +0.0044% per 8 h 4.83% annualized	0.0031% +0.0031% per 8 h 3.39% annualized
BNB	0.0100% +0.0100% per 8 h 10.95% annualized	0.0100% +0.0100% per 8 h 10.95% annualized
XRP	0.0035% +0.0035% per 8 h 3.80% annualized	0.0100% +0.0100% per 8 h 10.95% annualized
GRAM	0.0100% +0.0050% per 4 h 10.95% annualized	0.0050% +0.0050% per 8 h 5.48% annualized
ADA	-0.0085% -0.0085% per 8 h -9.28% annualized	-0.0099% -0.0099% per 8 h -10.84% annualized
DOGE	0.0047% +0.0047% per 8 h 5.15% annualized	0.0043% +0.0043% per 8 h 4.71% annualized
HYPE	0.0083% +0.0083% per 8 h 9.12% annualized	0.0050% +0.0050% per 8 h 5.48% annualized

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Funding on average

Annualised percentages from the average rate over 7 and 30 days. The current rate moves every few hours; the average is a property of the venue.

Coin	Bybit		KuCoin
Coin	7 days	30 days	7 days	30 days
ADA	-0.17%	+0.50%	+1.69%	+6.34%
BNB	—	-9.18%	—	—
BTC	+5.66%	+4.11%	+8.29%	+4.64%
DOGE	+4.25%	+2.00%	+5.94%	+8.74%
ETH	+4.48%	+2.71%	+6.17%	+5.15%
GRAM	—	+5.00%	—	—
HYPE	+4.21%	+2.89%	+5.32%	+4.46%
SOL	+2.14%	+1.17%	+1.21%	+2.89%
USDC	—	-12.27%	—	—
XRP	-0.30%	-1.05%	+4.87%	+5.83%

247 spreads

Arbitrage Opportunities

Current price spreads between Bybit and KuCoin.

Coin	Buy On	Sell On	Spread	Buy Price	Sell Price
ZIL	KuCoin	Bybit	16.75%	$0.002233	$0.002607
OBT	Bybit	KuCoin	6.32%	$0.000294	$0.000313
LUNC	KuCoin	Bybit	1.72%	$0.00004590	$0.00004669
VERONA	Bybit	KuCoin	0.58%	$0.1058	$0.1064
GMT	Bybit	KuCoin	0.49%	$0.007304	$0.007340
HTX	KuCoin	Bybit	0.43%	$0.000001642	$0.000001649
ELSA	Bybit	KuCoin	0.39%	$0.0636	$0.0638
USTC	KuCoin	Bybit	0.39%	$0.004860	$0.004879
ICNT	KuCoin	Bybit	0.34%	$0.1669	$0.1675
EGLD	KuCoin	Bybit	0.33%	$3.60	$3.61

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FAQ

Which is better: Bybit or KuCoin?

The Yieldo withdrawal fee database has records for 797 coins at Bybit and 2181 at KuCoin, with 563 shared in this sample. This is fee database coverage, not the full trading listings: a missing record does not mean the coin is absent from the exchange.

Do both exchanges require KYC?

Yes. Bybit has required verification since 8 May 2023, KuCoin for all new users since July 2023. Sources are linked in the "Access and verification" block.

Which has lower withdrawal fees?

The per-coin comparison is in the table above. For a transfer between the two, the cheapest rail right now is PLASMA: 0 USDT on $1,000.

Why does KuCoin have more closed networks?

Partly it follows from listing breadth: the matrix holds more exotic coins and chains, and one of them is almost always under maintenance. Right now 61.3% are closed against 18.8% on Bybit.

Can I arbitrage between Bybit and KuCoin?

Price gaps between them appear regularly; current spreads are in the arbitrage block above. Count the transfer cost in: 0 USDT per $1,000 over PLASMA, plus confirmation time, eats part of the spread.

What to choose

Bybit leads on 3 of 3 criteria against 0 for KuCoin — the rest are close enough to call a draw. Which of them matters depends on what you need the exchange for.

Bybit

Best at:

Best Rates (top-10 coins) Avg USDT fee on shared networks Network Availability

Open Bybit

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