HTX vs MEXC — Which Is Better? Fees, Staking & Winner
HTX: USDT withdrawal via TRC20 — $0.50; MEXC via TRC20 — $0.50. Live data, updated every 10 min.
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MEXC leads on 1 of 2 criteria against 0 for HTX — the rest are close enough to call a draw. Which of them matters depends on what you need the exchange for.
MEXC has a lower average USDT fee across shared networks with withdrawals open than HTX. The result may differ on an individual network.
Scorecard
| Criteria | HTX | MEXC | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staking Coverage (coins) | HTX— | MEXC21 | Winner Reference |
| Avg USDT fee on shared networks | HTX$0.25 | MEXC$0.15 | Winner MEXC |
| Funding Coverage (coins) | HTX88 | MEXC581 | Winner Reference |
| Network Availability | HTX81% | MEXC82.3% | Winner Draw |
| Coins in the fee database | HTX1156 | MEXC9608 | 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.
Everything for one coin
Rate, withdrawal and funding per coin at once: HTX on the left, MEXC on the right.
| Coin | Staking APR | Withdrawal, cheapest network | Funding per 8h |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTC staking | Staking APR — / 600.00% | Withdrawal, cheapest network under $0.01 / under $0.01 BTC / BTC | Funding per 8h +0.0002% / +0.0081% |
| ETH staking | Staking APR — / 200.00% | Withdrawal, cheapest network under $0.01 / under $0.01 ARBITRUM / ARBITRUM | Funding per 8h +0.0013% / +0.0039% |
| USDT staking | Staking APR — / 600.00% | Withdrawal, cheapest network $0.01 / free BSC / PLASMA | Funding per 8h — / — |
| USDC staking | Staking APR — / 6.00% | Withdrawal, cheapest network under $0.01 / free POLYGON / BSC | Funding per 8h — / +0.0028% |
| SOL staking | Staking APR — / 200.00% | Withdrawal, cheapest network under $0.01 / under $0.01 SOL / SOL | Funding per 8h +0.0100% / +0.0034% |
| BNB staking | Staking APR — / — | Withdrawal, cheapest network under $0.01 / under $0.01 BSC / BSC | Funding per 8h +0.0100% / +0.0069% |
| XRP staking | Staking APR — / 5.00% | Withdrawal, cheapest network $0.25 / $0.02 XRP / XRP | Funding per 8h +0.0100% / -0.0033% |
| GRAM staking | Staking APR — / — | Withdrawal, cheapest network — / — | Funding per 8h +0.0971% / +0.0200% |
| ADA staking | Staking APR — / — | Withdrawal, cheapest network $1.00 / $2.00 ADA / ADA | Funding per 8h +0.0100% / -0.0100% |
| DOGE staking | Staking APR — / 5.00% | Withdrawal, cheapest network — / — | Funding per 8h +0.0100% / +0.0008% |
| HYPE staking | Staking APR — / — | Withdrawal, cheapest network — / under $0.01 — / HYPEREVM | Funding per 8h +0.0050% / +0.0046% |
This pair has no data for that coin.
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
The HTX vs MEXC question splits into two filters before it reaches features: whether you may open an account at all, and how far down the coin list you need to go. HTX is the older venue — running since 2013, renamed from Huobi in September 2023. MEXC is younger and competes on listing breadth: in the Yieldo database HTX carries 1157 coins with withdrawal data and MEXC 9645, 1014 of them shared.
Jurisdiction decides more here than the tariff does. The HTX user agreement bars residents of every EU member state, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, mainland China and the United States from all services, and blocks derivatives under a second list reaching New Zealand, Israel and Kyrgyzstan. The MEXC list is shorter on Europe but names Canada, Malaysia and Kazakhstan. Both reserve the right to change it without notice, so run the check before you register.
MEXC publishes zero maker and zero taker fees across all spot pairs as its standing structure — no end date, no volume threshold, institutional and API accounts carved out. HTX keeps a tiered Prime schedule with a discount for paying fees in HT, and switches zero-maker on only for selected pairs and only for a window. Neither lets you skip KYC: HTX grants deposit and withdrawal rights only from verification level 1, with levels 2 and 3 raising the caps, while MEXC says skipping it can restrict deposits, withdrawals and trading.
Earn is the one comparison this page will not fake. HTX runs an Earn section, but Yieldo does not collect data for it, so our database holds no HTX Earn rows — the gap is ours, not the exchange's. HTX funding is partial for a related reason: much of its perpetual book is equities and commodities, which our provider filters out. Reliability is measured the same way on both: 19% of HTX networks and 17.7% of MEXC networks are closed right now, with 0 and 0 freezes over 30 days.
Which one suits you
- → your country sits on the MEXC blocked list and not on the HTX one — that is how Kazakhstan, Canada and Malaysia fall out
- → you trade major pairs, where the length of the coin list decides nothing
- → venue longevity matters to you: HTX has been running since 2013, first as Huobi and then under its own name
- → you need the long tail: coins that only MEXC carries in our withdrawal database currently number 8631
- → zero spot fees matter to you as a standing tariff rather than a campaign with an end date
- → you want Earn products alongside trading: MEXC has them in our data and we have no HTX data at all
How to move USDT from HTX to MEXC
What it costs to move $1 000 in USDT over the cheapest route that is actually open right now.
| Network | HTX fee | MEXC fee | HTX → MEXC | MEXC → HTX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PLASMA | 0.001 | Free | unavailable for this amount | open |
| BSC on HTX: BEP20 on MEXC: BNB SMART CHAIN(BEP20) | 0.01 | 0.01 | open | open |
| CELO | 0.05 | 0.05 | unavailable for this amount | open |
| POLYGON on MEXC: POLYGON(MATIC) | 0.07 | 0.0065 | unavailable for this amount | open |
| APTOS on HTX: APT on MEXC: APTOS(APT) | 0.1 | 0.1 | open | open |
| ARBITRUM on MEXC: ARBITRUM ONE(ARB) | 0.1 | 0.05 | unavailable for this amount | open |
| NEAR on MEXC: NEAR PROTOCOL(NEAR) | 0.2 | 0.2 | unavailable for this amount | open |
| ETH on HTX: ERC20 on MEXC: ETHEREUM(ERC20) | 0.3 | 0.094 | open | open |
| SOL on HTX: SOLANA on MEXC: SOLANA(SOL) | 0.3 | 0.18 | open | open |
| TON on MEXC: TONCOIN(TON) | 0.3 | 0.017 | open | open |
| TRC20 on MEXC: TRON(TRC20) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 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 money from HTX to MEXC is a plain on-chain transfer: there is no intermediary rail, and you pay the withdrawal network fee on the HTX side. Direction matters more than the reputation of the chain — a network can be cheap to withdraw on and closed for deposits at the other end, so pick the route by its status at both ends.
- Find a network HTX will let you withdraw on and MEXC will credit. The transfer cost block below lists only those working routes and prices a $1,000 move — right now the cheapest one runs over BSC.
- Copy the MEXC deposit address for that exact network. A TRC-20 address will not accept a BEP-20 transfer, and recovery is not always possible.
- Check the minimum withdrawal on the HTX side as well as the fee — on a few hundred dollars the minimum hurts more than the fee does. The per-coin breakdown sits on the HTX withdrawal fees page and in the table below.
- Make sure withdrawals are open to you at all: HTX grants that right only from verification level 1, and the caps above it depend on your level.
- Send it, then follow the confirmations in a block explorer rather than in the exchange interface — MEXC credits the deposit after the required number of confirmations, not at the moment you press send.
Withdrawal reliability
Share of networks closed for withdrawal right now, and how many times withdrawals actually closed over the last 30 days.
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.
Staking Rate Comparison
| Coin | HTX APR | MEXC APR |
|---|---|---|
| BTC staking | — | 600.00% |
| ETH staking | — | 200.00% |
| USDT staking | — | 600.00% |
| USDC staking | — | 6.00% |
| SOL staking | — | 200.00% |
| BNB staking | — | — |
| XRP staking | — | 5.00% |
| GRAM staking | — | — |
| ADA staking | — | — |
| DOGE staking | — | 5.00% |
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 | HTX | MEXC | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now | Average | Range | Changes | Now | Average | Range | Changes | |
| BTC | — | — | — | — | 600.00% | 600.00% | 600.00–600.00 | 0 |
| ETH | — | — | — | — | 200.00% | 200.00% | 200.00–200.00 | 0 |
| USDT | — | — | — | — | 600.00% | 600.00% | 600.00–600.00 | 0 |
| USDC | — | — | — | — | 6.00% | 8.93% | 6.00–11.00 | 3 |
| SOL | — | — | — | — | 200.00% | 200.00% | 200.00–200.00 | 0 |
| XRP | — | — | — | — | 5.00% | 5.00% | 5.00–5.00 | 0 |
| DOGE | — | — | — | — | 5.00% | 5.00% | 5.00–5.00 | 0 |
| HYPE | — | — | — | — | 5.00% | 5.00% | 5.00–5.00 | 0 |
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.
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 | HTX | MEXC |
|---|---|---|---|
| BTC | BTC |
0.00005
BTC
|
0.00002
BITCOIN(BTC)
|
| ETH | ARBITRUM |
0.0002
ARBITRUM
|
0.0000013
ARBITRUM ONE(ARB)
|
| ETH | BASE |
0.001
BASE
(Disabled)
|
0.0000013
BASE
|
| ETH | BSC |
0.00012
BEP20
(Disabled)
|
0.0000082
BNB SMART CHAIN(BEP20)
|
| ETH | ETH |
0.0005
ETH
|
0.000024
ETHEREUM(ERC20)
|
| ETH | OPTIMISM |
0.001
OPTIMISM
(Disabled)
|
0.0000023
OPTIMISM(OP)
|
| USDT | APTOS |
0.1
APT
|
0.1
APTOS(APT)
|
| USDT | ARBITRUM |
0.1
ARBITRUM
(Disabled)
|
0.05
ARBITRUM ONE(ARB)
|
| USDT | BSC |
0.01
BEP20
|
0.01
BNB SMART CHAIN(BEP20)
|
| USDT | CELO |
0.05
CELO
(Disabled)
|
0.05
CELO
|
| USDT | ETH |
0.3
ERC20
|
0.094
ETHEREUM(ERC20)
|
| USDT | NEAR |
0.2
NEAR
(Disabled)
|
0.2
NEAR PROTOCOL(NEAR)
|
| USDT | PLASMA |
0.001
PLASMA
(Disabled)
|
Free
PLASMA
|
| USDT | POLYGON |
0.07
POLYGON
(Disabled)
|
0.0065
POLYGON(MATIC)
|
| USDT | SOL |
0.3
SOLANA
|
0.18
SOLANA(SOL)
|
| USDT | TON |
0.3
TON
|
0.017
TONCOIN(TON)
|
| USDT | TRC20 |
0.5
TRC20
|
0.5
TRON(TRC20)
|
| USDC | ARBITRUM |
0.0484
ARBITRUM
|
0.0033
ARBITRUM ONE(ARB)
|
| USDC | BASE |
2.6
BASE
|
0.1
BASE
|
| USDC | BSC |
0.46719027
BEP20
|
Free
BNB SMART CHAIN(BEP20)
|
| USDC | ETH |
1.211767
ERC20
|
0.17
ETHEREUM(ERC20)
|
| USDC | NEAR |
0.2
NEAR
(Disabled)
|
0.05
NEAR PROTOCOL(NEAR)
|
| USDC | OPTIMISM |
26.6379
OPTIMISM
(Disabled)
|
0.016
OPTIMISM(OP)
|
| USDC | POLYGON |
0.0099
POLYGON
|
0.011
POLYGON(MATIC)
|
| USDC | SOL |
1.0422
SOLANA
|
0.18
SOLANA(SOL)
|
| USDC | SONIC |
0.01
SONIC
(Disabled)
|
0.01
SONIC
|
| USDC | SUI |
0.1
SUI
(Disabled)
|
Free
SUI
|
| SOL | SOL |
0.001
SOLANA
|
0.000037
SOLANA(SOL)
|
| BNB | BSC |
0.00076708
BEP20
|
0.00001
BNB SMART CHAIN(BEP20)
|
| XRP | XRP |
0.25
XRP
|
0.02
RIPPLE(XRP)
|
| ADA | ADA |
1
ADA
|
2
CARDANO(ADA)
|
| HYPE | HYPEREVM |
0.0001
HYPEREVM
(Disabled)
|
0.0005
HYPEREVM
|
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 | HTX | MEXC |
|---|---|---|
| BTC |
0.0002%
+0.0002% per 8 h
0.22% annualized
|
0.0081%
+0.0081% per 8 h
8.87% annualized
|
| ETH |
0.0013%
+0.0013% per 8 h
1.47% annualized
|
0.0039%
+0.0039% per 8 h
4.27% annualized
|
| USDC | — |
0.0028%
+0.0028% per 8 h
3.07% annualized
|
| SOL |
0.0100%
+0.0100% per 8 h
10.95% annualized
|
0.0034%
+0.0034% per 8 h
3.72% annualized
|
| BNB |
0.0100%
+0.0100% per 8 h
10.95% annualized
|
0.0069%
+0.0069% per 8 h
7.56% annualized
|
| XRP |
0.0100%
+0.0100% per 8 h
10.95% annualized
|
-0.0033%
-0.0033% per 8 h
-3.61% annualized
|
| GRAM |
0.1942%
+0.0971% per 4 h
extreme, not an annual yield
|
0.0200%
+0.0200% per 8 h
21.90% annualized
|
| ADA |
0.0100%
+0.0100% per 8 h
10.95% annualized
|
-0.0100%
-0.0100% per 8 h
-10.95% annualized
|
| DOGE |
0.0100%
+0.0100% per 8 h
10.95% annualized
|
0.0008%
+0.0008% per 8 h
0.88% annualized
|
| HYPE |
0.0100%
+0.0050% per 4 h
10.95% annualized
|
0.0046%
+0.0046% per 8 h
5.04% annualized
|
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 | HTX | MEXC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 days | 30 days | 7 days | 30 days | |
| ADA | +10.95% | +10.95% | +1.06% | +6.13% |
| BTC | +5.13% | +2.15% | +4.06% | +3.59% |
| DOGE | +11.23% | +15.25% | +3.73% | +6.16% |
| ETH | +8.63% | +5.46% | +3.54% | +4.19% |
| GRAM | — | — | +21.90% | +21.89% |
| HYPE | +10.80% | +14.25% | +3.03% | +2.52% |
| SOL | +10.83% | +7.71% | +3.90% | +3.80% |
| XRP | +10.95% | +10.79% | +0.00% | +3.86% |
Arbitrage Opportunities
Current price spreads between HTX and MEXC.
| Coin | Buy On | Sell On | Spread |
|---|---|---|---|
| IOTX | MEXC | HTX | 14.52% |
| GUN | HTX | MEXC | 14.15% |
| CC | HTX | MEXC | 13.82% |
| REEF | MEXC | HTX | 11.41% |
| AI | MEXC | HTX | 10.98% |
| VELODROME | HTX | MEXC | 10.51% |
| XCN | HTX | MEXC | 6.13% |
| TORN | HTX | MEXC | 5.82% |
| MAPO | MEXC | HTX | 5.15% |
| ZK | MEXC | HTX | 4.29% |
FAQ
Is HTX or MEXC available where I live?
Which venue lists more coins?
Do both exchanges require KYC?
Which one is cheaper to trade on?
Why is there no Earn comparison on this page?
How do I move funds from HTX to MEXC?
What to choose
MEXC leads on 1 of 2 criteria against 0 for HTX — the rest are close enough to call a draw. Which of them matters depends on what you need the exchange for.