Two checks — cost and trust
Bitstamp vs KuCoin.
Top score today:Bitstamp75— updated 2026-10-04
Lowest: KuCoin 74/100, updated 2026-10-04 — 2 exchanges scored.
Bitstamp and KuCoin were measured on different dollar rails (USD vs USDT) — totals not compared directly.
Bitstamp
- Published fee (maker / taker)
- 0.30% / 0.40%
- Reliability Score
- 75 / 100
- Measured cost · $1,000 BTC buy
- $4.20
- You get
- 0.01169931 BTC
- Of which hidden spread
- $0.20
- BTC withdrawal
- not published — excluded
live orderbook · 50s old at measurement
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KuCoin
- Published fee (maker / taker)
- 0.10% / 0.10%
- Reliability Score
- 74 / 100
- Measured cost · 1,000 USDT BTC buy
- 8.77 USDT
- You get
- 0.01164562 BTC
- Of which hidden spread
- 0.11 USDT
- BTC withdrawal
- 7.66 USDT (0.00009 BTC)
live orderbook · 51s old at measurement · via USDT
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Sources & method
- Cost = live public orderbook walked for the exact $1,000 order + published base-tier fee + published withdrawal fee; ranked by what you receive.
- Reliability Score: sourced and dated, never part of the cost ranking; affiliate links never influence either.
- Cost method → · Score method → · Bitstamp record → · KuCoin record →
Questions, answered
Is Bitstamp or KuCoin safer?
No safety verdicts — on Skontro's sourced Reliability Score, Bitstamp 75/100 (updated 2026-10-04) and KuCoin 74/100 (updated 2026-10-04) — Bitstamp scores higher.
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