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The cheapest way to buy Bitcoin in 2026, measured.

At 2026-10-04 14:48 UTC, Bybit was cheapest for a $1,000 Bitcoin buy: 0.01172469 BTC received.

$3.20 less total cost than the priciest live-measured exchange.

Measured — live orderbook · $1,000 BTC buy · 2026-10-04 14:48 UTC

Exchange	Published fee (maker / taker)	Measured cost	You receive	Reliability	Data age
01Bybit	0.10% / 0.10%	$2.04	0.01172469 BTC	85 / 100	54s
02Binance	0.10% / 0.10%	$2.06	0.01172452 BTC	72 / 100	54s
03Kraken	0.25% / 0.40%	$3.98	0.01170186 BTC	88 / 100	24s
04Bitstamp	0.30% / 0.40%	$4.20	0.01169931 BTC	75 / 100	53s
05Crypto.com	0.25% / 0.50%	$5.24	0.01168707 BTC	78 / 100	55s

01Bybit$2.04
You receive: 0.01172469 BTC85 / 100
fee 0.10% / 0.10% · live · 54s old
02Binance$2.06
You receive: 0.01172452 BTC72 / 100
fee 0.10% / 0.10% · live · 54s old
03Kraken$3.98
You receive: 0.01170186 BTC88 / 100
fee 0.25% / 0.40% · live · 24s old
04Bitstamp$4.20
You receive: 0.01169931 BTC75 / 100
fee 0.30% / 0.40% · live · 53s old
05Crypto.com$5.24
You receive: 0.01168707 BTC78 / 100
fee 0.25% / 0.50% · live · 55s old

5 live-measured exchanges · ranking = net BTC received after fee and spread · withdrawal not included.

Not in this dollar view: Bitpanda, Bitvavo — why →

Bitpanda has no public USD or USDT order book — omitted rather than converted from EUR.
Bitvavo has no public USD or USDT order book — omitted rather than converted from EUR.

The top two measured exchanges, in full

Bybit

Published fee (maker / taker): 0.10% / 0.10%
Reliability Score: 85 / 100
Measured cost · $1,000 BTC buy: $2.04
You get: 0.01172469 BTC
Of which hidden spread: $1.04
BTC withdrawal: not included in this snapshot

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Binance

Published fee (maker / taker): 0.10% / 0.10%
Reliability Score: 72 / 100
Measured cost · $1,000 BTC buy: $2.06
You get: 0.01172452 BTC
Of which hidden spread: $1.06
BTC withdrawal: not included in this snapshot

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Why the fee page isn’t the whole story.

0.10% on $1,000 is one dollar; the spread you cross is often more — full anatomy: hidden-fees guide.

Withdrawal adds to the bill.

Published native-chain BTC withdrawal fees, each from the exchange’s own fee page:

Binance0.00002 BTC (≈ $1.70 · €1.51)
Bybit0.000076 BTC (≈ $6.47 · €5.74)
OKX0.000029 BTC (≈ $2.47 · €2.19)
KuCoin0.00009 BTC (≈ $7.66 · €6.80)
MEXC0.0002 BTC (≈ $17.02 · €15.12)
Bitget0.00003 BTC (≈ $2.55 · €2.27)
Crypto.com0.0004 BTC (≈ $34.05 · €30.23)
Kraken0.000015 BTC (≈ $1.28 · €1.13)
Bitpanda0.00000598 BTC (≈ $0.51 · €0.45)
Bitvavo0.000023 BTC (≈ $1.96 · €1.74)

Coinbase publishes no fixed BTC withdrawal fee — the live network fee is passed through at withdrawal time.

Bitstamp has no officially verifiable published BTC withdrawal fee — we show nothing rather than a guess.

Fees adjust dynamically; sources and dates on the full withdrawal-fee table, routes on the Move check.

Sources & method

Live order-book walk at your size plus the published fee, ranked by BTC received — never by commission. Method →

Sources & method, in full

Every number above carries its measurement time — “cheapest” is only ever true at a timestamp. Exchanges without fresh data are omitted, never invented; exchanges without a public orderbook are marked “list price · not live”. The Reliability Score next to costs is a sourced, dated record — display context, never part of the cost ranking. Where a link earns a disclosed commission it is labelled; the commission never changes a number or a position. Withdrawal figures are the published schedule at verification; EUR equivalents are approximate at the current reference price. For your own order size, the live BTC comparison recomputes everything in real time.

Cheapest measured · 2026-10-04 14:48 UTC

Bybit · 0.01172469 BTC for $1,000 · after fee and spread

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Questions, answered

What is the cheapest exchange to buy Bitcoin?

At 2026-10-04 14:48 UTC, Bybit was the cheapest live-orderbook exchange for a $1,000 Bitcoin buy: 0.01172469 BTC after fee and spread.

What are the fees for buying Bitcoin?

At 2026-10-04 14:48 UTC, the cheapest live-orderbook exchanges for a $1,000 Bitcoin buy were Bybit (taker 0.10%), Binance (taker 0.10%), Kraken (taker 0.40%).

Does the withdrawal fee affect the ranking?

Not on this page (trading cost only); the live tool’s withdrawal toggle adds each exchange’s published BTC fee — unpublished ones excluded, never guessed.

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