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The cheapest way to buy BNB in 2026, measured.

At 2026-10-04 14:48 UTC, Binance was cheapest for a $1,000 BNB buy: 1.269950 BNB received.

$10.80 less total cost than the priciest live-measured exchange.

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

Exchange	Published fee (maker / taker)	Measured cost	You receive	Reliability	Data age
01Binance	0.10% / 0.10%	$1.35	1.269950 BNB	72 / 100	54s
02Kraken	0.25% / 0.40%	$3.99	1.266596 BNB	88 / 100	21s
03Bitstamp	0.30% / 0.40%	$4.30	1.266196 BNB	75 / 100	54s
04Coinbase	0.60% / 1.20%	$12.15	1.256218 BNB	68 / 100	53s

01Binance$1.35
You receive: 1.269950 BNB72 / 100
fee 0.10% / 0.10% · live · 54s old
02Kraken$3.99
You receive: 1.266596 BNB88 / 100
fee 0.25% / 0.40% · live · 21s old
03Bitstamp$4.30
You receive: 1.266196 BNB75 / 100
fee 0.30% / 0.40% · live · 54s old
04Coinbase$12.15
You receive: 1.256218 BNB68 / 100
fee 0.60% / 1.20% · live · 53s old

4 live-measured exchanges · ranking = net BNB 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

Binance

Published fee (maker / taker): 0.10% / 0.10%
Reliability Score: 72 / 100
Measured cost · $1,000 BNB buy: $1.35
You get: 1.269950 BNB
Of which hidden spread: $0.35
BNB withdrawal: not included in this snapshot

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Kraken

Published fee (maker / taker): 0.25% / 0.40%
Reliability Score: 88 / 100
Measured cost · $1,000 BNB buy: $3.99
You get: 1.266596 BNB
Of which hidden spread: -$0.01
BNB 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.

BNB isn’t in our curated withdrawal dataset yet (Bitcoin and Ethereum are) — see the withdrawal-fee table and Move check.

Sources & method

Live order-book walk at your size plus the published fee, ranked by BNB 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 BNB comparison recomputes everything in real time.

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

Binance · 1.269950 BNB for $1,000 · after fee and spread

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Questions, answered

What is the cheapest exchange to buy BNB?

At 2026-10-04 14:48 UTC, Binance was the cheapest live-orderbook exchange for a $1,000 BNB buy: 1.269950 BNB after fee and spread.

What are the fees for buying BNB?

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

Does the withdrawal fee affect the ranking?

Not on this page (trading cost only), and BNB is not yet in our curated withdrawal dataset — check the exchange’s fee page.

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