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The weekly find — week 28, 2026.

measured by Skontro · permanent edition · 2026-07-06 → 2026-07-13

Week 28, 2026, EUR books: cheapest MEXC €0.83 all-in, priciest Coinbase €12.83.

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Cheapest measured — full basket

MEXC

€0.83 all-in

Most expensive measured — full basket

Coinbase

€12.83 all-in · 15.4× the cheapest

“Full basket” = every asset measured this week; the week-over-week note below uses only the basket both weeks share.

“0% fee” check: MEXC advertises a near-zero taker fee — measured all-in this week €0.83, €0.33 hidden spread.

This week’s notes (3)

The measured "cheapest venue" title changed hands 215 times this week across 5 venues (1344 hourly rounds assessed) — cheapest is a moving target.

Week over week, MEXC's measured average all-in cost per €1,000 buy moved from €2.56 to €0.83 (-67.4%, 1174 vs 1171 measurements, same 8-asset basket both weeks).

The widest measured exchange gap this week was on DOGE: a €1,000 buy averaged €1.76 all-in at Binance vs €19.55 at Bybit — 11.1× apart over 153 paired hourly measurements.

Window: 2026-07-06 → 2026-07-13 · 11,476 measurements · estimated exchanges excluded · Method: /true-cost/methodology

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Window: Monday 2026-07-06 → 2026-07-13 (UTC, ISO week) · 11,476 measurements · Method: /true-cost/methodology · JSON: /api/truecost/weekly?week=2026-W28

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