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The weekly find — week 29, 2026.

measured by Skontro · permanent edition · 2026-07-13 → 2026-07-20

Week 29, 2026, EUR books: cheapest Binance €1.64 all-in, priciest Bybit €20.67.

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Cheapest measured — full basket

Binance

€1.64 all-in

Most expensive measured — full basket

Bybit

€20.67 all-in · 12.6× 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 €3.17, €2.67 hidden spread.

This week’s notes (3)

The measured "cheapest venue" title changed hands 270 times this week across 5 venues (1344 hourly rounds assessed) — cheapest is a moving target.

The widest measured exchange gap this week was on LINK: a €1,000 buy averaged €1.69 all-in at OKX vs €111.99 at Bybit — 66.2× apart over 99 paired hourly measurements.

Week over week, MEXC's measured average all-in cost per €1,000 buy moved from €0.83 to €3.17 (+280.3%, 1171 vs 1070 measurements, same 8-asset basket both weeks).

Window: 2026-07-13 → 2026-07-20 · 11,346 measurements · estimated exchanges excluded · Method: /true-cost/methodology

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Window: Monday 2026-07-13 → 2026-07-20 (UTC, ISO week) · 11,346 measurements · Method: /true-cost/methodology · JSON: /api/truecost/weekly?week=2026-W29

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