How to Buy Bad Idea AIEvery exchange we track that lists BAD, what the buy costs, and what it costs to take BAD with you afterwards.
7 of the exchanges we track list BAD, and 7 of those accept fiat, so you can buy it without holding crypto first. The cheapest place to place the order is MEXC at $0.50 on a $1,000 market buy. It is also the cheapest once the withdrawal fee is added — $0.50 to buy $1,000 of BAD and move it to your own wallet. Every exchange sends BAD over Ethereum (ERC20), so there is no network to get wrong. 2 of them have BAD withdrawals paused right now — you can buy there, but you cannot take the coin with you until it reopens.
All-in cost is the trading fee on a $1,000 market buy plus the cheapest fee that exchange charges to withdraw BAD. It is the number the exchange’s own “how to buy” page never shows you, and it reorders the table more often than not. The coins column is how many assets each exchange lists in total, from our own sync — not the figure CoinMarketCap prints.
| Exchange | Buy fee on $1,000 | Move it out | All-in cost | Coins listed | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MEXCReferralPay with Card | $0.500–0.05% taker | FreeEthereum (ERC20) | $0.50 | 9,475 | Visit ↗ |
BitgetReferralPay with Card, 3rd-party | $1.000.1% taker | $0.0₈14841.6 BAD · Ethereum (ERC20) | $1.00 | 2,516 | Visit ↗ |
CoinWPay with Card, Apple/Google Pay, 3rd-party | $1.000.1% taker | $0.0870993,894,900 BAD · Ethereum (ERC20) | $1.09 | 1,218 | Visit ↗ |
WEEXPay with Card, P2P | $1.000.1% taker | $0.2436262,647,000 BAD · Ethereum (ERC20) | $1.24 | 594 | Visit ↗ |
BTSEPay with Card, Bank | $2.000.2% taker | $0.6200668,452,000 BAD · Ethereum (ERC20) | $2.62 | 329 | Visit ↗ |
BitMartPay with Card, P2P, 3rd-party | $1.000.1% taker | withdrawals paused | — | 3,695 | Visit ↗ |
HibtPay with P2P | $2.000.2% taker | withdrawals paused | — | 1,721 | Visit ↗ |
Showing 1–7 of 7 exchanges listing BAD
On 7 exchanges we track: MEXC, Bitget, CoinW, WEEX, BTSE and 2 more. The table above has each one with its trading fee, the payment methods it takes and what it charges to withdraw BAD.
MEXC, at $0.50 to buy $1,000 of BAD and withdraw it — $0.50 in trading fee plus $0.00 to move it out over Ethereum (ERC20). If you are leaving the coin on the exchange, only the first half applies and a different venue may win. Paying by card adds the card processor's charge on top of both, typically 1.8–4%.
Indirectly, yes. 6 of the exchanges listing BAD accept a card, but the card almost always buys a major asset — USDT, USDC, BTC — which you then swap for BAD on the same exchange. That means two fees: the card charge, then the trading fee in the table.
Every exchange charges one, as a flat amount of BAD per network rather than a percentage. We do not have a priced figure for all of the venues listing BAD yet — the BAD withdrawal fee page has whatever each exchange publishes.
It is a custody choice, not a safety switch. While the coin sits there the exchange holds the keys: convenient, recoverable if you lose your password, and dependent on the exchange staying solvent and keeping withdrawals open. Moving it to a wallet you control removes that dependency and costs one withdrawal fee. For a trading balance, staying put is reasonable; for a long hold, most people move.
Exchange coverage for BAD comes from each exchange’s own deposit and withdrawal endpoints (last sync 2026-08-29 00:53 UTC); trading fees are the published base tier, no volume discount applied (verified 2026-08-28). Exchanges we have a referral arrangement with appear first and are tagged as such — it changes no number in any row. Nothing here is investment advice; see our methodology.