Hotcoin vs MEXC: fees compared

Every fee that costs you money on Hotcoin and MEXC, side by side — trading fees at each VIP tier, withdrawal fees coin by coin, deposits and fiat. Sourced from each exchange’s own fee pages.

HotcoinRank #34 · founded 2017

0.2%spot taker0.06%futures taker643coins to withdraw$11.58Bvolume 24h

Trade on Hotcoin ↗

MEXCRank #9 · founded 2018

0–0.05%spot taker0–0.1%futures taker9,474coins to withdraw$15.26Bvolume 24h

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The short answer

1Hotcoincategories won9MEXC

MEXC charges 0–0.05% on spot taker orders versus 0.2% on Hotcoin.
On futures, MEXC is cheaper for takers (0–0.1% vs 0.06%).
MEXC has the cheaper withdrawal fee on 191 of the 306 coins both exchanges list (23 tie).
Hotcoin publishes the deeper VIP ladder (13 tiers), so high-volume traders can push fees lower there.

Head-to-head

Fee	Hotcoin	MEXC
Trading fees
Spot maker	0.2%	0%cheaper
Spot taker	0.2%	0–0.05%cheaper
Futures maker	0.02%	0–0.04%cheaper
Futures taker	0.06%	0–0.1%cheaper
Lowest spot taker (top VIP tier)	0.11%VIP12	0%cheaperRegular
Fee tiers published	13moreSpot trading	1Spot trading
Fee discount with exchange token	—	−20% paying fees in MX
Withdrawals & deposits
Coins you can withdraw	643synced 2026-08-29 00:53 UTC	9,474moresynced 2026-08-29 00:53 UTC
Median withdrawal fee (coins on both)	$1.01across 306 coins	$0.1720cheaperacross 306 coins
Cheaper withdrawal on…	81 coins23 tied	191 coinsmore23 tied
Crypto deposit fee	—	Free
Exchange profile
Volume 24h (spot + derivatives)	$11.58BOI $2.01B	$15.26BmoreOI $5.69B
Markets	Spot, Derivativesfounded 2017	Spot, Derivativesfounded 2018
Fiat currencies	Supported3rd-party	15 currenciesEUR, USD, GBP, VND, RUB, KRW…

“Cheaper” marks the better number on that row only. A dash means we have not verified that fee for the exchange yet — it is not a claim that the fee is zero.

What would you actually pay?

30-day trading volume$1MMaker share of that volume50% maker

Withdrawals per month

Hotcoin

$1,659.38/ month

Trading (VIP6 · 0.16% / 0.17%): $1,650.00
Withdrawals (4× BTC · Bitcoin · $2.34 each): $9.38

MEXCCheaper

$0.08/ month

Trading (Regular · 0% / 0%): $0.00
Withdrawals (4× BTC · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) · $0.01954 each): $0.08

At $1M of monthly spot volume (50% maker) plus 4 BTC withdrawals, MEXC costs $1,659.30 less per month — $19,911.61 a year.

Taker fee as 30-day volume grows Hotcoin MEXC

Estimate only: it applies each exchange’s published VIP ladder for the market you picked, ignores token-payment discounts, referral rebates and promotional zero-fee pairs, and assumes every withdrawal uses the cheapest network above. Negative fees are maker rebates.

Spot fee tiers side by side

HotcoinSpot trading

Tier	30d volume ≥	Maker	Taker
VIP0	—	0.2%	0.2%
VIP1	$50.00K	0.195%	0.195%
VIP2	$100.00K	0.19%	0.19%
VIP3	$150.00K	0.185%	0.185%
VIP4	$300.00K	0.18%	0.18%
VIP5	$600.00K	0.17%	0.175%
VIP6	$1.00M	0.16%	0.17%
VIP7	$3.00M	0.15%	0.16%
VIP8	$6.00M	0.14%	0.15%
VIP9	$10.00M	0.13%	0.14%
VIP10	$20.00M	0.12%	0.13%
VIP11	$30.00M	0.11%	0.12%
VIP12	$50.00M	0.1%	0.11%

Source: Hotcoin fee schedule ↗ · verified 2026-08-28

MEXCSpot trading

Tier	30d volume ≥	Maker	Taker
Regular	—	0%	0–0.05%

Source: MEXC fee schedule ↗ · verified 2026-08-28

Futures fee tiers side by side

HotcoinFutures trading — USDⓈ-M

Tier	30d volume ≥	Maker	Taker
VIP0	—	0.02%	0.06%
VIP1	$500.00K	0.0195%	0.059%
VIP2	$1.00M	0.019%	0.057%
VIP3	$3.00M	0.0185%	0.056%
VIP4	$10.00M	0.018%	0.054%
VIP5	$30.00M	0.0175%	0.052%
VIP6	$100.00M	0.017%	0.05%
VIP7	$300.00M	0.0165%	0.0485%
VIP8	$500.00M	0.016%	0.0465%
VIP9	$800.00M	0.0155%	0.0445%
VIP10	$1.00B	0.0145%	0.0415%
VIP11	$2.00B	0.0135%	0.0395%
VIP12	$3.00B	0.0125%	0.0375%

Source: Hotcoin fee schedule ↗ · verified 2026-08-28

MEXCFutures trading

Tier	30d volume ≥	Maker	Taker
Regular	—	0–0.04%	0–0.1%

Source: MEXC fee schedule ↗ · verified 2026-08-28

Withdrawal fees, coin by coin306 coins on both

Cheaper on more coinsMEXC81 vs 191 of 306

Median fee · Hotcoin$1.01on the shared basket

Median fee · MEXC$0.1720on the shared basket

Coins only on one side3,600227 Hotcoin · 3,373 MEXC

Coin	Hotcoin	MEXC	Cheaper
BTCBitcoin	0.0₄3000 BTC$2.34 · Bitcoin +1	0.0₆2500 BTC$0.01954 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) +2	MEXCsaves $2.33
ETHEthereum	0.0002000 ETH$0.5028 · Ethereum (ERC20) +3	0.0₆5500 ETH$0.001383 · Starknet +17	MEXCsaves $0.5014
USDTTether USDt	Free$0.00 · Scroll +6	Free$0.00 · Plasma +15	same
BNBBNB	0.001500 BNB$1.13 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20)	0.0₄1000 BNB$0.007514 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20)	MEXCsaves $1.12
XRPXRP	1.1 XRP$1.47 · XRP Ledger	0.02000 XRP$0.02669 · XRP Ledger	MEXCsaves $1.44
USDCUSDC	Free$0.00 · XDC Network +6	Free$0.00 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) +17	same
SOLSolana	0.009200 SOL$0.9794 · Solana	0.0₄3700 SOL$0.003939 · Solana	MEXCsaves $0.9755
TRXTRON	2 TRX$0.6740 · Tron (TRC20)	1 TRX$0.3370 · Tron (TRC20)	MEXCsaves $0.3370
ZECZcash	1 ZEC$1,480.61 · Zcash	0.0003130 ZEC$0.4634 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) +1	MEXCsaves $1,480.15
HYPEHyperliquid	0.01600 HYPE$1.43 · HyperEVM	0.0005000 HYPE$0.04458 · HyperEVM	MEXCsaves $1.38
DOGEDogecoin	11.2 DOGE$0.9613 · Dogecoin	0.1700 DOGE$0.01459 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) +1	MEXCsaves $0.9467
LINKChainlink	0.1305 LINK$1.55 · Ethereum (ERC20)	0.1100 LINK$1.31 · Ethereum (ERC20)	MEXCsaves $0.2442
ADACardano	2 ADA$0.4326 · Cardano	2 ADA$0.4326 · Cardano	same
XLMStellar	0.02000 XLM$0.003765 · Stellar	0.1000 XLM$0.01883 · Stellar	Hotcoinsaves $0.01506
UNIUniswap	0.2166 UNI$1.98 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) +1	0.1000 UNI$0.9164 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) +1	MEXCsaves $1.07
BCHBitcoin Cash	0.004000 BCH$0.9973 · Bitcoin Cash	0.001000 BCH$0.2493 · Bitcoin Cash	MEXCsaves $0.7480
NEARNEAR Protocol	0.5243 NEAR$1.85 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20)	0.01000 NEAR$0.03524 · NEAR	MEXCsaves $1.81
USD1World Liberty Financial USD	2 USD1$2.00 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20)	Free$0.00 · Ethereum (ERC20) +5	MEXCsaves $2.00
LTCLitecoin	0.01350 LTC$0.7506 · Litecoin	0.0001000 LTC$0.005560 · Litecoin	MEXCsaves $0.7450
GRAMGram (prev. Toncoin)	0.5900 GRAM$0.8064 · TON	0.001300 GRAM$0.001777 · TON	MEXCsaves $0.8047
AVAXAvalanche	0.1300 AVAX$1.04 · Avalanche C-Chain +1	0.004000 AVAX$0.03201 · Avalanche C-Chain +1	MEXCsaves $1.01
HBARHedera	Free$0.00 · Hedera	0.5000 HBAR$0.03888 · Hedera	Hotcoinsaves $0.03888
SUISui	1.15 SUI$0.9163 · Sui	0.06000 SUI$0.04781 · Sui	MEXCsaves $0.8685
SHIBShiba Inu	1,541,025.42 SHIB$8.36 · Ethereum (ERC20)	Free$0.00 · Solana +2	MEXCsaves $8.36
MMemeCore	Free$0.00 · MemeCore	0.2000 M$0.2581 · MemeCore	Hotcoinsaves $0.2581

Showing 1–25 of 306 coins

Deposit, fiat, card and other fees

Fee	Hotcoin	MEXC
Card spending/conversion feeGlobal Card · Card annual	—	0 USD
Card spending/conversion feeGlobal Card · Card cross border	—	Free
Card spending/conversion feeGlobal Card · Card crypto conversion	—	Free
Card spending/conversion feeGlobal Card · Card inactivity	—	0 USD
Card spending/conversion feeGlobal Card · Card issuance	—	20 USD
Card spending/conversion feeGlobal Card · Card reload	—	0 USD
Card spending/conversion feeGlobal Card · Card transaction	—	1%
Card spending/conversion feeMEXC Card (APAC) · Card annual	—	0 USD
Card spending/conversion feeMEXC Card (APAC) · Card cross border	—	1%
Card spending/conversion feeMEXC Card (APAC) · Card crypto conversion	—	1%
Card spending/conversion feeMEXC Card (APAC) · Card inactivity	—	0 USD
Card spending/conversion feeMEXC Card (APAC) · Card issuance	—	0 USD
Card spending/conversion feeMEXC Card (APAC) · Card reload	—	0 USD
Card spending/conversion feeMEXC Card (APAC) · Card transaction	—	Free
Crypto deposit fee	—	Free
P2P maker feeP2P	—	Free
P2P taker feeP2P	—	Free

Hotcoin vs MEXC — FAQ

Is Hotcoin or MEXC cheaper?

MEXC charges 0–0.05% on spot taker orders versus 0.2% on Hotcoin. On futures, MEXC is cheaper for takers (0–0.1% vs 0.06%). MEXC has the cheaper withdrawal fee on 191 of the 306 coins both exchanges list (23 tie). Hotcoin publishes the deeper VIP ladder (13 tiers), so high-volume traders can push fees lower there.

Which has lower trading fees, Hotcoin or MEXC?

Hotcoin charges 0.2% taker / 0.2% maker on spot and 0.06% taker on futures at the entry tier. MEXC charges 0–0.05% taker / 0% maker on spot and 0–0.1% taker on futures. Across the metrics we compare, MEXC wins more of them. Both drop as your 30-day volume grows — use the calculator above to price your own volume.

Which is cheaper for withdrawals, Hotcoin or MEXC?

Of the 306 coins both exchanges let you withdraw, Hotcoin is cheaper on 81, MEXC on 191, and 23 are identical. The median withdrawal fee on that shared basket is $1.01 on Hotcoin versus $0.1720 on MEXC. MEXC is the cheaper default, but the winner changes coin by coin — check the coin you actually withdraw.

How can I pay lower fees on Hotcoin or MEXC?

MEXC: −20% paying fees in MX. Both exchanges also cut maker/taker rates as your 30-day volume rises — Hotcoin publishes 13 tiers and MEXC publishes 1 tier. Choosing the cheapest withdrawal network matters just as much: on many coins the gap between networks is larger than the gap between exchanges.

Are these Hotcoin and MEXC fees up to date?

Trading fees are hand-curated from each exchange's official fee schedule and carry the date we last verified them (2026-08-28 for Hotcoin, 2026-08-28 for MEXC). Withdrawal fees are synced from each exchange's own API or fee page (last sync 2026-08-29 00:53 UTC for Hotcoin, 2026-08-29 00:53 UTC for MEXC). USD amounts are recomputed at the live coin price.

Other comparisons

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Trading and other fee numbers are hand-curated from each exchange’s official fee pages (linked next to every tier table) and carry the date we last verified them. Withdrawal fees are synced from each exchange’s own API or fee page; USD amounts are computed at the current live coin price, so they move with the market. Rates exclude referral rebates, promotional zero-fee pairs and regional pricing. Full detail per exchange: Hotcoin fees · MEXC fees.