How to Buy Hot Cross (HOTCROSS)Every exchange we track that lists HOTCROSS, what the buy costs, and what it costs to take HOTCROSS with you afterwards.
6 of the exchanges we track list HOTCROSS, and 6 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 HOTCROSS and move it to your own wallet. HOTCROSS moves over 2 networks (BNB Smart Chain (BEP20), Ethereum (ERC20)) — pick the same one on the exchange withdrawal screen and in your wallet. 2 of them have HOTCROSS 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 HOTCROSS. 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 ↗ |
LBankPay with 3rd-party | $1.000.1% taker | $0.44537,267.44 HOTCROSS · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) | $1.45 | 1,890 | Visit ↗ |
HTXPay with Bank, P2P | $2.000.2% taker | $0.01964320.5543 HOTCROSS · Ethereum (ERC20) | $2.02 | 1,159 | Visit ↗ |
BitruePay with Card | $2.800.098–0.28% taker | $0.00034925.7 HOTCROSS · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) | $2.80 | 1,784 | Visit ↗ |
KuCoinPay with Card | $1.000.1% taker | withdrawals paused | — | 2,147 | Visit ↗ |
BitMartPay with Card, P2P, 3rd-party | $1.000.1% taker | withdrawals paused | — | 3,695 | Visit ↗ |
Showing 1–6 of 6 exchanges listing HOTCROSS
On 6 exchanges we track: MEXC, LBank, HTX, Bitrue, KuCoin and 1 more. The table above has each one with its trading fee, the payment methods it takes and what it charges to withdraw HOTCROSS.
MEXC, at $0.50 to buy $1,000 of HOTCROSS 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. 4 of the exchanges listing HOTCROSS accept a card (MEXC, Bitrue, KuCoin, BitMart), but the card almost always buys a major asset — USDT, USDC, BTC — which you then swap for HOTCROSS 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 HOTCROSS per network rather than a percentage. We do not have a priced figure for all of the venues listing HOTCROSS yet — the HOTCROSS 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.
HOTCROSS is issued on 2 networks and they are not interchangeable — HOTCROSS sent over BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) will not arrive at an address on Ethereum (ERC20). BNB Smart Chain (BEP20) is the one most exchanges use (3 of them). Withdrawal fees differ per network too, sometimes by an order of magnitude, so the cheapest network is worth checking as well as the cheapest exchange.
Exchange coverage for HOTCROSS 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.