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Best crypto brokers and exchanges 2026

In crypto the headline fee is rarely the full story. Many providers advertise 0% commission and earn through a 0.5–2% spread instead. Custody matters just as much: do you hold real coins you can withdraw to your own wallet, or only a derivative on the price? Since MiCA the EU has a single authorisation framework, which is a meaningful dividing line against unregulated exchanges.

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The top 3 in detail

Why these three lead — derived from the criteria this category weights most heavily.

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Fidelity Investments

The research-and-education benchmark for US investors, with the cheapest funds in the industry attached.

Ahead on Fees (4.7) and Safety & regulation (4.7) — together those two carry 55% of this category's weighting.

USD 0 online US stock and ETF commissions, and Fidelity does not accept payment for order flow on equity orders
Zero-expense-ratio index mutual funds (the FZROX family) — no other major US broker matches this on fund cost
Options exercise and assignment cost USD 0, and buy-to-close orders at USD 0.65 or less are free
No outgoing account transfer fee, no domestic wire fee and no inactivity or maintenance fee

Group index 73/100Protection depends on your legal entity

SECFINRAFDIC

StocksETFsOptionsCryptoBondsFundsIndices

4.5

Category score

Overall score: 4.6 / 5

Strengths in this category

Fees30%

4.7

Safety & regulation25%

4.7

Product range18%

3.9

Trading platform14%

4.5

Stocks (per order): Free
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: 1 %

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Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

moomoo

One of the most data-rich free trading platforms on the market — if you happen to live in one of the seven countries it serves.

4.3

Ahead on Fees (4.5) and Trading platform (4.6) — together those two carry 44% of this category's weighting.

Free Nasdaq TotalView Level 2 depth on the US platform — Webull charges USD 3.99 per month for comparable data
USD 0 commission and USD 0 contract fee on US stocks, ETFs and equity options for US residents
A desktop terminal with institutional-holdings tracking, heat maps, an options strategy builder and 100+ indicators, plus the newer moomoo NX shell

Group index 86/100Protection depends on your legal entity

FINRAMAS

StocksETFsOptionsFuturesCrypto+2

Strengths in this category

Fees30%

4.5

Safety & regulation25%

4.3

Product range18%

3.8

Stocks (per order): Free
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: n/a

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Investing involves risk. Your capital is at risk.

tastytrade

An options-specialist US broker: USD 1 per contract to open, closing commission-free — built by people who trade premium for a living.

4.3

Ahead on Fees (4.6) and Trading platform (4.6) — together those two carry 44% of this category's weighting.

Equity options are USD 1 per contract to open, USD 0 to close and capped at USD 10 per leg — large multi-leg orders scale for free
Futures at USD 1.00 per contract per side and micro futures at USD 0.75, with options on micro futures also USD 0.75
No inactivity fee, no annual IRA maintenance fee and free ACH deposits and withdrawals

Group index 82/100Protection depends on your legal entity

FINRASEC

StocksETFsOptionsFuturesCrypto+4

Strengths in this category

Fees30%

4.6

Safety & regulation25%

4.2

Product range18%

3.6

Stocks (per order): Free
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: n/a

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Investing involves risk. Your capital is at risk.

Risk warning: investing in securities involves risk. You may lose some or all of the capital you invest.

Also worth a look

Rank 4 and below, ordered by category score.

Capital.com

4.3

A polished retail CFD platform in Europe, provided you accept that CFDs are the whole product.

Active CFD traders
Forex day trading

Stocks (per order): in the spread
Minimum deposit: US$20
FX conversion: 0.7 %

CryptoStocksETFsForex+4

Pros: No commission on any CFD and no inactivity fee whatsoever — unusual in the CySEC/FCA CFD segment
Cons: 0.7% currency conversion markup on every trade settled outside your base currency — the single largest hidden cost here

Group index 77/100

FCAASIC

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IC Markets

4.2

One of the cheapest routes to raw institutional FX pricing - as long as you check which entity you are signing with.

Algorithmic and EA traders
Scalping and high-frequency FX

Stocks (per order): 0.1 % (CFD)
Minimum deposit: €200
FX conversion: n/a

CryptoStocksFuturesForex+5

Pros: All-in EUR/USD cost of roughly 0.6 to 0.8 pips on Raw Spread - a 0.0 to 0.1 pip raw spread plus USD 3.50 per lot per side
Cons: Most non-EU, non-Australian clients contract with Raw Trading Ltd under Seychelles licence SD018 - an offshore regulator with no investor compensation scheme behind it

Group index 70/100

ASICCySEC

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Kraken

4.1

The most heavily licensed venue in crypto — and the only one that is also a chartered US bank.

Traders who prioritise regulatory quality
Crypto derivatives and margin traders

Stocks (per order): Free (US only)
Minimum deposit: €1
FX conversion: n/a

CryptoStocksETFsOptions+3

Pros: Wyoming SPDI bank charter through Kraken Financial — a full-reserve institution required to hold 100% unencumbered liquid assets against customer fiat, with a Federal Reserve limited-purpose master account
Cons: Entry-tier spot pricing of 0.40% maker and 0.80% taker is the most expensive base rate among major regulated venues, and you need USD 10,000 of 30-day volume before it drops below 0.40% taker

Group index 78/100

CBIFCA

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Trading 212

4.1

One of the cheapest mainstream ways to buy stocks and ETFs in Europe - 0% commission, 0.15% FX, and almost nothing else to pay.

Low-cost ETF investing
Monthly savings plans

EUR 8–100 reward — Reward via promo link or promo code

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Stocks (per order): Free
Minimum deposit: €1
FX conversion: 0.15 %

CryptoStocksETFsForex+3

Pros: One of the lowest all-in costs among mainstream European brokers for buy-and-hold investors: no commission, no custody fee, no inactivity fee, free withdrawals with no minimum, and a 0.15% FX conversion fee.
Cons: Research is the weakest of any broker at this size. There is no meaningful screener, no analyst consensus, no fundamental data worth the name and no export tooling - you will make every decision using data from somewhere else.

Group index 75/100

FCABaFin

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Admirals (Admiral Markets)

4.1

The rare CFD broker that also settles real shares — broad, well-priced and unusually forgiving about dormant accounts.

Real share investing
MetaTrader users

Stocks (per order): US$0.02/share
Minimum deposit: €100
FX conversion: 0.3 %

CryptoStocksETFsForex+4

Pros: Real share and ETF ownership through Invest.MT5 — roughly 4,800 listed companies and 200-plus ETFs from USD 0.02 per share with a USD 1.00 minimum, with no custody or platform fee.
Cons: Support is weekday office hours only, with no weekend desk — a genuine gap for anyone holding crypto CFDs over a Saturday.

Group index 72/100

FCAASIC

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Wealthsimple Trade

4.1

The best consumer app in Canadian finance, and the first broker in the country to make equity options genuinely free.

App-first Canadian investors
Options sellers and covered-call writers

Stocks (per order): Free
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: 1.5 %

CryptoStocksETFsOptions+3

Pros: CAD 0 commission on Canadian and US stocks and ETFs, plus USD 0 per equity and ETF options contract on every tier, including free assignment
Cons: The 1.5% CAD/USD conversion is the same as Questrade's. A USD account (CAD 10 a month on Core, free on Premium from CAD 100,000) removes it on the US trades themselves but not on the CAD you convert into it, which still costs 1.5% per transaction under CAD 10,000 and falls to 0% only from CAD 100,000; journalling at CAD 9.95 is the other way round it

Group index 69/100

CIRO

Protection depends on your legal entity

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Webull

4.1

A desktop-grade trading terminal wrapped in a zero-commission app — with a support desk that lags badly behind the software.

US options traders
Chart-driven active traders

Stocks (per order): Free
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: n/a

CryptoStocksETFsOptions+5

Pros: USD 0 commission on US-listed stocks, ETFs and equity options, with no per-contract fee — index options are the only equity-derivative exception at USD 0.50 per contract
Cons: Customer support is the standing complaint: Trustpilot sits at roughly 1.3–1.4 out of 5, with transfers and account access the most common themes

Group index 86/100

FINRACFTC/NFA

Protection depends on your legal entity

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Dukascopy Bank

4.0

A real Swiss bank running a real ECN — with a tariff sheet that punishes anyone who moves money often.

Experienced ECN and algorithmic FX traders
Clients who want a bank, not a broker

Stocks (per order): 0.06 % (CFD)
Minimum deposit: US$100
FX conversion: n/a

CryptoStocksETFsForex+4

Pros: Licensed by FINMA as both a bank and a securities firm — full Swiss banking supervision, capital requirements and audit obligations, not a CFD-broker permission
Cons: Bank transfer withdrawals are priced per currency and rail — EUR 2.3 over SEPA up to EUR 20, USD 19 up to USD 35, and nominally much more in minor currencies such as HUF 5,500 or JPY 2,500 — and card withdrawals add EUR 1.5 plus 2.5%; cash movement is the single worst part of the tariff

Group index 82/100

FINMAJFSA

Protection depends on your legal entity

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flatex

4.0

One flat EUR 5.90 per order, free ETF savings plans and a German banking licence — the incumbent that actually competes on price.

Medium and large single orders
ETF savings plan investors

Stocks (per order): €5.90
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: 0.35 %

CryptoStocksETFsCFDs+5

Pros: EUR 5.90 flat commission on German, US, Canadian and other foreign orders with no percentage component up to EUR 40,000 — a EUR 10,000 trade costs the same as a EUR 1,000 trade
Cons: 0.00% p.a. credit interest on cash balances. Competitors pay 1%–1.75% on the settlement or call account, so an investor holding EUR 20,000 in cash gives up EUR 200–350 a year that never shows up in any fee table

Group index 79/100

BaFin

Protection depends on your legal entity

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OANDA

4.1

Thirty years, six top-tier licences and one of the strongest mobile apps in FX - attached to spreads you have to work around.

Beginners
Mobile-first traders

Stocks (per order): 0.06 % (CFD)
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: 1 %

CryptoStocksETFsForex+6

Pros: Regulated by six tier-1 authorities - CFTC/NFA, FCA (542574), CIRO, ASIC (AFSL 412981), MAS and the JFSA - a licence footprint almost nobody in retail FX matches
Cons: The default spread-only account is expensive: EUR/USD has been measured at 1.4 to 1.7 pips against roughly 0.8 pips all-in at raw-spread competitors

Group index 89/100

CFTC/NFAFCA

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Bybit

4.0

The derivatives exchange that survived the largest theft in crypto history — and then got itself properly licensed in the EU.

Perpetual futures traders
Copy-trading followers

Stocks (per order): Not offered
Minimum deposit: None
FX conversion: n/a

CryptoOptionsFuturesCommodities+2

Pros: USDT perpetual contracts at 0.0200% maker and 0.0550% taker, with a deep book that makes Bybit the strongest derivatives alternative to Binance
Cons: EEA residents get spot and spot margin only. Perpetuals, options and TradFi contracts require the global platform, which Bybit EU customers may not use, because those products need a MiFID II licence Bybit has applied for but not obtained

Group index 57/100

FMAVARA

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eToro

4.0

One of the most complete copy-trading products in Europe, wrapped in a notably simple broker app - and paid for through conversion charges rather than commissions.

Copy trading
Crypto plus stocks in one account

USD 100,000 virtual — Demo account with USD 100,000 in virtual funds

Stocks (per order): US$1
Minimum deposit: US$50
FX conversion: 0.75 %

CryptoStocksETFsForex+4

Pros: CopyTrader is one of the most mature copy-trading products in Europe: no separate fee on top of normal trading costs, a USD 200 minimum per copied trader, and up to 100 traders copied at once.
Cons: Currency conversion costs 0.75% each way between a European local-currency account and USD, before Club discounts whose size eToro's own pages state differently - for a broker whose core product is USD-denominated, that is the one number you most need.

Group index 91/100

FCAASIC

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Quick comparison

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Best crypto brokers and exchanges — Quick comparison
Broker	Category	Overall	Fees30%	Safety & regulation25%	Product range18%	Crypto	Minimum deposit	Regulation	Action
1Fidelity Investments	4.5	4.6	4.7	4.7	3.9	in the spread	None	SECFINRA, FDIC	Visit broker Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
2moomoo	4.3	4.3	4.5	4.3	3.8	n/a	None	FINRAMAS, ASIC, CIRO, SC	Visit broker Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
3tastytrade	4.3	4.2	4.6	4.2	3.6	1 %	None	FINRASEC, NFA	Visit broker Risk warning: investing in securities involves risk. You may lose some or all of the capital you invest.
4Capital.com	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.3	3.6	in the spread	US$20	FCAASIC, CySEC	Visit broker Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
5IC Markets	4.2	4.2	4.7	3.9	3.7	in the spread	€200	ASICCySEC, FSCA, FSA, SCB, CMA	Visit broker Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
6Kraken	4.2	4.1	3.4	4.6	4.6	tiered	€1	CBIFCA, SEC, CFTC, WY DoB, CySEC, VARA, BVI FSC	Visit broker Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
7Trading 212	4.2	4.1	4.8	4.0	3.7	in the spread	€1	FCABaFin, ASIC, CySEC, FSC	Visit broker Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
8Admirals (Admiral Markets)	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.4	in the spread	€100	FCAASIC, CySEC, FSCA, JSC, CMA, FSA	Visit broker Risk warning: CFDs and other leveraged products are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. You should consider whether you understand how these products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.

Our methodology

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Weighting in this category

42 brokers rated

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The formula

The category score is 70% the category-specific weighting and 30% the general overall score. A strong all-rounder therefore does not drop out simply because it fails to lead one single criterion.

Category score = 0.7 × Σ(w_i × s_i) + 0.3 × Overall score

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A broker that misses these never appears in this list, no matter how it scores.

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