Binance is the largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, founded in 2017 and home to the deepest perpetual futures liquidity in the market, from BTCUSDT down to long-tail altcoin pairs.

Headquartered in Dubai and led by CEO Richard Teng, it serves more than 260 million users across 180+ countries, offering perpetuals at up to 125x leverage alongside 350+ spot assets, options, and margin trading.

Binance is licensed in major hubs including the UAE, Japan, and Australia, backs users with a $1 billion SAFU insurance fund held in Bitcoin, and publishes Proof of Reserves so anyone can verify assets are backed at a minimum 1:1 ratio. EU access is restricted while it pursues MiCA authorization.

BingX is a copy-trading-first perpetuals exchange founded in 2018 by Josh Lu, serving more than 10 million users across 160+ countries with one of the widest traditional-asset derivatives lineups of any mid-tier venue.

Its futures platform spans USDT and USDC-margined crypto perpetuals at up to 125x leverage plus 50+ TradFi contracts covering gold, oil, forex, US stocks, and indices, reaching 500x on select forex pairs.

Regulation runs through AUSTRAC registration in Australia and Lithuania's FCIS, while BingX EU has applied for MiCA authorization through Austria's FMA, so EEA access remains unauthorized pending that decision.

Security carries one scar handled cleanly. A September 2024 hot wallet breach cost between $43 million and $52 million, users were fully compensated from reserves within days, and the exchange publishes Proof of Reserves alongside an expanded Shield Fund since.