Coinbase scores 2 points above OKX, led by withdrawal track record, licence coverage, and asset protection. Coinbase ranks #5 and OKX #7 of 17 published exchanges. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
Coinbase69
vs
OKX67
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #5 and #7 of 17
Coinbase scores 2 points above OKX, led by withdrawal track record, licence coverage, and asset protection.
Coinbase #5 of 1769
OKX #7 of 1767
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termCoinbase leads on 3 of 4 published criteria; OKX on 0. The terms sum to the gap.
TermCoinbaseOKXWeightPoints
Withdrawal track record8/107/106.7+1.7for Coinbase+0.9 of 32
Licence coverage8/107/105.8+1.5for Coinbase+0.8 of 32
Asset protection7/106/104.3+1.1for Coinbase+0.6 of 32
Measured dataScore dimension7.28.318−2.9for OKX
Net of the terms+1.5
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread−0.2
Reproduced gap+1.3
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below6967+2.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
CoinbaseScore 69US-listed anchor venue with two cost structures on one account: a preview-only-priced simple-buy default and a published 0.60%/0.40% entry-tier order book — wrapped in the deepest register-verifiable licence map in the pool.Strength: Withdrawal incident record — 8/10Watch-out: The interface a new account actually lands in prices by spread that Coinbase declines to publish — the number exists only on your order-preview screen and 'may vary for similar transactions' — and the retail Advanced fee page that would show your real tier sits behind a login wall; you have to know to switch interfaces to get the published 0.60%/0.40% book pricing.OKXScore 67Global exchange with a monthly self-verified zk-STARK proof-of-reserves, a register-verified MiCA entity in Malta, a published 1.00% max-spread disclosure on its instant-buy surface — and a record that includes a five-week 2020 withdrawal suspension and a $505M 2025 DOJ settlement, both self-disclosed.Strength: Personal all in cost — 7/10Watch-out: Which OKX you get depends entirely on where you live: an EEA buyer contracts with a MiCA-segregated Malta entity at 0.10%/0.20% fees on a spot-only account (0.08%/0.10% only with a derivatives account), a US buyer pays 0.20%/0.35% and cannot sign up in New York or four US territories, and a UK buyer contracts with Aux Cayes FinTech in the Seychelles — the very entity that admitted the US licensing failure — under pooled-asset, unsecured-creditor terms. On every version, the default buy/convert surface can carry up to a 1.00% spread the fee table never shows.
Quick facts
At a glance
1 of 3 rows read the same for both.
FactCoinbaseOKX
PricingSnapshotCoinbase Exchange fee page, read 29 September 2026 at https://help.coinbase.com/en/exchange/trading-and-funding/exchange-fees (plain curl gets HTTP 403; the text was read through a rendering fetch). Taker / maker by trailing-30-day USD volume: "$0K-$10K" "60bps" / "40bps"; "$10K-$50K" "40bps" / "25bps"; "$50K-$100K" "25bps" / "15bps"; "$100K-$1M" "20bps" / "10bps"; "$1M-$15M" "18bps" / "8bps"; "$15M-$75M" "16bps" / "6bps"; "$75M-$250M" "10bps" / "3bps"; "$250M-$400M" "6bps" / "0bps"; "$400M+" "4bps" / "0bps"; in the page's words a taker "will pay a fee between 0.04% and 0.60%" and a maker "will pay a fee between 0.00% and 0.40%". Fiat withdrawal column on the same page: ACH "Free"; Wire (USD) "$25 USD"; SEPA (EUR) "Free"; Swift (USD) "$25 USD"; Swift (GBP) "£1 GBP". Crypto withdrawals: "Coinbase Exchange will charge a fee based on our estimate of the network transaction fees that we anticipate paying for each transaction." Default retail surface (https://help.coinbase.com/en/coinbase/trading-and-funding/pricing-and-fees/fees): no number for the spread, "When you place simple buy and sell orders, Coinbase includes a spread in the quoted price." and "Please note that the spread may vary for similar transactions."; the published retail cells are "a separate limit order execution fee equal to 1% of the amount you trade" and "a 1.875% Coinbase fee (varies by payment method)"; USDT withdrawals carry "a processing fee equal to 0.01% of the amount transferred, with a maximum of 20 USDT" and Lightning sends "a processing fee equal to 0.2% of the amount of bitcoin transferred". State-disclosure ceiling (https://www.coinbase.com/legal/licenses): "For all other transactions, the Coinbase Fee will not exceed 6% of the USD value of the cryptocurrency."OKX publishes one schedule per entity, and the reader pays the one that serves their country. EEA (https://www.okx.com/en-eu/fees, re-read 28 October 2026, "Spot-only account" tab): "Regular user" … "0.1000%" / "0.2000%" (maker / taker), the rate of an account with no derivatives account; the "Spot & derivatives account" tab reads "0.0800%" / "0.1000%", which a new reader does not have. US, OKX Inc. (https://www.okx.com/en-us/fees, re-read 28 October 2026): "Regular user" "0.2000%" / "0.3500%". Everyone else, the UK included, contracts with OKX's global entity at https://www.okx.com/fees, which redirects a German address to the EU page: that rate is not read, so this record carries no base rate and a reader outside the EEA and the US sees "regional rate not read".
Asset coverageEditorial——
Region fitSnapshotus, europe, caus, europe, asia
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
Coinbase
69#5 of 17
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Coinbase if withdrawal track record matters most — it scores 8/10 to OKX's 7/10 there (weight 28).
Strength
Withdrawal incident record — 8/10
Tradeoff
The interface a new account actually lands in prices by spread that Coinbase declines to publish — the number exists only on your order-preview screen and 'may vary for similar transactions' — and the retail Advanced fee page that would show your real tier sits behind a login wall; you have to know to switch interfaces to get the published 0.60%/0.40% book pricing.
OKX
67#7 of 17
Pick it when
OKX leads on no published criterion; its edge is measured data (8.3 vs 7.2 points). Pick it if that term is what you are buying.
Strength
Personal all in cost — 7/10
Tradeoff
Which OKX you get depends entirely on where you live: an EEA buyer contracts with a MiCA-segregated Malta entity at 0.10%/0.20% fees on a spot-only account (0.08%/0.10% only with a derivatives account), a US buyer pays 0.20%/0.35% and cannot sign up in New York or four US territories, and a UK buyer contracts with Aux Cayes FinTech in the Seychelles — the very entity that admitted the US licensing failure — under pooled-asset, unsecured-creditor terms. On every version, the default buy/convert surface can carry up to a 1.00% spread the fee table never shows.
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
CoinbaseLeads
Choose Coinbase if withdrawal track record matters most
Withdrawal track record: 8/10 against 7/10 for OKX (weight 28)
Licence coverage: 8/10 against 7/10 for OKX (weight 24)
Asset protection: 7/10 against 6/10 for OKX (weight 18)
CoinbaseScore 69US-listed anchor venue with two cost structures on one account: a preview-only-priced simple-buy default and a published 0.60%/0.40% entry-tier order book — wrapped in the deepest register-verifiable licence map in the pool.Strength: Withdrawal incident record — 8/10Watch-out: The interface a new account actually lands in prices by spread that Coinbase declines to publish — the number exists only on your order-preview screen and 'may vary for similar transactions' — and the retail Advanced fee page that would show your real tier sits behind a login wall; you have to know to switch interfaces to get the published 0.60%/0.40% book pricing.
OKX
OKX leads Coinbase on no published criterion
Choose it only if something outside the published criteria decides for you — your country, a funding rail, or custody.
OKXScore 67Global exchange with a monthly self-verified zk-STARK proof-of-reserves, a register-verified MiCA entity in Malta, a published 1.00% max-spread disclosure on its instant-buy surface — and a record that includes a five-week 2020 withdrawal suspension and a $505M 2025 DOJ settlement, both self-disclosed.Strength: Personal all in cost — 7/10Watch-out: Which OKX you get depends entirely on where you live: an EEA buyer contracts with a MiCA-segregated Malta entity at 0.10%/0.20% fees on a spot-only account (0.08%/0.10% only with a derivatives account), a US buyer pays 0.20%/0.35% and cannot sign up in New York or four US territories, and a UK buyer contracts with Aux Cayes FinTech in the Seychelles — the very entity that admitted the US licensing failure — under pooled-asset, unsecured-creditor terms. On every version, the default buy/convert surface can carry up to a 1.00% spread the fee table never shows.
Criterion by criterion
Scorecard
Published criteria · weight in points of 868 of 8 cells scored. Strength is read from the evidence file; the weight is the published one. Methodology
Trading cost
weight 7.2 of 86Tie
Coinbase7/10 out of 10
OKX7/10 out of 10
Withdrawal track record
by 1 of 10weight 6.7 of 86Coinbase leads
Coinbase8/10 out of 10
OKX7/10 out of 10
Licence coverage
by 1 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Coinbase leads
Coinbase8/10 out of 10
OKX7/10 out of 10
Asset protection
by 1 of 10weight 4.3 of 86Coinbase leads
Coinbase7/10 out of 10
OKX6/10 out of 10
Score dimensions
weights sum to 86
The published score is five dimensions, each weighted for the category. "Published criteria" is the criteria block above; the other four are the engine's own terms — availability, friction, trust record, measured data. Each bar is one side's points out of that dimension's maximum; the weight beside the name is its points of the 86-point weighted total. The published criteria above can fill 24 of the block’s 30. A weight marked “constant here” belongs to a dimension every ranked product in the category holds at the same value: it still counts in the total, and it orders nothing here.
Availabilityweight 20 of 86
Coinbase12/20OKX12/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Coinbase18/30OKX16.4/30
Coinbase leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
Coinbase2.7/10OKX2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86 · constant here
Coinbase3.2/8OKX3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86
Coinbase7.2/18OKX8.3/18
OKX leads
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Coinbase unless the term OKX leads on is the one you are buying.
OKX leads on no published criterion; its edge is measured data (8.3 vs 7.2 points). Pick it if that term is what you are buying.
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How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
Custody failure: whoever holds the assets loses or withholds them.
Scored by When this venue broke, did people get their money out — and how would I know? · 28% (Coinbase 8/10, OKX 7/10)
Insolvency failure: the firm or issuer that owes you cannot pay.
Scored by If this exchange fails — or freezes me — are the coins legally mine, and on whose terms? · 18% (Coinbase 7/10, OKX 6/10)
Regulatory failure: no licence where you are, or a forced market exit.
Scored by Whose licence actually covers me in my country — and can I find it on the register? · 24% (Coinbase 8/10, OKX 7/10)
Not assessed by this ranking: Control failure, Liveness failure, Execution failure, Exit failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means.
Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: What will I actually pay here at my volume — including the spread they don't print? (30%).
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Coinbase scores 2 points above OKX, led by withdrawal track record, licence coverage, and asset protection. Published scores, out of 100: Coinbase 69 (rank 5 of 17 exchanges), OKX 67 (rank 7 of 17).
ReviewedRe-read in progressOverdue; re-read by 10 November 2026.Methodology v2026.10.18
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