Bitget vs OKX: Fees, Rebates, Referral Switching, Security and Taiwan Access Compared (2026)

Updated 2026-10-15・Rules checked 2026-10-13

For regular users (VIP 0), Bitget and OKX both charge 0.1% for spot Taker. The main differences are futures and the platform token: OKX’s futures Taker fee is 0.05%, lower than Bitget’s 0.06%; Bitget lets you pay spot fees with BGB, which brings both Maker and Taker down to 0.08%, while OKX has no platform-token discount, but its spot Maker fee is 0.08% to begin with. The referral code rules differ the most: on Bitget you can only enter a code at sign-up, with no way to add or switch one later; OKX doesn’t let you add one later either, but it has an official switch request. On security, Bitget lost about 388 million USD from its hot and warm wallets on 2026-09-24; it said the loss was absorbed by its protection fund and user balances were not affected, and all withdrawals were back on 2026-10-02. For OKX, no major public incident of platform wallets being hacked was found, but it suspended withdrawals for about 41 days in 2020.

If you’re at VIP 0 and often place market orders on futures, choose OKX: you pay 1 USDT less in futures Taker fees per 10,000 USDT. OKX is also the choice if you want to keep the option of changing referrers later. If you want to copy trade, are willing to hold BGB for spot, or already keep 50,000 USDT or more in your account and can reach VIP 2 on assets alone, Bitget works out cheaper. Neither exchange is on the anti-money-laundering registration list of Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), and neither offers a direct New Taiwan dollar (TWD) deposit channel.

Sign up to Bitget with the referral code KEVINWU and the exchange automatically refunds 20%, on both spot and futures.

Sign up to OKX with the referral code KEVINWU and the exchange automatically refunds 20%, on both Maker and Taker trades.

The information below was checked against both exchanges’ official pages on 2026-10-13 and is provided for reference.

What’s the difference between Bitget and OKX?

Item	Bitget	OKX
Spot Maker / Taker (VIP 0)	0.1% / 0.1%	0.08% / 0.1%
Futures Maker / Taker (VIP 0)	0.02% / 0.06%	0.02% / 0.05%
Platform-token discount	BGB: 20% off spot (0.08%); not available for futures	None; OKX states that OKB can’t be used to discount fees
Referral code rebate	20%	20%
Adding a referral code after sign-up	No official way to add one found	Not possible
Switching referrers	No official channel; after deleting your account you have to wait 30 days to re-register with the same details	You can submit a switch request (automatic review, criteria not public, 30-day cooldown), or be reassigned after 180 days of inactivity
Identity verification	Since 2024-01-01, verification is required before depositing and trading	Without identity verification you can’t deposit or withdraw crypto, or buy and sell on C2C
Withdrawals from unverified accounts	Only withdrawals, order cancellation, redemptions and closing positions; no limit is stated officially	No crypto withdrawals
Taiwan FSC registration	Not on the FSC’s anti-money-laundering registration list (2026-09-29 list)	Not on the FSC’s anti-money-laundering registration list (2026-09-29 list)
TWD deposits	The P2P fiat menu has no TWD; buy USDT on a domestic platform first, then transfer it in	TWD C2C trading stopped on 2024-06-24; buy USDT on a domestic platform first, then transfer it in
Copy trading / grid	Copy trading on both futures and spot; bots include grid, martingale, recurring buy, funding rate arbitrage and trend following	Copy trading; OKX lists 11 strategies, including spot and futures grid, martingale and signal strategies
Copy trading profit share	Set by the lead trader; a 2026-01-26 announcement says the current cap is 10%, up to 30% after review; high-water mark, settled daily	Depends on the lead trader’s level, up to 30%; fees are deducted before net profit is calculated, settled every Monday
Cheapest USDT withdrawal network and fees	BEP20 0.01 USDT (minimum 10); TRC20 1.5, ERC20 2	Plasma (USDT0) 0.0000066 USDT (minimum 2); TRC20 1.5, ERC20 0.55; no BEP20
Proof of reserves (latest snapshot)	2026-09-29: total reserve ratio 131%, BTC 142%, ETH 110%, USDT 107%	Report no. 47, September 2026: BTC 109%, ETH 101%, USDT 105%
Major security incidents	About 388 million USD stolen from hot and warm wallets on 2026-09-24; absorbed by the protection fund, all withdrawals back on 2026-10-02	No major public incident of platform wallets being hacked found; withdrawals suspended for about 41 days from 2020-10-16 to 11-26 (not a hack)

Fee sources: Bitget trading fee FAQ, Bitget fee page, Bitget guide to paying fees with BGB, OKX fee page. Identity verification comes from the Bitget individual verification FAQ and the OKX guide to verifying an individual account. USDT withdrawal fees are the figures read on 2026-10-12 from the Bitget official coin API and the OKX withdrawal fee page, and they change with on-chain conditions. Sources for the other rows are given in the matching sections below.

How much do Bitget and OKX fees differ?

Say someone trades 200,000 USDT of USDT-margined futures and 20,000 USDT of spot each month, all at the official VIP 0 rates:

Monthly fees (USDT)	Bitget	Bitget (BGB discount on)	OKX
Futures 200,000, all Taker	120	120	100
Spot 20,000, all Taker	20	16	20
Total (all Taker)	140	136	120
Total (all switched to Maker)	60	56	56

The fee is the trade value times the rate: futures 200,000 × 0.06% = 120 USDT, and on OKX 200,000 × 0.05% = 100 USDT. With limit orders only, futures cost 0.02% on both, 40 USDT each, so only spot differs: Bitget 20,000 × 0.1% = 20 USDT, or 16 USDT with BGB; OKX 20,000 × 0.08% = 16 USDT.

So at VIP 0, if you often place market orders, OKX costs 20 USDT less a month, and almost all of the gap comes from the futures Taker fee; switch to limit orders and there’s no difference. If you only trade spot, Bitget with BGB charges 0.08% for Taker too, lower than OKX’s 0.1%, but you carry BGB’s own price swings. Both exchanges let you force limit orders: OKX calls it “Post only”, and Bitget futures calls it “Maker only (Post Only)”; details in the difference between Maker and Taker fees. Futures fees are charged on the position value, not the margin; leverage magnifies the position, and if the price moves against you, the position can be liquidated and you lose the margin.

For larger account balances: Bitget’s VIP thresholds are lower

Both exchanges let you reach VIP on account assets, but the thresholds are far apart. Bitget VIP 1 takes only 30,000 USDT in assets, but futures Taker stays at 0.06%; VIP 2 takes 50,000 USDT in assets or 10 million USDT in 30-day futures volume, and brings futures to 0.016% / 0.04% and spot to 0.065% / 0.07% (Bitget fee page). OKX VIP 1 takes 100,000 USD in assets, or 1 million USD in 30-day spot volume or 5 million USD in futures volume, with no OKB required, and brings futures to 0.016% / 0.045% and spot to 0.0675% / 0.08% (OKX fee page).

Applying the same example: someone keeping 50,000 to 100,000 USDT in their account is VIP 2 on Bitget and pays 200,000 × 0.04% + 20,000 × 0.07% = 94 USDT a month, while on OKX they’re still VIP 0 and pay 120 USDT. With more than 100,000 USD in assets and OKX VIP 1, OKX comes to 200,000 × 0.045% + 20,000 × 0.08% = 106 USDT, still more than the 94 USDT at Bitget VIP 2 (Bitget VIP 3 takes 250,000 USDT in assets). Keep in mind, though, that moving up on assets means keeping the money on the exchange, and Bitget was hacked as recently as 2026-09-24; that risk is yours to weigh.

Other costs: on liquidation, OKX charges a fee at the Taker rate for your current tier, while Bitget’s futures fee guide doesn’t state a liquidation fee rate (OKX trading fee FAQ). The funding rate is paid between longs and shorts and isn’t a fee; both exchanges settle every 8 hours by default. Reading the official APIs on 2026-10-12, 46% of Bitget’s perpetual futures settled every 4 hours, against 44% on OKX, and the funding rate cap and floor on the BTC contract was ±0.3% on Bitget and ±0.375% on OKX (Bitget funding rate guide, OKX perpetual funding fee rules). For full rates, VIP tables and withdrawal fees, see Bitget fees and OKX fees; for how futures costs add up, see how futures fees are calculated, and to run your own numbers, use the perpetual futures cost calculator.

A referral code rebate returns part of the fees you actually paid, and both exchanges calculate it on net fees. The two calculators below each use the exchange’s own official futures Taker rate, and the rebate rates stay in sync with the exchanges.

Calculator: Bitget futures (Taker 0.06%)

Example at a futures fee rate of 0.06% and the current 20% automatic rebate (rate updated 2026-10-24). Your exchange statement prevails.

Sign up with this site’s Bitget referral code and the exchange’s automatic fee rebate is 20%, on both spot and futures. Bitget doesn’t state whether the rebate on spot fees paid with BGB is calculated on the discounted amount.

Calculator: OKX futures (Taker 0.05%)

Example at a futures fee rate of 0.05% and the current 20% automatic rebate (rate updated 2026-10-24). Your exchange statement prevails.

Sign up with this site’s OKX referral code and the exchange’s automatic fee rebate is 20%, on both Maker and Taker trades. OKX has no platform-token discount, so the rebate is calculated directly on the net fees you actually pay.

To see which is cheaper once both rebates are taken off, enter the 200,000 USDT from the example above into each calculator, or see actual fees after referral rebates.

How do Bitget and OKX referral code rebate rules differ?

On both exchanges the rebate is refunded to the invitee directly by the exchange, and both calculate it on net fees. The differences are in duration, VIP limits, and whether there’s any fix if you entered the wrong code or none at all:

Rule	Bitget	OKX
Calculation basis	Net fees (fees minus the discounted portion)	Net fees
Duration	Valid long term, with no end date	No term stated officially for the invitee’s rebate
VIP limits	Regular referral campaign: invitees at VIP 3 or above don’t count; the affiliate program states no VIP limit	Monthly cap at VIP 5 and VIP 6; no rebate at VIP 7 or above
Trades with no rebate	Zero-fee pairs; trades using rebate vouchers are paid out as vouchers instead	Fee-free coins; fees covered by rebate cards, futures trial bonuses or vouchers; special rates; broker and market-maker accounts
Can you check the binding yourself?	There’s no official lookup for invitees; you can only see whether rebates arrive after you trade	“My rewards” shows the rebate rate; 0% still means you’re bound
Adding a code later	No official process found; inviting users who have already signed up isn’t recognized	Can’t be added or changed once the account is created
Changing referrers	No official rules for switching, identity transfer or reassignment after inactivity	Switch request: through an affiliate’s recall link or channel ID, reviewed automatically and usually processed within 24 hours, requests must be 30 days apart, and it’s only available in some regions; or, after 180 days of inactivity, log in through a new affiliate’s link
Deleting your account and re-registering	You have to wait 30 days after deleting your account to re-register with the same details, and there’s no official guarantee you can bind a new referrer	OKX states that deleting your account and re-registering to use a referral code may be treated as a violation

Bitget’s rules come from the Bitget affiliates FAQ, the Bitget top inviter announcement, the Bitget promotion program announcement and the Bitget promotion policy; OKX’s rules come from the OKX affiliate FAQ, the OKX affiliate FAQ (EEA version), the OKX affiliate rules and the OKX referral program FAQ.

For people who already have an account, this is the biggest difference between the two. OKX doesn’t let you add a code, but it at least leaves two routes, the switch request and the 180-day inactivity route, and you can check in “My rewards” whether you’re bound. That said, OKX’s global affiliate FAQ still says a channel assignment can’t be changed once it’s set, which doesn’t match the switch process; whether you can switch depends on the review result on the switch page. On Bitget, everything is fixed the moment you sign up, and there’s no official way to change a wrong or missing code. So before signing up to Bitget, always double-check the referral code field. Details in the Bitget referral switch guide, switching your OKX referral code and how to check whether your referral code is bound.

Fee vouchers from the exchange also affect rebates: on Bitget, trades using futures fee rebate vouchers earn no commission and are paid out as vouchers instead; on OKX, fees covered by rebate cards or trial bonuses don’t earn a rebate (Bitget rebate voucher guide, OKX rebate card terms). For how to weigh the two, see fee vouchers vs referral code rebates. Both exchanges also revoke referrals that break the rules: Bitget treats referrals from the same IP address or device as self-referrals and can claw back rebates already paid, and OKX states that registering multiple accounts or using someone else’s identity details breaks its rules.

Do Bitget and OKX both require identity verification? What should users in Taiwan know?

Identity verification: both require verification before you can use them normally. Since 2024-01-01, Bitget has required verification before depositing and trading; once verified, VIP 0 users can withdraw 3 million USDT every 24 hours. According to Bitget’s 2023 mandatory KYC announcement, unverified accounts can only withdraw, cancel orders, redeem and close positions, and no limit is stated officially. OKX states that without identity verification you can’t deposit or withdraw crypto, or buy and sell on C2C; after verification, the 24-hour withdrawal limit depends on your fee tier (OKX identity verification FAQ). On both, one identity document can verify only one account. For the documents each exchange requires, the verification steps and review times, see the Bitget KYC guide and the OKX KYC guide.

FSC registration: the list in the Securities and Futures Bureau’s section on businesses and persons providing virtual asset services, updated 2026-09-29, shows 11 companies that have completed anti-money-laundering registration, and neither Bitget nor OKX is on the FSC’s list. In practice, this means that if a dispute arises with either exchange, Taiwan’s Securities and Futures Investors Protection Center and Financial Ombudsman Institution don’t apply (FSC statement of 2022-11-23), and if your account is frozen or withdrawals are restricted, you can only follow the platform’s terms.

TWD deposits and withdrawals: neither exchange offers direct TWD bank deposits. On 2024-06-07 OKX announced that from 2024-06-24, users in Taiwan could no longer buy and sell with TWD on C2C (OKX announcement on removing C2C trading in Taiwan); when checked on 2026-10-11, the fiat menu on Bitget P2P had no TWD. The workable route is the same for both: buy USDT with TWD on a registered domestic platform (such as MAX or BitoPro), then transfer it to the exchange; withdrawing works the other way around. The cheapest network for sending to MAX is BEP20 from Bitget (0.01 USDT) and Aptos from OKX (0.0012 USDT); OKX has no BEP20, so if you usually use BEP20 you’ll need to switch networks. Fees for each network are in USDT withdrawal fees compared. The FSC’s plan of 2026-08-04 says the Travel Rule is expected to extend to transfers between domestic and offshore providers by the end of 2027, after which the process for moving crypto between domestic platforms and offshore exchanges may change.

Regions and apps: Taiwan isn’t among the restricted regions listed in the Bitget terms of use (updated 2026-09-15) or the OKX risk and compliance disclosure (updated 2026-07-08). When checked, both apps were available on the Taiwan App Store, the Bitget app and the OKX app, and both websites and help centers have Traditional Chinese versions. For which countries each exchange restricts, see exchange restricted countries.

What are Bitget and OKX each best at?

Bitget‘s strengths are copy trading and the range of futures. You can copy trade on both futures and spot, so if you want to copy trade without touching leverage, you can stick to spot. Reading both exchanges’ official APIs on 2026-10-12, Bitget had 839 perpetual futures settling funding fees and OKX had 485 (both including stock and other non-crypto contracts), so people who want to trade futures on small-cap coins have more choice.

• Copy trading: the profit share uses a high-water mark, so it’s only taken on new profit that hasn’t been shared yet. It settles daily at 00:00 (Taiwan time), and if the account still has open positions, settlement moves to the next round; the minimum to copy is 50 USDT, and the default slippage is 0.5% (Bitget high-water mark profit share explained, Bitget copy trading upgrade announcement). The product fee FAQ of 2026-08-20 says the profit share is usually 10% to 20%, which doesn’t match the cap in the announcement; the rate shown on the lead trader’s page is what counts.
• Trading bots: grid (up to 1,000 grids), martingale, recurring buy, funding rate arbitrage and trend following (Bitget trading bots), plus a futures signal bot connected to TradingView (Bitget strategy trading guide).
• Other: tokenized stocks and ETFs (an official press release says there are more than 500), Simple Earn, PoolX, and the separate Bitget Wallet.

OKX‘s strengths are strategy trading and on-chain tools. OKX’s official strategy trading guide lists 11 strategies, and signal strategies can place orders automatically from TradingView signals; OKX also has its own non-custodial Web3 wallet, as well as options.

• Strategy trading: spot grid, futures grid, futures martingale, smart arbitrage, spot martingale, recurring buy, signal strategies, iceberg, TWAP, smart portfolio and arbitrage orders (OKX strategy trading overview).
• Copy trading: the profit share depends on the lead trader’s level, up to 30%, and is calculated on net profit after trading fees. It’s withheld in advance when a profitable trade closes, then settled every Monday at 00:00 on the whole week’s net profit, with any excess refunded. Copy trading fees are the same as regular futures, with no other charges (OKX lead trader profit-sharing rules, OKX copy trading FAQ).
• Web3 wallet: you keep your own private keys, and using it doesn’t require identity verification; if you lose your seed phrase, the assets can’t be recovered (What is OKX Web3 Wallet).
• Other: options (VIP 0 Maker and Taker both 0.03%), Simple Earn and Jumpstart; stablecoin spot pairs such as USDC-USDT currently have zero fees.

The cost of copy trading is more complicated than the profit share rate. Bitget’s futures Taker fee is 0.06%, so if you follow a lead trader who trades often, the fees may exceed the profit share. Settlement also differs: OKX settles weekly on the whole week’s net profit, while Bitget settles daily but uses a high-water mark, so after a drawdown the account has to climb back to its previous peak before the lead trader can take a profit share again. Neither exchange states whether fees from copy trading earn a referral code rebate. For the full calculation with examples, see copy trading costs.

How do Bitget and OKX compare on proof of reserves and security record?

Both exchanges publish proof of reserves monthly, and both provide a Merkle tree so you can check for yourself that your account was included:

• Bitget: the latest is the 2026-09-29 snapshot taken after the hack, with a total reserve ratio of 131% and all 19 assets above 100%, including BTC 142%, ETH 110% and USDT 107% (Bitget September reserves announcement, Bitget proof of reserves page). The announcement doesn’t name a third-party auditor.
• OKX: report no. 47 for September 2026 shows BTC 109%, ETH 101% and USDT 105%, verified with zk-STARK and covering 22 coins. About 4.43% of the BTC is held with third-party custodians; that portion has to be verified with the custodians and can’t be checked on-chain yourself (OKX proof of reserves page).

On major incidents, Bitget has been hacked, OKX has suspended withdrawals, and both have regulatory records:

• Bitget hack, 2026-09-24: at 18:31 (UTC), abnormal outflows were detected from some hot and warm wallets. The amount first reported was about 351.6 million USD (CoinDesk), later confirmed at about 388 million USD. Bitget’s account is that the attacker used a zero-day vulnerability in a third-party security product to obtain internal credentials and then forged withdrawal instructions; private keys were not leaked and cold wallets were not affected (Bitget incident page, updated 2026-10-04). Bitget said user balances were not affected and the loss was absorbed by its protection fund. Deposits and trading never stopped, and withdrawals resumed in stages: BTC on 09-28, ETH on 09-29, USDT on 09-30, and other coins, fiat and P2P on 10-02, about 7.5 days in total. The protection fund was topped back up to more than 300 million USD on 09-30 (Bitget announcement).
• Bitget VOXEL incident, 2025-04-20: abnormal trading occurred on the VOXEL/USDT perpetual contract over about 30 minutes; Bitget rolled back the abnormal trades and offered a compensation plan to affected users (The Block).
• OKX withdrawal suspension, 2020: OKX (then called OKEx) suspended withdrawals from 2020-10-16 because a private key holder was cooperating with a police investigation and couldn’t be reached (Decrypt); they resumed on 11-26, about 41 days later. Afterwards, OKX set aside 20% of its futures and perpetual fee revenue for the seven weeks from 10-16 to 12-04 as compensation rewards (OKX compensation announcement).
• OKX guilty plea, 2025-02-24: Aux Cayes FinTech, which operates OKX, admitted in the United States to operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, with fines and forfeiture totaling more than 504 million USD (US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York).
• Regulators elsewhere: the unregistered platforms named by the Philippines’ SEC in August 2025 include OKX and Bitget (Cointelegraph); Thailand’s SEC has blocked OKX since 2025-06-28 (The Block); and in February 2025 Japan’s Financial Services Agency asked Apple and Google to remove Bitget and other apps in Japan (The Defiant).

Bitget has a protection fund separate from its reserves, with public wallet addresses; the incident page updated on 2026-10-04 shows 3,705 BTC and more than 314 million USD. No independent user protection fund was found for OKX. What affects users most directly is how long withdrawals stay suspended: about 7.5 days at Bitget this time, about 41 days at OKX in 2020. Proof of reserves only reflects the assets at the moment of the snapshot and isn’t deposit insurance; coins you don’t trade for long periods can go to a wallet you control yourself. For the records of 13 exchanges side by side, see exchange safety record and exchange proof of reserves compared.

Bitget or OKX: which should you choose?

• Beginners who mainly buy spot: choose OKX. You don’t need to hold a platform token, and spot limit orders are 0.08% as they are; you can confirm in “My rewards” whether your referral code is bound, and if you entered the wrong one you can still submit a switch request. On Bitget, a wrong code can’t be fixed.
• Futures traders who often place market orders (VIP 0): choose OKX. Its 0.05% futures Taker fee is lower than Bitget’s 0.06%, a gap of 20 USDT on 200,000 USDT of monthly futures volume.
• Futures traders with 50,000 USDT or more in their account: choose Bitget. Assets alone get you to VIP 2, with a futures Taker fee of 0.04%, lower than both OKX’s 0.05% at VIP 0 and 0.045% at VIP 1, provided you’re comfortable keeping that money on the exchange long term.
• Copy trading: choose Bitget. You can copy on both futures and spot, and the profit share uses a high-water mark, so earlier losses have to be earned back before the lead trader can take a profit share again. The trade-off is the 0.06% futures Taker fee, higher than OKX’s 0.05%, so factor fees in if you follow a high-frequency lead trader.
• Lowest fees above all: use OKX for futures and place limit orders where you can; if you only trade spot and are willing to hold BGB, Bitget’s 0.08% Taker fee is lower than OKX’s 0.1%. With limit orders only, the two are the same (Bitget with BGB vs OKX).
• Taiwan compliance matters to you: neither exchange is on the FSC’s registration list. Use a registered domestic platform for TWD deposits and withdrawals and for long-term holdings, and an offshore exchange only when you need futures, copy trading or more coins.

Many traders open both: their main futures trading on OKX for the lower rates, copy trading and spot on Bitget, which also spreads the risk of a single platform suspending withdrawals. Each account needs its own identity verification, and each referral code has to be entered at sign-up.

Still weighing other exchanges? If you mainly trade futures, also see OKX vs Bybit; for lower fees, see OKX vs MEXC and Bitget vs MEXC; if you often trade small-cap coins, see KuCoin vs Bitget. Each exchange’s fees, rebates, proof of reserves and restricted regions are covered in full in the Bitget review and the OKX review.

How do you transfer from Bitget to OKX, and what does it cost?

There is no internal transfer between the two, so USDT has to go out as an on-chain withdrawal: first go to the deposit page on the receiving exchange, choose USDT and a network and copy the address, then go to the withdrawal page on the sending exchange, choose the same network and paste it. The sending exchange charges the withdrawal fee, a fixed amount per withdrawal no matter how much you send. According to the Bitget official coin API and the OKX withdrawal fee page as of 2026-10-12, the cheapest networks open on both sides are:

• Bitget → OKX: use Optimism, 0.014 USDT (minimum withdrawal 10 USDT). Bitget’s cheapest network, BEP20, can’t be received on OKX; Bitget’s Plasma is 0.012 USDT, but OKX labels Plasma as USDT0 and Bitget doesn’t, so check the contract address on the deposit page first.
• OKX → Bitget: use Aptos, 0.0012 USDT (minimum withdrawal 2 USDT).

On the commonly used TRC20, both charge 1.5 USDT. Fees can change at any time, so go by the amount shown on the withdrawal page before you confirm, and make sure the receiving exchange’s deposit page offers the same network; if you pick the wrong network, the funds may not be recoverable. For every network’s fee and minimum withdrawal at 13 exchanges, see USDT withdrawal fees compared.

How the data in this article was checked

Fees, platform-token discounts, identity verification, and the rules for adding and switching codes were all checked against both exchanges’ official help centers and fee pages on 2026-10-13; USDT withdrawal fees and funding settlement intervals are figures read from official pages and public APIs on 2026-10-12; reserve figures come from each exchange’s most recently published report; and the hack and withdrawal suspension were cross-checked against official announcements and news reports. How this site compiles its data is described in how we compile rebate data, and the disclosure for referral links is in referral and rebate disclosure.

FAQ

Which has lower fees, Bitget or OKX?

At VIP 0, OKX is cheaper for futures, and Bitget is cheaper for spot if you turn on the BGB discount. Futures Maker is 0.02% on both, while Taker is 0.05% on OKX and 0.06% on Bitget; spot is 0.08% / 0.1% on OKX and 0.1% / 0.1% on Bitget, or 0.08% / 0.08% with BGB. If you have 50,000 USDT or more in your account, Bitget’s assets-based VIP 2 brings futures Taker to 0.04%, which is actually lower than OKX.

Can I use Bitget and OKX at the same time?

Yes. They’re different companies, so you just sign up and verify your identity on each. The limits apply within each exchange: on both, one identity document can verify only one account. Enter each referral code when you sign up, since neither lets you add one later. Moving USDT between them is an on-chain withdrawal; OKX has no BEP20, so pick a network both support.

Should users in Taiwan pick Bitget or OKX?

The conditions in Taiwan are much the same on both, so it comes down to how you trade: OKX if futures are your focus, Bitget if copy trading is. Neither is on the FSC’s anti-money-laundering registration list (2026-09-29 list), neither has direct TWD deposits, and neither lists Taiwan as a restricted region; for both, you deposit by first buying USDT on a domestic platform and transferring it over.

Which is safer, Bitget or OKX?

Neither can be called absolutely safe; each has its own record. On 2026-09-24 Bitget lost about 388 million USD from its hot and warm wallets, absorbed by its protection fund, and all withdrawals were back after about 7.5 days. For OKX, no major public incident of platform wallets being hacked was found, but it suspended withdrawals for about 41 days in 2020, and its operating entity pleaded guilty in the United States in 2025. On reserves, Bitget’s 2026-09-29 snapshot shows a total reserve ratio of 131%, and OKX’s BTC ratio for September 2026 is 109%.

Which pays more in referral code rebates?

For the current rates, see the “at a glance” table and the calculators above, which stay in sync with the exchanges. On the rules, Bitget states that its rebate is valid long term, while OKX’s VIP limits are looser. Both calculate on net fees; in Bitget’s regular referral campaign, invitees stop earning rebates at VIP 3, while OKX states no term and only stops rebates at VIP 7 and above. OKX states that the invitee’s rebate rate ranges from 0% to 20%.

To sign up directly, see Bitget referral code and OKX referral code; the fee details are in Bitget fees and OKX fees; if you already have an account, the switching rules are in the Bitget referral switch guide and switching your OKX referral code. Each exchange’s actual fees after rebates are summarized in actual fees after referral rebates, and for which exchange charges the least, see lowest-fee crypto exchanges; for other exchanges’ referral codes and rebates, see all exchange referral codes. To compare other pairings, see Binance vs OKX, Bybit vs Bitget and BingX vs Bitget.