Pionex is a crypto trading platform that specializes in trading robots, offering a variety of ready made bots and strategies to traders as well as integrated AI to help customize a strategy or come up with your own. These can be used on spot crypto markets as well as crypto futures.
Uphold is a digital asset platform offering a range of services, from crypto trading and staking to payment cards that provides rewards and easy multi-currency payments. The company was established in 2015 and has enabled $4+ billion in transactions. Uphold is now active in 180+ countries and deals in 200+ crypto and fiat currencies.
Terms Apply. Cryptoassets are highly volatile. Your capital is at risk.
Pros
12 free integrated trading bots with no coding or programming requirements
Powerful integrated AI chatbot 'PionexGPT' helps users programme trading bots on Pine script
Excellent and innovative liquidity engines aggregated from Binance and Huobi
Low trading fees compared with other major exchanges at 0.05% maker and taker
40+ cryptocurrency funding coins accepted
Supports crypto derivatives via futures trading
Money Services Business (MSB) license by US FinCEN
Fees are competitive based on tests, with 26 underlying platforms helping to source the best prices
Uphold continues to remain ahead of the industry, often being one of the first platforms to list new crypto tokens
Crypto staking is available on 30+ tokens with above-average rates up to 16%
Uphold is 100% reserved which helps to protect client funds
Over 250 cryptos are available including major tokens like Bitcoin and Ethereum
The proprietary app is extremely easy to use with a slick design and navigation
UK users can get the Uphold card with up to 2% cashback in XRP
Two-step authentication bolsters user security
Cons
Weak regulatory oversight raises safety concerns
Withdrawal fees and limits may apply
Does not accept fiat deposits
Limited contact options
No demo account
The charting analysis features on the platform trail specialist exchanges
Customer service is slow based on tests, with limited contact options
There is a 2.49% fee if you want to use debit or credit cards
Pionex clients can find other successful investors and copy their trading bot setups. This allows users to buy and sell cryptos 24/7 from a user-friendly platform and app.
Social Trading
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VPS Hosting
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Tournaments
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Demo Competitions
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Ethical Investing
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Custodial Account
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Guaranteed Stop Loss
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Islamic Account
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Account Currencies
USD
EUR
GBP
Commodities
Platinum
Gold
Silver
Palladium
Precious Metals
Cryptocurrency
Make spot, future and leveraged trades on 120 cryptocurrencies via Pionex's proprietary platform with built-in trading bots and highly customizable automated trading options. On the negative side, the range of tokens is narrower than many alternatives.
You can buy and sell 250+ crypto assets with fiat currencies or in crypto pairs using the straightforward mobile app or through Uphold's browser-based account homepage. This is significantly more than many rivals. You can also earn up to 16% APY by staking one or more out of 32 valid tokens, or send tokens to an external wallet.
