HitBTC

Ranked #3 of 10
HitBTC is an exchange for the experienced cryptocurrency trader. It focuses more on trades in paired cryptocurrencies than on buying, say, bitcoin or litecoin with euros or dollars. Yet despite its initially dizzying layout of graphs and tables, its basic workings make it easy to use. Its harnessing of two-factor authentication also makes it a secure exchange, while the ability to trade between a pair of currencies can help users make bigger gains than usual. However, there are question marks surrounding its ownership and location, which aren’t currently clear. There are also reports from forums regarding reliability, with some users having difficulties withdrawing their funds.

Pros
Massive range of cryptocurrencies
Simple to use, despite busy interface
Paired trading offers opportunities to earn more
Cons
Serious reliability and transparency issues
Support can be slow and unresponsive
Not for beginners
Trusted

Average Fees

Fast

Easy to use
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Fees
There are no fees for making deposits with HitBTC. However, there are flat fees for withdrawals, and these can be particularly high for some of the newer cryptocurrencies listed on the site. As an example, the following is a list of the one-off fees charged for withdrawing some of the more popular currencies:

Bitcoin: 0.00085 BTC
Bitcoin Cash: 0.0018 BCC
Ethereum: 0.00215 ETH
Ethereum Classic: 0.002 ETC
Tether: 100 USDT
Stratis: 0.01 STRAT
Litecoin: 0.003 LTC
Dash: 0.03 DASH
Monero: 0.09 XMR
Bytecoin: 0.1 BCN
Ardor: 1 ARDR
Steem: 0.01 STEEM
There are also exchange fees for trading (i.e. buying) one currency with another, although in this case the fee is 0.1% of the total amount being paid by the buyer. For instance, if the user wishes to buy 0.01 BTC with tether (USDT), they will pay 144.0732 USDT for the total amount of bitcoin. And as the image below shows, they’ll also pay 0.14407320 USDT in commission to HitBTC.

HitBTC exchange
Background
Launched to the public in February 2014, HitBTC is an advanced exchange specialising in paired cryptocurrency trades. It exchanges a wide variety of digital currencies, including bitcoin, ethereum, litecoin, dogecoin, monero, dash, and USDT (tether). It’s also one of the few exchanges open to bots, providing a range of APIs that help tech-savvy customers trade automatically.

Yet despite its appeal as a more specialised crypto-exchange, some customers have complained online that they’ve been unable to withdraw their funds. There’s also the fact that its former, London-based parent company – Hit Techs Ltd. – was dissolved in May 2017, with there being no record of where the exchange is now based. This raises questions as to its reliability.

Security
HitBTC does security well. For one, it lets users set up two-factor authentication for all their transactions, adding an extra layer of safety. The Security section of the Settings menu also allows the user to see all logins to their account, so that they can check to see if there’s an IP address and/or location they don’t recognise. And just in case someone else happens to be logged into their account, they can click a button which terminates all sessions except theirs, while they can also choose to automatically logout of all sessions at a chosen, regular interval.

Usability
For the inexperienced cryptocurrency buyer or trader, navigating the HitBTC website is at first a dizzying experience. Much of this initial complexity comes from how HitBTC is focused more on the experienced trader than on people new to cryptocurrency. It trades only in paired cryptocurrencies, with its main “Exchange” dashboard featuring the following array of panels:

Graph/timeline displaying the value of one currency against another
Table displaying the cryptocurrencies that can be traded for the user’s chosen cryptocurrency
One panel each for buying or selling one currency against another
Panel displaying user’s orders and trades
Graph displaying the depth of a particular market for a cryptocurrency pair
Two panels displaying the order books for buying and selling a chosen currency
A panel displaying a timeline of trades in a particular cryptocurrency pair
Given this complexity, it might not be surprising to hear that HitBTC doesn’t offer a mobile app. That said, the actual mechanics of how the site works and how a user trades are surprisingly straightforward. Users complete trades by making a deposit of a chosen cryptocurrency into the wallet HitBTC provides them for it, using the deposited cryptocurrency to buy other currencies, and so on, until they withdraw their gains to an external wallet.

Deposit/Withdrawal Methods
With a “General”, unverified account, users can’t buy any cryptocurrency directly from HitBTC using a fiat currency such as euros, pounds, or US dollars. Instead, users deposit a particular cryptocurrency by having HitBTC generate a wallet for it, and then by transferring the cryptocurrency to it from a “third-party” (i.e. another crypto-exchange). Similarly, to withdraw a particular cryptocurrency, users need to withdraw to a wallet for that currency they have with another exchange.

If they want to deposit to and from their own bank account, users need to have their HitBTC verified. This is a bit more time-consuming than with some other exchanges, since HitBTC ask for the following:

Personal information
Address
Bank account information
Color copy of ID (passport/ID card/driving license)
Color copy of proof of residence
Color copy of proof of bank account ownership
USD
EUR
GBP
BTC
ETH
Supported Currencies
Buy / Sell
Bitcoin (BTC)
7566.29 / 7672.12
Ethereum (ETH)
597.00 / 607.18
BitcoinCash (BCH)
1092.99 / 1134.08
Litecoin (LTC)
118.75 / 120.75
NEM (XEM)
0.24916 / 0.25761
Dash (DASH)
304.31 / 312.797
Exchange rates
and other info
Exchange
Payment methods
Crypto Transfer

General info
Founded: 2013
Web address: hitbtc.com
Support email address: [email protected]
Parent Company: HIT Solution Ltd (according to HitBTC website), was Hit Techs Ltd. (dissolved on 30 May 2017)
Company address: not currently given for HIT Solution Ltd., but was Kemp House, 192 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK

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