Alternatives to Binance and Bittrex for HIVE Users

My go to exchanges to trade my HIVE funds were Bittrex and Binance. In the last weeks I only used Binance because my activities on the Binance Smart Chain. But both these exchanges are now forcing my to submit a KYC, verifying my identity with a government issued ID. And finding other exchanges accepting HIVE is not so easy. But here some solutions I came across.

Mandala

If you familiar with Binance then you're going to love Mandala - they're based on the Binance Cloud and their user interface feels very much like Binance.

Here are the benefits:

  *Only Email required to set up an account (needs to be verified though)

  *Lower exchange fees compared to Binance

  *24 hours 2 BTC max withdrawal

  *Accepts direct HIVE deposits

Sign up for one an account in less than a minute: Mandala (you get 5% fee kickback in fees by using this link)

CoinEx

CoinEx feels very young and playful, with tons of promotions and bonuses. There though you need to verify your email AND you need to verify a phone number via a SMS code they send to you. But you don't need a full KYC. This also could be a good option for you.

*Direct HIVE Deposit

*24 hours 10k USD withdrawal limit

*Fun Bonuses and promotions

Sign up here: CoinEx (if you use this link you will receive a 7.5% kickback in fees)

Leo DEX & TRIBALDEX

This is a very HIVE oriented solution. Deposit your HIVE to the HIVE-Engine ecosystem (both Leo DEX and TRIBALDEX are based on it) via Leo DEX because there you only pay 0.25% in a deposit fee vs 1 full % on TRIBALDEX. Then head over to TRIBALDEX to trade freely without fees and withdraw your funds to a big list of crypto options. Including BTC, ETH and even BNB on the Binance Smart Chain. Some currencies though require a min. withdrawal amount.

BONUS: SimpleSwap and their awesome SimpleHold Wallet

SimpleSwap is a new kind of exchange, you set the currency pairs and then submit the address of the swapped coin. Then you receive an address where you sent the original coin to and SimpleSwap will coordinate the rest (they have an easy to to understand explainer video on their site in case my explanation was a bit to short). Sadly though, the minimum deposit amount to exchange HIVE is currently 59 HIVE. They have an attractive loyalty cashback system and I love their native wallet called SimpleHold where you can control your funds without any third party.

Start using SimpleSwap and SimpleHold via the links.

Do you have a solution for preferable fully decentralized exchanges? Please share with us via a comment. Thank you so much.