Bitkub

Bitkub Review

What is Bitkub?

Bitkub Online Co. Ltd or Bitkub.com is the second largest exchange in Thailand in terms of volume and traffic. Bitkub was launched in February 2018, closing the largest seed investment round in Thailand’s startup history. Together with Satang Pro, Bitkub Online is one of the two currently operational exchanges that have been officially licensed by Thailand Government earlier in January 2019.

Bitkub Mobile Support

After receiving the official license, the exchange was also the first one to launch a mobile trading app for cryptocurrency in Thailand, with 24/7 customer support.

Supported Cryptos

With 26 coins listed, Bitkub provide traders with a few different choices depending on  their personal needs as well as risk acceptance rate. Beside major coins such as  Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash SV, or Ethereum, Bitkub also offer trading in many other smaller cryptocurrencies.

Open For All

Being based in Bangkok – the world’s most visited city, Bitkub welcomes traders and users of all nationalities, whoever is interested in trading cryptocurrency in THB.

Detailed Support Guidelines

With an aim to make the platform accessible to everyone, whether it is a beginner or expert trader, Bitkub provides extremely thorough and detailed guidelines for new users in their FAQs totalling to 130 writeups.

Liquidity

On the date of last updating this review (2 December 2021) the 24-hour trading volume was more than USD 188 million according to Coinmarketcap.com. In comparison, the trading volume 20 months earlier (on 23 March 2020), was only USD 4.1 million. Looking even further back, on the date of first writing this review (27 November 2018), the trading volume was only USD 632,000. Based on these numbers, this exchange is showing consistent progress with respect to trading volume numbers. 

Full Reserve

In terms of protecting their users, Bitkub states to be a full reserve, as well as guarantees 100% deposit funds is well-kept and never used for any other purposes. A huge amount of capital is currently frozen by Bitkub with an aim to default in case any unexpected situations crop up.  While this seems like a burden to digital asset exchange, this practice is reasonable as to make sure that exchanges can repay their customers.

Bitkub’s Coin Directory

Besides the FAQs , Bitkub, with a stated mission of revolutionizing people’s financial way of life  as well as educating the young generation on Blockchain and cryptocurrency, dedicates a separate section on its website called “Coins Directory”. The Directory covers information and basic knowledge of all coins listed on Bitkub. These articles are also updated frequently every month, in order to keep the users as up to date as possible. Therefore, if you ever have any inquiries during the trading process, you can go straight to their knowledge base and try searching your questions out.

Bitkub Trading View

Different exchanges have different trading views. And there is no “this overview is the best”-view. You should yourself determine which trading view that suits you the best. What the trading views normally have in common is that they all show the order book or at least part of the order book, a price chart of the chosen cryptocurrency and order history. They normally also have buy and sell-boxes. Before you choose an exchange, try to have a look at the trading view so that you can ascertain that it feels right to you. The below is a picture of the trading view at Bitkub:

Bitkub Fees

Bitkub Trading fees

This exchange doesn’t charge different fees between takers and makers. Their fee model is instead something called a “flat fee model”. They have set their flat fee at 0.25% which is exactly in line with global industry average. In other words, the trading fees are not bad, but not a competitive advantage either.

Bitkub Withdrawal fees

The withdrawal fees at this exchange when withdrawing BTC is 0.0002 BTC. This is lower than the global industry average BTC-withdrawal fee which is 0.0008 BTC (but constantly decreasing as exchanges make their offerings more attractive). Accordingly, the withdrawal fee is competitive.

Deposit Methods

At the moment, Bitkub’s main deposit method is through wire transfer, bank accounts from almost every Thailand banks are welcomed. The deposit and withdrawal time ranges from 5  minutes up to 2 hours. The time depends largely on the bank as well as the time of the transactions.

One of the best features of Bitkub is its 24/7 support services and hotline. The support function works 24 hours every day including weekends. The supporting system makes it easier for traders to ask questions, send suggestions and solve their problems as soon as possible, instead of having to wait for the office hours.

Bitkub Security

As a cryptocurrency exchange, Bitkub deploys various technologies with different purposes to optimize its security level. With regard to accounts’ protection, Two-factor authentication, which adds an extra layer of security, preventing unauthorized access of username or passwords, is available for all Bitkub’s accounts. In terms of system security and safety, Bitkub.com’s traffic runs completely on encrypted SSL, DDoS protection on Cloudflare using No Scrubs technology.

Organization security also plays a very significant role in every exchange. All Bitkub’s employees are required to comply with the company’s financial standards. Password management system as well as two-factor authentication are optimized to prevent any unauthorized access into the company’s data storage and network. Furthermore, in order to best secure your information, Bitkub hashes/ encrypts all passwords in the database. This makes sure that your account can only be accessed from authorised personnel and devices.