BitForex Review 2024

BitForex is a cryptocurrency exchange. The platform offers a wide range of services, including spot and margin trading, derivatives trading, and aimed at beginners and professional traders.

Read also: Best cryptocurrency exchanges.

The platform pays special attention to the security of users’ assets, regularly expands opportunities for trading and investments. BitForex also offers a choice of additional services: CApp, NFT, EazySwap.

It is important to understand all the features of the exchange before you start trading. In this Bitforex review, we will cover all aspects of the exchange platform.

Registration and account verification

In order to start trading on the exchange, you must register. Verification is optional, but it will allow you to increase your withdrawal limits.
To register BitForex, follow these instructions:

1. Go to https://www.bitforex.com and click Register in the upper right corner;
   

   

2. Enter e-mail/phone and password → Create account;
   

   

3. Write down the six-digit code that came to your e-mail;
4. Registration is completed.

After registering you can go through the KYC procedure. This will expand the opportunities for trading (margin trading, derivatives markets, lending become available, etc.). To pass identity verification, you need:

1. Hover pointer over email → Identity Authentication;
2. On the next page click Authentication;
   

   

3. Enter first name and last name → select the type of identity document → specify the country of residence → write down ID number;
   

   

4. Upload photos of the document and take a selfie;
5. Verification is passed.

Account protection

To secure your account, you need to enable two-factor authentication (2FA). There are many ways to do this: link your phone to the account, create a password for trading operations, connect Google Authenticator, enter an anti-phishing code and enable device management system.

We will look at how to enable 2FA using Google Authenticator as an example. But you can use other methods or all of them at once, which will significantly increase the level of account protection.

To enable 2FA, do the following:

1. Hover pointe over email → Security Settings;
   

   

2. Click Send and enter the code came to your email;
3. Scan the qr-code with google authenticator;
4. Enter code from you have got in application → Confirm;
   

   

5. 2FA enabled.

The account is registered. What’s next?

After registering the account and confirming your identity, enabling two-factor authentication, it is important to figure out how to top up your account to trade on BitForex.

Available deposit and withdrawal methods

You can replenish your account directly from crypto wallet. For this you need:

1. Click on Assets in the top right corner;
2. Click on Deposit;
3. Select cryptocurrency you want to deposit in your account and specify the network;
   

   

4. Copy the address and paste it in your wallet;
5. You have top up your BitForex account.

To withdraw assets, you need to do the following:

1. Click Assets in the top right corner;
2. Click Withdraw;
3. Select cryptocurrency you want to withdraw and network;
4. Insert the address to which you want to transfer assets;
5. Write amount of cryptocurrency you want to transfer → Submit;
   

   

6. You have withdrawn crypto from your BitForex account.

The platform has a minimum deposit amount: if you deposit less than this amount, the wallet may not display it. Pay attention to service warnings about this.

Trading conditions and instruments available on BitForex

The platform contains several main instruments for trading: spot and perpetual contracts. The commissions of the exchange are relatively small, which creates favorable conditions for trading.

Spot market

Cryptocurrencies are traded on the spot market with instant delivery of these assets from the seller to the buyer.

Perpetual contracts

Perpetual contracts are the type of futures, which are traded with no expiration time (the date on which the obligations under the contract are fulfilled). They allow you to hold positions for as long as necessary.

The most active trading pair on the Bitforex Perpetual platform is BTC/USD. Leverage can reach up to 100x.

Commissions and limits

Trading fees depend on whether the trader is a maker or taker.

Maker – a market participant who increases liquidity by placing a limit orders at market. Taker is a market participant who takes liquidity from market by using market orders, causing existing orders to be filled immediately.

Spot trading commission:

• Maker: 0.1%;
• Taker: 0.1%.

Commission for trading perpetual contracts BTC/ETH:

• Maker: 0.04%;
• Taker: 0.06%.

Perpetual contracts of other pairs:

• Maker: 0.06%;
• Taker: 0.06%.

Trading fees on Bitforex MT5:

• Forex, commodities, precious metals, indexes: 10 USD per lot;
• For cryptocurrencies: 0.08% per trade.

There are no commissions and limits on account replenishment. Withdrawals are subject to charges and also exchange has limits for each individual coin.

More details about fees and limits can be found on platform official website.

How to trade on the BitForex cryptocurrency exchange

There are many trading tools on the platform, and the interface is not very different from other platforms. To buy cryptocurrency, follow our instructions:

1. Click Spot in the top menu;
2. Select a trading pair, for example BTC/USDT;
   

   

3. In the Buy block, write down the amount of cryptocurrency you want to buy → click Buy;
   

   

4. You have bought crypto.

To sell cryptocurrency:

1. Click Spot in the top menu;
2. Select a trading pair, for example, BTC/USDT;
   

   

3. In the Sell section, specify the amount of crypto you want to sell → Sell;
   

   

4. Cryptocurrency selling is completed.

Additional services of the BitForex exchange

In addition to trading, the exchange provides a number of opportunities for investing and managing finances. Here you can find programs for passive income and NFT marketplace.

EasySwap

Eazyswap – this is a sub-platform of the BitForex cryptocurrency exchange, which provides a wide range of cryptocurrency trading pairs on the ERC-20 network. EazySwap is designed to easily convert Ethereum to other cryptocurrencies without losing a significant amount during the conversion. There are zero fees for transactions within the Eazyswap system. All transactions on the platform are recorded and regulated by the ERC-20 protocol.

Capp

CApp Town is a BitForex exchange platform that allows users to interact with other applications, based on blockchain. For example, you can connect to financial systems to expand trading opportunities (Paxful, DeFIL, etc.). Or use cryptocurrencies to pay on entertainment platforms (Twitch, Marble, Zelwin, etc.), as well as use information services (CoinGecko, IntoTheBlock, etc.). Clients with their own business can submit an application for cooperation with the platform.

NFT

BitForex NFT is an NFT marketplace, where you will find various NFTs: collections, arts, esport, games, etc. On this portal you can find NFTs in the form of images, videos and audios. Tokens are sold for USDT and ETH.

Mobile app

The platform has a mobile application that can be downloaded from official site or you can find it at GooglePlay or AppStore and install it on your Android or iOS device. The application contains all the functionality of the exchange and, according to the developers, is reliably protected from hacking.

Reviews

On the web you can find different reviews about the BitForex exchange. For example, on the popular service Trustpilot, there are average user rating for BitForex is about 2.6 points.

In Positive reviews people speak about the stable operation of the platform, responsive support service, etc. Negative are accusations of scam and the disappearance of some coins from the listing without warning.

When finding information on any exchange, it is important to pay attention to meaningful comments, not just emotional assessments.

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