Costs, licensing, consumer protection Privacy, self-custody, censorship resistance

CoinDCX

CoinDCX

4.1/5 0.8/5
Taker fee 0.6%

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Worth it if you operate from India or the MENA region and want a super-app with spot, margin, futures, lending, staking and learn, backed by Coinbase Ventures.

Avoid it if you live in Italy: the service isn't available and stays focused on the Indian market, with MENA expansion still underway.

CoinDCX is a super-app bringing together spot, margin, futures, lending, staking and learning, with around $1.2B in assets and backing from Coinbase Ventures. It is India-focused, with expansion into the MENA region still under way.

68
Transparency: Medium
68/100 · see methodology
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Data exposure: Medium
68/100 · lower is better for sovereignty · methodology

Data & conditions

Maker / Taker fee 0.4% / 0.6%
Markets Spot + Derivatives
Max leverage 50×
Supported assets 500+
Trading pairs 500+
24h volume $1.57M
Fiat on-ramp Yes
Deposit methods Bank Transfer (IMPS), Bank Transfer (NEFT/RTGS), UPI, MobiKwik Wallet
Geo restrictions USA
Staking / Earn Staking available
Fund custody Custodial (platform holds funds)
KYC Full
Supported countries APAC, MENA · 1+ countries
Regulator FIU-India
OAM Italy registration No
Segment B2C
MiCA / License status FIU India FIU-India

Strengths

  • Super-app: spot+margin+futures+lend+staking+learn; $1,2B AUM; Coinbase Ventures.
  • No notable sovereignty advantage documented.

Weaknesses

  • India-focus; espansione MENA in corso.
  • Custodial: the platform holds your funds and can freeze or lose them.
  • Full KYC required: verified identity, zero pseudonymity.
  • Subject to regulation (FIU-India): reporting to authorities and freezes on order.
  • Geographic restrictions (USA).

Verdict

A D ★ 4.1/5 ★ 0.8/5

Among the highest scores in the category, and deserved on the protection lens: CoinDCX is a super-app with around $1.2B in assets under management and backing from Coinbase Ventures, registered with FIU-India and spanning spot, futures, lending and staking. The limits are its concentration on the Indian market and not-rock-bottom fees (0.6% taker), with MENA expansion still being built and no access from Italy.

On the sovereign side the super-app loses most of its value: everything is custodial and full-KYC, and the broad suite of integrated services simply means more functions in the intermediary's hands, not more autonomy for the user. No self-custody and no privacy, and the institutional backing from Coinbase Ventures counts for little to anyone chasing trustless, on-chain control.

Privacy & anonymity 30% 0.8
Fund control 20% 0.0
Censorship resistance 20% 2.3
Costs 10% 0.0

Promp's editorial rating based on real fees and net annual cost. Promp reviews third-party products independently.

"Sovereignty" rating: score computed on privacy/anonymity (30%), fund control (20%), censorship resistance (20%), trustless/auditability (20%) and costs (10%). Same data, different weights.

Reputation

What happened to people who used CoinDCX, and what users say. External signals: they do not feed the promp.it rating.

Incidents & regulatory actions

History not verified

We have not yet completed the incident search for this service: no entries here does not mean no events.

Public reviews

4.5/5 476,144 reviews
  • Google Play ↗ 4.5/5 431,706 reviews

    India Google Play (com.coindcx.btc). Score and count from structured JSON-LD (ratingValue 4.491, ratingCount 431706); the visible label rounds to 4.5 stars.

  • App Store ↗ 4.3/5 44,329 reviews

    India App Store (CoinDCX: Bitcoin Crypto App, id 1517787269, seller Primestack PTE. Ltd.). Exact figure from iTunes Lookup API (IN store).

  • Trustpilot ↗ 1.5/5 109 reviews

    Global Trustpilot (trustpilot.com/review/coindcx.com); the in.trustpilot.com subdomain redirects to .com. TrustScore 1.5 across 109 reviews. Trustpilot counts drift over time.

Weighted average across 3 public review platforms (476,144 reviews in total), weighted by volume. This is not our rating: it is those platforms’ average.

FAQ

What are CoinDCX's fees?

On CoinDCX, spot fees are maker 0.4% / taker 0.6%. They drop with monthly volume and VIP tier.

Is CoinDCX regulated in Europe?

Regulatory status of CoinDCX: FIU-India. Licence: FIU India.

Does CoinDCX publish Proof of Reserves?

Proof of Reserves publication is not documented for CoinDCX. No third-party reserve audit is documented. Reserve transparency is a critical factor after the FTX collapse.

Can I send transfers to third-party IBANs from CoinDCX?

No, CoinDCX is an exchange and does not allow transfers to third-party IBANs: fiat withdrawals return to a bank account in your own name.

Does CoinDCX support derivatives and futures?

CoinDCX offers derivatives trading, with up to 50x leverage.

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