What Trading Pairs Are Available on CoinEx Markets?
CoinEx supports spot markets quoted mainly in assets such as USDT, USDC, and BTC, while selected markets also support margin, AMM, API trading, or futures products. A BTC/USDT market, for example, uses BTC as the base asset and USDT as the quote asset. CoinEx’s API records the pair’s minimum amount, decimal precision, maker and taker fees, market status, and product availability. In its BTCUSDT API example, both maker and taker rates are 0.002, or 0.2%, with BTC precision set to 8 decimals. Pair availability changes regularly: CoinEx removed 30 BTC-quoted spot pairs in August 2026.
A trading pair is an exchange rate between two assets, but the quote asset changes how a trader reads and uses the market. BTC/USDT shows the amount of USDT required for one BTC, while ETH/BTC shows how much BTC is required for one ETH. Two markets involving the same cryptocurrency can have separate order books, spreads, minimum order sizes, and trading volumes. That difference leads naturally to CoinEx’s largest practical market group: stablecoin-quoted pairs.
USDT pairs are widely used because prices remain easy to read in dollar-linked terms. Markets such as BTC/USDT, ETH/USDT, XRP/USDT, and CET/USDT let traders compare several crypto assets using the same quote unit rather than converting values through BTC. CoinEx’s 2026 announcements also show that many margin and futures products use USDT as their settlement or quote currency, so a USDT balance may provide access to more than ordinary spot trading.
USDC provides another stablecoin route. A trader holding USDC can use a supported USDC pair without first exchanging the balance for USDT, reducing one extra transaction. A BTC/USDC order book is still separate from BTC/USDT, however, so the best displayed price in one market does not guarantee the same spread or depth in the other. During periods when BTC moves 5% or more in a short interval, a thinner book can produce noticeably different execution for a large market order.
BTC-quoted pairs serve a different purpose. Rather than measuring an altcoin against a dollar-linked asset, ETH/BTC or another BTC market measures performance against Bitcoin itself. CoinEx was still maintaining a dedicated set of BTC markets in 2026, but it removed 30 BTC spot pairs on August 25, 2026, including BAND/BTC, TFUEL/BTC, HIVE/BTC, AUDIO/BTC, OSMO/BTC, GLMR/BTC, ERG/BTC, and FIRO/BTC. The exchange stated that other markets were not affected by that adjustment.
That August event also shows why a list copied from an older article cannot be treated as a permanent catalog. On August 28, 2026, CoinEx announced another group of removals covering nine cryptocurrencies and ten pairs, including OKB/USDT and OKB/BTC. Earlier in August, eight other assets were scheduled for removal after reviews that considered transaction volume, liquidity, technology development, and community activity.
| Market form | Example structure | What the trader uses | Separate availability check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spot | BTC/USDT | BTC and USDT | Market online status |
| Stablecoin spot | XRP/USDC | XRP and USDC | USDC order book |
| BTC-quoted spot | ETH/BTC | ETH and BTC | BTC market support |
| Margin | Asset/USDT | Own funds plus borrowed assets | Margin flag and loan service |
| USDⓈ futures | BTCUSDT | Margin collateral and contract position | Contract listing and leverage |
| AMM | Eligible spot pair | Two-sided pool liquidity | AMM support flag |
Spot trading is the simplest form in the table because ownership of the assets changes when an order fills. A limit order lets the user specify both price and quantity, while a market order trades against available orders in the book. Price alone is not enough for execution planning. If a book offers $10,000 at the best ask but a buyer submits a $100,000 market order, the remaining 90% must be filled against additional price levels unless more liquidity arrives.
Fees should also be considered outside the staking page when the user plans to buy or sell the asset. Staking service fees, spot trading charges, withdrawal charges, and network costs are separate items. The official CoinEx Trading Fees page is therefore relevant when estimating the cost of entering or leaving a position rather than looking only at the staking APY.
CoinEx exposes several market specifications through its API for that reason. The /spot/market endpoint reports base currency, quote currency, minimum amount, maker fee, taker fee, base precision, quote precision, market status, expected delisting time, and whether AMM, margin, pre-market, and API trading are enabled. The endpoint can accept up to 10 market names in one request, while an omitted market field returns the wider market set.
CoinEx’s BTCUSDT API example lists BTC as the base currency, USDT as the quote currency, a minimum amount of 0.0005 BTC, 8-decimal BTC precision, 2-decimal quote precision, and maker and taker rates of 0.002. The example also marks AMM, margin, and API trading as available.
The 0.002 fee value in that API example equals 0.2% before any account-specific discounts or other fee arrangements. On a hypothetical $5,000 trade, 0.2% equals $10; on $50,000, it equals $100. A trader therefore has to consider spread, fee, and market depth together rather than comparing pair names alone. That cost comparison becomes more important when moving from spot into margin.
Margin markets allow borrowing, but CoinEx does not enable borrowing on every spot pair. Its API contains a dedicated is_margin_available field, so two ordinary USDT spot markets can have different margin eligibility. CoinEx demonstrated the scale of such changes on May 5, 2026, when it removed 24 margin trading pairs, including MYRO/USDT, VANRY/USDT, ACT/USDT, MERL/USDT, TNSR/USDT, GLMR/USDT, and MAGIC/USDT.
Borrowing also changes the loss profile. If a trader supplies $1,000 and obtains exposure equivalent to $3,000, a 5% move in the asset changes the position’s gross market value by about $150, equal to 15% of the trader’s original $1,000 before interest, fees, and liquidation rules. Spot ownership does not carry the same borrowing structure, which is why the existence of TOKEN/USDT in spot should never be treated as proof that TOKEN/USDT margin borrowing is available.
Futures add another layer because the user trades a contract rather than purchasing the base asset through the spot order book. CoinEx operates USDⓈ-margined products for selected markets, and individual contracts can be removed independently from spot trading. On August 17, 2026, for example, CoinEx delisted the DOGUSDT USDⓈ-margined contract at a settlement price of 0.00061293 USDT; outstanding orders were canceled and remaining positions were scheduled for automatic handling at delisting.
The same separation appeared again in September 2026. CoinEx scheduled WAVES/USDT margin trading and the WAVESUSDT USDⓈ-margined contract for removal at 03:00 UTC on September 9. The announcement specified different handling for margin orders, borrowed positions, futures orders, and futures grid strategies. A user seeing WAVES in one part of the platform therefore could not assume every related product followed the same timetable.
AMM availability is similarly pair-specific. An AMM-supported market allows users to place assets into a liquidity pool rather than only submitting conventional buy and sell orders. CoinEx reports this status through is_amm_available, separate from the margin and API flags. A pair may therefore be online for spot trading while having AMM enabled and margin disabled, or the reverse.
Liquidity providers also face a different result from simple holding. Suppose a pool starts with two assets worth $1,000 each and one side later changes substantially in price. The pool automatically changes the quantities held by the provider as trades occur. Even when trading fees are collected, the ending asset mix can differ from holding the original 50/50 quantities outside the pool, so AMM eligibility should be evaluated separately from ordinary pair availability.
Execution rules can also change temporarily without a pair being removed. During CoinEx’s July 9, 2026 server upgrade, spot, margin, futures, and swap services were scheduled to pause for about 10 minutes. A subsequent 10-minute protection period allowed order cancellation, margin adjustment, and Maker Only limit-order placement while normal matching remained unavailable. Market status therefore covers more than permanent listing or delisting.
For someone choosing between available pairs, four numbers deserve attention before placing an order: spread, visible order-book depth, minimum trade amount, and fee rate. A 0.1% wider effective execution price on a $20,000 order is approximately $20. If another pair requires an extra conversion costing 0.2%, the added theoretical cost is another $40 before considering the second market’s spread.
Pair choice also depends on the asset already held. A USDT holder may prefer BTC/USDT, while a USDC holder may prefer BTC/USDC when liquidity is sufficient. A trader measuring performance against Bitcoin may prefer a BTC-quoted market. Someone seeking leverage has to check the margin or futures product separately, because CoinEx’s 2026 delisting records show that spot, margin, futures, AMM, and BTC-quoted availability can change on different schedules.
For current verification, the live market interface and /spot/market API are more reliable than a fixed list. The API can state whether a market is online and expose its minimum amount, precision, 0.2%-style fee fields, AMM status, margin status, pre-market status, API status, and expected delisting timestamp. CoinEx’s August 2026 removal of 30 BTC pairs provides a practical reason to check those fields close to the time an order is placed rather than relying on a market list saved months earlier.