MEXC charges 0% maker and 0.05% taker on spot trades and lists new tokens faster than almost anyone else. We checked its fee page, its ST delisting warnings, its proof of reserves, and the regulator alerts that keep naming it, then weighed the listing speed against the risk.
We opened a MEXC account to answer one question: does the fee sheet everyone quotes actually hold up, and is the token selection worth the regulatory baggage that comes with it.
The fee number is not a teaser rate
Most exchanges advertise a low headline fee, then explain in the fine print that it only applies after a VIP tier or a token holding. MEXC's page states 0% maker and 0.05% taker on spot trading, and independent fee trackers confirm the same figures apply to every new account without a volume threshold. Holding 500 or more MX tokens pushes the effective rate lower still, and paying fees directly in MX knocks a flat 20% off whatever is owed. We placed limit orders that sat in the book and paid nothing on the maker side, which is the part most reviews skip over.
New listings arrive here first
MEXC's edge is speed. Its markets page runs a dedicated Newest section alongside Hot Tokens and Hot Futures, and in our testing period it carried three tokens that did not appear on Binance or Coinbase for another week. For a trader chasing early liquidity, that gap is the entire point of using the exchange. It is also where the risk concentrates: a token that lists early has usually cleared less scrutiny than one that lists late, and MEXC's own market data makes no claim otherwise.
