VALR is an unregulated South-African cryptocurrency exchange, founded in 2019. Clients can access over 60 crypto assets with opportunities to earn staking and market making rewards. The broker also offers a QR code payment service.
Pionex is a crypto trading platform that specializes in trading robots, offering a variety of ready made bots and strategies to traders as well as integrated AI to help customize a strategy or come up with your own. These can be used on spot crypto markets as well as crypto futures.
Pros
Earn hourly staking rewards on certain assets, or save up to 15% on trading fees when you refer a friend
0.01% of a trade's value paid to market makers when you use the Exchange Buy/Sell service
VALR Pay allows clients to send cash or crypto payments to any mobile number or VALR Pay ID, using fast and unique QR codes
The brokers Exchange Buy/Sell platform will appeal to experienced retail traders, with access to interactive TradingView charts
Fast fiat or crypto funding available, with no minimum or maximum limits
12 free integrated trading bots with no coding or programming requirements
Powerful integrated AI chatbot 'PionexGPT' helps users programme trading bots on Pine script
Excellent and innovative liquidity engines aggregated from Binance and Huobi
Low trading fees compared with other major exchanges at 0.05% maker and taker
40+ cryptocurrency funding coins accepted
Supports crypto derivatives via futures trading
Money Services Business (MSB) license by US FinCEN
Cons
Ticket-based customer support only
Services restricted in several countries including the US
Fees for more than one crypto withdrawal per calendar month
Pionex clients can find other successful investors and copy their trading bot setups. This allows users to buy and sell cryptos 24/7 from a user-friendly platform and app.
Social Trading
No
Yes
VPS Hosting
No
No
Tournaments
No
No
Demo Competitions
No
No
Ethical Investing
No
No
Custodial Account
No
No
Guaranteed Stop Loss
No
No
Islamic Account
No
No
Account Currencies
USD
Cryptocurrency
VALR offers 60+ crypto assets including Bitcoin, Tether and Shiba Inu, though the selection is not as wide as other firms. However, traders can earn 0.01% in rewards as market makers.
Make spot, future and leveraged trades on 120 cryptocurrencies via Pionex's proprietary platform with built-in trading bots and highly customizable automated trading options. On the negative side, the range of tokens is narrower than many alternatives.
