No-KYC alternatives to Binance, Coinbase, Kraken & Paxful

Alternatives to Binance

Status: KYC required for all users

People used it for: Trading and buying crypto

• BisqKYC 0 — P2P trading, fiat and altcoins
• RetoSwapKYC 0 — Buy/sell Monero P2P
• RoboSatsKYC 0 — Small Lightning trades, no account
• TrocadorKYC 1 — Swap one coin for another, no account

Treat any big exchange as a KYC baseline: once you verify, that link between you and your coins is permanent.

Alternatives to Coinbase

Status: KYC required; reports to tax authorities

People used it for: Buying Bitcoin with a bank account or card

• BisqKYC 0 — Bisq Easy: buy BTC with no deposit, built for newcomers
• RoboSatsKYC 0 — Buy BTC over Lightning
• Hodl HodlKYC 0 — Non-custodial P2P escrow
• VexlKYC 0 — Trade with people in your contact network

Withdraw to a self-custody wallet such as Sparrow or Phoenix rather than leaving coins on any platform.

Alternatives to Kraken (for Monero)

Status: XMR delisted in the EEA (Oct 2024), Canada (Sep 2025), India (May 2026) and the UAE (Sep 2026) source

People used it for: Buying Monero

• RetoSwapKYC 0 — Buy XMR with fiat, peer to peer
• eigenwalletKYC 0 — Swap BTC → XMR trustlessly
• BasicSwap DEXKYC 0 — Atomic swaps between several coins
• TrocadorKYC 1 — Compare instant-swap rates

Alternatives to Paxful

Status: Shut down 1 Nov 2025 source

People used it for: P2P Bitcoin with many payment methods

• Hodl HodlKYC 0 — P2P with multisig escrow
• BisqKYC 0 — Many payment methods, Tor built in
• RoboSatsKYC 0 — Lightning P2P, no account
• VexlKYC 0 — Local, cash-friendly trades

Alternatives to LocalMonero / AgoraDesk

Status: Closed in 2024 source

People used it for: P2P Monero with cash and bank transfer

• RetoSwapKYC 0 — The closest successor: Haveno-based P2P Monero
• BisqKYC 0 — Has an XMR market
• XmrBazaarKYC 0 — Monero marketplace for goods and services

Haveno/RetoSwap had two exploits in May–June 2026, patched in v1.8.0 — check the latest status first.

Alternatives to eXch

Status: Seized by German authorities 30 Apr 2025 source

People used it for: No-account instant swaps

• TrocadorKYC 1 — Aggregator showing each provider's KYC rating
• OrangeFrenKYC 1 — Compares no-KYC swaps
• eigenwalletKYC 0 — BTC → XMR atomic swaps
• BoltzKYC 0 — Bitcoin ↔ Lightning/Liquid swaps

Any site still using the eXch name is not the original service.

Alternatives to MEXC

Status: KYC mandatory since 5 Feb 2026 source

People used it for: Trading altcoins without verification

• BasicSwap DEXKYC 0 — Decentralised cross-chain swaps
• BisqKYC 0 — P2P altcoin trading
• RetoSwapKYC 0 — Monero trading

Alternatives to TradeOgre

Status: Seized by the RCMP 18 Sep 2025 source

People used it for: No-KYC altcoin order book

• BasicSwap DEXKYC 0 — Decentralised order book with atomic swaps
• BisqKYC 0 — P2P trading
• RetoSwapKYC 0 — Monero trading

Alternatives to CoinEx

Status: Winding down — withdrawals close 22 Dec 2026 source

People used it for: Low-verification trading

• BisqKYC 0 — P2P trading
• BasicSwap DEXKYC 0 — Decentralised swaps
• TrocadorKYC 1 — Instant swaps

If you still have a balance there, withdraw before 22 Dec 2026.

Alternatives to Samourai Wallet

Status: Shut down in 2024; founders sentenced Nov 2025 source

People used it for: Bitcoin privacy wallet

• Sparrow WalletKYC 0 — Coin control, Tor, hardware-wallet support
• JoinMarketKYC 0 — Peer-to-peer coinjoin
• Wasabi WalletKYC 0 — Coinjoin via community coordinators

Alternatives to Peach (sellers)

Status: Escrow paused 31 Aug 2026; selling restricted source

People used it for: Mobile P2P Bitcoin

• BisqKYC 0 — Bisq Easy: mobile-friendly P2P
• RoboSatsKYC 0 — Lightning P2P
• Hodl HodlKYC 0 — Multisig escrow P2P