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Best cryptocurrency exchanges in India 2021

Here is the list of the most popular cryptocurrency exchanges from where you can buy cryptocurrencies and do trading. I have made quick bullet points so you don’t have to read everything to find what you need to know about them. Also marked them as Local/Global so that you know which one accepts INR and which one doesn’t.
I've included only three exchanges in the list which should be more than sufficient because they provide most of the pairs available in India. I have not included some which have only a few crypto pairs to trade.

Wazirx (Local Exchange)

Best in India with the most number of trading coins offered in India. They have their own coin WazirX(WRX) for trading on their platform at discounted fees. They were accquired by Binance which is already one of the most popular Global exchange. They are the only one currently to Provide P2P sercvices along with the exchange platform in India.

  • Currencies: around 200 pairs
  • Trading Fees: 0.1–0.2%(Lowest in India)
  • P2P : Yes
  • KYC verification: Required
  • Method of Purchase: Bank Transfer/UPI/IMPS
  • Instant funds deposit and withdrawal

Binance (Global Exchange)

The are one of the most popular exchange in the world and also renowned in crypto world for their services. They own the Indian Exchange WazirX. They have their own coin Binance(BNB) for trading on their platform at discounted fees. They are one of the most fully featured exchange that you can find. Binance is also the largest exchange in the world by trading volume.

  • Currencies: Almost all the coins
  • Trading Fees: 0.1%(Lowest in India)
  • P2P : Yes
  • KYC verification: Required
  • Method of Purchase: Crypto to Crypto / Credit cards

BitBNS (Local Exchange)

Another popular Local exchange with around 85 coins. It is also very innovative which provides SIP equivalent using Bitcoins. They don’t have a peer to peer trading platform. If you complete KYC then you get 50 BNS tokens as a reward.

  • Currencies: around 120 pairs
  • Trading Fees: flat 0.25%
  • P2P : Yes
  • KYC verification: Required
  • Method of Purchase: Bank Transfer

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