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kute vs Binance

Binance has your coins. kute gives them back.

Binance is a global exchange with deep liquidity and an unmistakable counterparty risk profile. kute is not an exchange. It buys from liquidity partners and hands you the coins, on-chain or Lightning, in a wallet only you control.

Feature by feature

kute and Binance, feature by feature

Feature
kute
Binance
Self-custody Bitcoin
Hardware wallet signing
Lightning, nativepartial
Buy bitcoin with Cash App (US)
Polymarket in-app
Freezes on self-custodied BTC and dollarsimpossible
Venue balances (Polymarket, Hyperliquid)venue rulesn/a
Exchange outage = your funds stuck
IBAN + cardSoonpartial
Dollars balance, self-custodiedcustodial
Investing (Hyperliquid)custodial
Ask Sal, AI market assistant
If you want a hot wallet for trading, use Binance. If you want Bitcoin you actually hold, use kute.

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