The Finder Crypto Trading Platform Awards 2025 recognises the best crypto trading platforms in Australia. To determine the "best" crypto platforms for Australians, our experts analysed over 25 data points from 19 exchanges.
The highest-scoring platform for each category has been named the winner, followed by second and third place, which both receive highly commended.
Here are the winners for 2025.
Best Crypto Trading Platform: Kraken

Kraken has been named the best Overall crypto trading platform for the second year running. With a comprehensive range of features including staking and coin swaps, mutliple trading options and support for AUD, it's a great choice for beginners and experienced traders alike.
Highly commended

Coinspot
CoinSpot is once again Highly Commended for best Overall platform due to its impressive range of coins, competitive trading fees and AUD markets.
Coinspot
CoinSpot is once again Highly Commended for best Overall platform due to its impressive range of coins, competitive trading fees and AUD markets.

OKX
OKX earns its first Highly Commended award, offering a polished trading platform, low trading fees and convenient Web3 and DeFi support.
OKX
OKX earns its first Highly Commended award, offering a polished trading platform, low trading fees and convenient Web3 and DeFi support.

CoinJar
CoinJar's ultra-competitive trading fees and available markets make it a worthy Highly Commended for overall trading platform.
CoinJar
CoinJar's ultra-competitive trading fees and available markets make it a worthy Highly Commended for overall trading platform.
Best Beginner Crypto Trading Platform: Swyftx

Swyftx is the winner of the Beginner category thanks to its convenient payment options, customer support and recurring buy feature.
Highly commended

Kraken
Kraken gets its second nod as Highly Commended for Beginners. With an easy-to-use interface, simply trading and staking support and solid educational resources, it's a great beginner-friendly platform.
Kraken
Kraken gets its second nod as Highly Commended for Beginners. With an easy-to-use interface, simply trading and staking support and solid educational resources, it's a great beginner-friendly platform.

CoinSpot
CoinSpot gets another Highly Commended award, this time for its user-friendly trading, impressive cryptocurrency offering and good customer support.
CoinSpot
CoinSpot gets another Highly Commended award, this time for its user-friendly trading, impressive cryptocurrency offering and good customer support.
Best Advanced Crypto Trading Platform: Kraken

Kraken is our winner for best Advanced trading platform thanks to its broad range of AUD and USD spot markets, advanced trading tools and analytics and derivatives trading for wholesale clients.
Highly commended

OKX
OKX gets another nod as Highly Commended for Advanced trading with its extensive range of spot pairs and trading tools. Like Kraken, OKX also offers derivatives for wholesale clients.
OKX
OKX gets another nod as Highly Commended for Advanced trading with its extensive range of spot pairs and trading tools. Like Kraken, OKX also offers derivatives for wholesale clients.

Binance Australia
Binance earns its first Highly Commended in the 2025 Finder Awards due to its deep liquidity, impressive spot markets and advanced tools.
Binance Australia
Binance earns its first Highly Commended in the 2025 Finder Awards due to its deep liquidity, impressive spot markets and advanced tools.
Finder's Product Awards methodology for crypto exchanges
Our experts have analysed over 25 data points from 19 exchanges to determine the Finder Crypto Trading Platform winners and finalists for 2025.
To be eligible for the product awards, exchanges must be registered with AUSTRAC and operating in Australia, and offer a level of liquidity that allows users to trade effectively.
Features considered include
- Core features - Mobile app availability, staking, card availability, demo mode
- Trading capabilities - Coin swaps, number of cryptocurrencies available, AUD spot market, USD spot market, BTC spot market, recurring buy, charting tools, liquidity and derivatives
- Fees - Maker and taker fees, instant buy fees, withdrawal fees
- Deposit and Purchase methods - Debit card, credit card, bank transfer, Paypal and cryptocurrency deposit and purchase availability
Why you can trust our awards

Expert analysis
Our Crypto Trading Platform Awards winners are based on 100+ hours of research by our expert authors and insights team.

They're comprehensive
We looked across Australia's most popular crypto trading platforms from the biggest exchanges to the smallest online platforms.

They're independent
Some winners may be partners but this never influences our decisions. All are based on a clear methodology and must meet editorial standards.
Meet our experts
Piyush Pillai, Insights analyst
Piyush is an insights analyst at Finder and is responsible for developing the methodology for Finder's Product Awards. He holds an MBA from Macquarie University and a MSc in Banking and Finance from the University of London.
Thomas Stelzer, Investing editor
Tom is a publisher and finance writer, specialising in crypto and investing. He first started investing in crypto in 2017.

Kylie Purcell, Senior Editor, Investments
Kylie is Finder's investments expert. She is responsible for selecting the awards criteria we use to determine the winners.
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