Main handbook

How to transfer crypto between exchanges
From reading the notice to confirming it landed

The first instinct when a notice lands is to hit market sell. But trading usually stops weeks or months before withdrawals do, and that gap is enough to move the coins somewhere else — provided you know which chain to use, how much to leave for fees, and which step loses people their money. This site walks that road one step at a time.

Editor's pick · For anyone who has just decided to keep their coins somewhere else: we walked the account-opening flow end to end and wrote down the steps that actually stall

A few pieces from this road

• 01What those dates in the notice actually mean

  Deposits closing, trading closing, withdrawals closing, forced conversion: four terms, four situations. Confusing them wastes a window you could have used.

• 02Which chain to withdraw on: fees, timing and traps

  The same coin can cost cents on one network and tens of dollars on another. How to pick from the chains both ends support, and what happens if you get it wrong.

• 03Six places withdrawals actually go wrong

  Wrong address, missing memo, wrong network, below the minimum, a contract address mistaken for a deposit address, and a skipped confirmation.

• 04Signs a platform is in trouble, before the notice

  Slower withdrawals, changed support answers, a coin that suddenly only goes in — the patterns that keep recurring, laid out for you to judge.

• 05Sell and rebuy, or just move the coin?

  The two routes differ in cost, in time and in what can go wrong. When moving the coin wins, and when it is worth converting first.

• 06Account restricted: can you still withdraw?

  Restrictions come in several kinds and each allows different things. Work out which one you are in before you decide to wait, appeal, or move what you can.