Head to head
the arrow points to the better figure| Pacifica | BloFin | |
|---|---|---|
| Trading | ||
| $8.12 | ◀BTC trade, $10k | $12.25 |
| $1,676 | BTC trade, $1M▶ | $1,345 |
| $2.8M | BTC book depth▶ | $4.4M |
| 0.040%/0.015% | ◀Taker / maker | 0.060%/0.020% |
| 50x | Max leverage▶ | 150x |
| Size | ||
| $851.0M | ◀Volume 24h | $667.1M |
| $682.2M | Volume, 7-day average▶ | $771.3M |
| $140.1Mlongs + shorts | Open interest | $1.11Bone side |
| $25.7M | TVL | — |
| Markets | ||
| 77 | Markets▶ | 495 |
| 24 | Stocks & RWA▶ | 115 |
| 1h | Funding paid every | 1h or 4h or 8h |
| +0.0100% | BTC funding /8h | −0.0089% |
| +0.724% | BTC longs paid, 30d | +0.296% |
| Access | ||
| No ID | ◀KYC | Limited without ID |
| none yet | Token | none yet |
| Active | Airdrop | — |
Cost to trade BTC
| Size | Pacifica | BloFin |
|---|---|---|
| $1k | $0.818.1 bp | $1.2112.1 bp |
| $10k | $8.128.1 bp | $12.2512.3 bp |
| $100k | $94.959.5 bp | $12312.3 bp |
| $1M | $1,67616.8 bp | $1,34513.4 bp |
| $5M | — | — |
BNB funding per day
pair pageSize
daily, last 90 daysVolume by asset class
last 90 daysOn both: 71
funding /8h · Net 7d at $10k| Asset | Pacifica | BloFin | Spread | Net 7d |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| XAU | +0.0100% | +0.0240% | +0.0140% | +$19 |
| XAG | +0.0100% | +0.0441% | +0.0341% | +$25 |
| CL | −0.0093% | −0.1261% | +0.1168% | −$52 |
| NVDA | +0.0100% | +0.0208% | +0.0108% | −$23 |
| SNDK | +0.0038% | −0.0120% | +0.0158% | $0 |
| CRCL | +0.0100% | +0.0667% | +0.0567% | −$51 |
| TSLA | +0.0100% | +0.0273% | +0.0173% | −$10 |
| MU | +0.0100% | +0.0120% | +0.0020% | −$12 |
| SKHYNIX | +0.0100% | −0.0004% | +0.0104% | −$17 |
| SPCX | +0.0119% | +0.0316% | +0.0197% | −$56 |
| SAMSUNG | +0.0100% | +0.0045% | +0.0055% | −$47 |
| MSTR | +0.0100% | +0.0120% | +0.0020% | — |
| PLTR | +0.0100% | +0.0120% | +0.0020% | — |
| HOOD | +0.0100% | +0.0151% | +0.0051% | — |
| GOOGL | +0.0100% | +0.0594% | +0.0494% | — |
| DRAM | +0.0100% | +0.0017% | +0.0083% | — |
| NATGAS | +0.0100% | +0.0590% | — | — |
| XPT | +0.0100% | +0.0050% | — | — |
| META | +0.0100% | +0.0026% | — | — |
| COPPER | +0.0100% | +0.0589% | — | — |
Only on BloFin: 421
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Questions
Is Pacifica or BloFin cheaper to trade?
Opening and closing $10,000 of BTC with market orders costs $8.12 on Pacifica and $12.25 on BloFin right now, taker fee and order-book slippage together, so Pacifica is cheaper. Taker fees: 0.04% and 0.06%.
Which has more markets, Pacifica or BloFin?
Pacifica lists 77 active markets and BloFin 495; 71 assets trade on both, 21 of them stocks, commodities or other real-world assets.
Does Pacifica or BloFin require KYC?
Pacifica: No ID; blocked in the US, Canada, the UK, China, Russia, Ukraine, the Philippines and sanctioned countries. BloFin: No ID to trade futures, with no leverage limit, but withdrawals are capped at 20,000 USDT a day until you verify.
Can you arbitrage funding between Pacifica and BloFin?
Yes: 7 of the assets on both paid more in funding over the last 7 days than a $10k round trip on both costs. The best was XAG, long on Pacifica and short on BloFin, with $25 left after costs.
Which is bigger, Pacifica or BloFin?
24-hour volume: Pacifica $851.0M, BloFin $667.1M. Open interest as each reports it: $140.1M and $1.11B. Pacifica reports open interest as longs plus shorts, both sides of every position; BloFin reports one side. For the same positions Pacifica's figure reads about twice as large. TVL: $25.7M and none published.
More comparisons
allPacifica or BloFin: which to use
Pacifica vs BloFin is a decentralized exchange (DEX) against a centralized one (CEX). On Pacifica you trade from your own wallet without ID, at 1.5 bp maker and 4 bp taker, with up to 50x. BloFin holds your funds in an account, charges 2 bp maker and 6 bp taker, and offers up to 150x. As of 1 October 2026 BloFin lists 495 markets against Pacifica's 77. BloFin starts trading without ID but caps withdrawals at 20,000 USDT a day until you verify. Custody, leverage and market count decide it for most traders.
How each exchange is built
Pacifica is a DEX on Solana. You trade from a self-custody wallet, so your funds stay with you rather than with the company. It matches orders on a central limit order book.
BloFin is a CEX: you open an account with the company, and the account holds your funds. It also matches orders on a central limit order book.
Both exchanges match orders on a central limit order book. What changes is custody. On Pacifica you sign trades from your wallet. On BloFin you log in to an account and deposit into it.
Fees and what they mean
Pacifica's base tier is 1.5 bp maker (0.015%) and 4 bp taker (0.04%), per Pacifica's fee page. BloFin's base tier is 2 bp maker (0.02%) and 6 bp taker (0.06%), per BloFin's fee page.
A market order pays the taker fee to open and again to close: 8 bp per round trip on Pacifica, 12 bp on BloFin. A limit order that rests on the book pays the maker fee instead, 1.5 bp on Pacifica and 2 bp on BloFin.
The fee is only part of a trade's cost. Slippage, the price you move by eating through the order book, grows with size. The cost table above adds both at each size from $1k to $5M. Every exchange's trading cost is compared on one page.
Markets and leverage
As of 1 October 2026 BloFin lists 495 active perps, 115 of them stocks, commodities, FX or other real-world assets. Pacifica lists 77, of which 24 are real-world assets.
BloFin allows up to 150x and Pacifica up to 50x on their highest-leverage markets. Most markets on both allow less. Pacifica pays funding every hour on every market. BloFin pays every 1 hour, 4 hours or 8 hours depending on the market, so check a market's interval before you hold a position. An hourly market settles 24 times a day, a 4-hour market 6 times and an 8-hour market three times. Funding is the periodic payment between longs and shorts, and a positive rate means longs pay shorts. The list further down this page shows the markets both exchanges have and each one's funding rate.
Who can use them
Pacifica asks for no ID. It is closed to the US, Canada, the UK, China, Russia, Ukraine, the Philippines and sanctioned countries.
BloFin's KYC is limited without ID: trading starts without ID, inside limits that verification lifts. You can trade futures without ID and with no leverage limit, but withdrawals are capped at 20,000 USDT a day until you verify.
Token and points
Pacifica has no token yet. As of 19 September 2026 its points and airdrop program was "Active". Details on programs across exchanges are on the airdrops page. Pacifica runs no vault that arb.sh tracks.
Reading the numbers on this page
Pacifica publishes open interest as longs plus shorts, both sides of every position. BloFin publishes one side of open positions. For the same positions Pacifica's figure reads about twice as large, so the open interest row and chart above are not a like-for-like comparison of size.
BloFin has no TVL, as is usual for a centralized exchange, so that row and chart show Pacifica alone. It is DefiLlama's figure for the deposits its bridge holds.
Which one fits you
- Pick Pacifica if you want to keep funds in your own self-custody wallet. See the Pacifica page for its markets and fees.
- Pick Pacifica if you trade with market orders: 4 bp taker against 6 bp.
- Pick Pacifica if you want every market on an hourly funding schedule.
- Pick Pacifica if you want to follow a points program that was "Active" as of 19 September 2026.
- Pick BloFin if you want a company account and the 495 markets it lists, including 115 real-world assets, on one exchange. Its exchange page has the details.
- Pick BloFin if you need more than 50x, up to 150x on its highest-leverage markets.