Is WhiteBIT safe to connect?

Exchange · Multi-asset centralized exchange (spot, futures, margin). Checked 2026-10-25; every line links its source.

Worst case: WhiteBIT holds your coins, and a leaked key carrying the full Withdraw permission without an IP whitelist can empty the account; idle bot keys also stop working after 14 days.

Already lost funds? What to do if a bot or wallet is drained.

Safe setup in 3 steps

Create bot keys without the Withdraw permission and add your server's IPs to the whitelist
Plan for the 14-day inactivity rule: a standby key that makes no requests is deactivated
EEA users: check whether your account is moving to WhiteBIT EU (whitebit.eu) and what that entity supports before relying on it

What it can do with your money

Who holds the keys	The exchange holds your funds Custodial exchange account; WhiteBIT says 96% of assets are in cold storage (site meta description). source
Can funds be sent out to any address?	Yes. Withdrawals available; API-issued keys are revoked if the account is blocked or frozen. source
What a leaked API key can do	Withdrawal rights come only with the full 'Info + Trading + Deposit + Withdraw' set. Each key supports up to 50 whitelisted IPs and WhiteBIT says to always enable IP whitelisting for production keys. Keys unused for 14 consecutive days are deactivated automatically (an IP whitelist does not exempt them). Default permissions are not stated. source
Monero and Zcash	XMR: XMR/USDT and XMR/USDC spot listed; deposit/withdrawal status not confirmed source ZEC: ZEC/USDT, ZEC/USDC and ZEC/BTC listed source Regions: Whether WhiteBIT EU (whitebit.eu) will offer XMR/ZEC was not confirmed source

Official links

Each link below was confirmed from at least two independent places (the vendor's own pages plus another source). Anything else using this name is not on the list.

Website: whitebit.com
X: @WhiteBit
App: https://apps.apple.com/ua/app/whitebit/id1463405025

Where we confirmed these

https://whitebit.com/ (footer links x.com/WhiteBit and App Store id1463405025)
https://www.coingecko.com/en/exchanges/whitebit (whitebit.com, twitter.com/WhiteBit)
https://apps.apple.com/ua/app/whitebit/id1463405025 (seller UAB Clear White Technologies; privacy policy at whitebit.com)
https://x.com/WhiteBit (verified, checked 2026-10-25)

Deadlines

2027-07-10: EU AMLR (Regulation (EU) 2024/1624, Art. 79(1)) applies: crypto-asset service providers may not keep accounts that allow anonymisation or obfuscation of transactions, including through anonymity-enhancing coins (e.g. XMR, ZEC). Relevant if you use this service through its EU-licensed entity (WB-Shield Innovations GmbH 'WhiteBIT EU', Austria; MiCA licence announced 2026-06-19 for whitebit.eu: https://www.theblock.co/post/405421/whitebit-eu-secures-mica-license-in-austria-expanding-regulated-crypto-services-across-europe). source

Incidents

Items marked "reported by users" are claims we could not confirm with the vendor or a security firm.

Date	What happened	Amount	Outcome	Source
2026-01-23	Russia declared WhiteBIT and parent W Group 'undesirable', banned it and barred Russian banks and payment providers from processing WhiteBIT transactions; continued use by Russian residents carries criminal penalties		Russian users cut off	source

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