Orca review

Taker fees run 0.01% to 2% and are charged on each trade. As a yardstick, the median taker fee across all exchanges here is 0.2%, and 0.05% across decentralised venues. The spread between the low and high end of Orca's range is worth weighing if you trade often.

Orca lists 418 coins. That sits above the 69 median for decentralised venues and near the 418 upper quartile, and Orca ranks 33 of 172 brands on the site. Bitpanda, for comparison, lists from 650, so breadth is the one place a custodial platform leads.

No, Orca does not hold your balance. It is a self-custody venue, with self-custody and staking among the listed features (self custody and staking), so assets stay in wallets you control and trades go straight through pools. The flip side is that key management, network choice and on-chain costs sit with the holder.

There is no platform withdrawal fee, only Solana network charges, so a self-custody venue like Orca adds no second layer of cost when you move assets out. On-chain network costs still apply, and Orca is a dex, so those network fees are the thing to budget for on each transfer.

Support runs on chat, help centre and community. Live chat, a help centre and community channels cover most questions, and a help centre is the norm in this part of the market: 70.8% of the decentralised venues here run a help centre, against 79.2% that run community channels.

Yes, staking is one of the listed features for Orca, sitting alongside self-custody (self custody and staking), so staking and trading can share the same self-custody setup. Staking is not unusual here: 44.8% of the decentralised venues listed offer it and 37.7% of the wider exchange group do.

The difference is custody: Orca is a dex built around self-custody (self custody and staking). On listings, Orca's 418 compares with from 650 at Bitpanda. On taker fees, bunq charges 0.25% to 1.99% and ActivTrades 0%, against 0.01% to 2% at Orca, so the fee comparison depends on how much you trade.

Orca was founded in 2021 and runs as a dex on Solana. Its listed features are self-custody and staking (self custody and staking), and it lists 418 coins, which ranks 33 of 172 brands on the site for coin count. It sits in the small share of the market made up of decentralised venues.

Orca fits people who already hold Solana assets and want self-custody and staking in the same place (self custody and staking). Self-custody is the norm in this corner of the market: 89.7% of the decentralised venues here share that model. Traders who judge fees closely can compare 0.01% to 2% with the 0.05% median for this group.