(Most links here are referral links.)
Earning
Cointiply is a reliable site to get paid for offers, surveys and so on. They pay in BTC, DASH, LTC or DOGE. Minimum $5 for BTC, $3 for the others.
Deservve pays in dollars for surveys, social follows, book reviews and beta reading. You can withdraw from there to Cointiply instantly, effectively converting to crypto.
TrustDice has a reliable faucet with claims every 6 hours. Takes 4-6 months to hit payout (assuming 2-3 claims per day) but you don’t have to gamble or do anything except claim. They do BTC, ETH, LTC, DOGE, USDT and a bunch of other options (not swappable on-site, so choose and stick with one until payout).
Trading
I trade on MEXC and CoinEx. I’m also on StakeCube (with caveats).
None of those exchanges require KYC (though see Banking, below).
MEXC has the lowest trading fees I’ve seen.
CoinEx has “dual investment” trading, which is like spot trading with benefits.
My picks for the best cryptos for 2026, the ones I hope are going to gain the most (in detail here) are: ADA, ALGO, AVAX, DOGE, GRT, LINK, PUMP, SHIB and SUI.
Copy Trading
I have reduced Copy Trading to a bare minimum because it tends to lose large amounts very quickly.
The lead traders I follow are: Scalp daily as routine, WhiteRussian, Mexctrader-hLvmC0 and uRich Copy Trade.
I use Smart Ratio on them all and only change the margin settings to follow their lead.
Banking
I bank BTC, ETH, SOL and XAUT at MEXC and CoinEx.
I don’t bank stablecoins.
MEXC requires KYC for some offerings.
My requirements and strategy are here.
CoinEx offers the best interest on amounts up to 0.01 BTC and 0.2 ETH.
MEXC offers slightly less interest on amounts up to 0.015 BTC and 0.5 ETH.
Both do SOL staking (or interest). MEXC offers more interest but has a 5-day unlock and uses their own token to represent staked SOL.
MEXC currently offers 20% interest on 40+ SOL and 15% interest on 2+ ETH (with limits on how much you can stake in total, presumably per year).
MEXC offers 10% interest on staked XAUT (Tether gold).
MEXC also offers “hold to earn” banking, where you get automatic interest on whatever’s in your Spot and/or Futures wallet. Spot earning requires KYC and works on most cryptos; Futures doesn’t but only applies to USDT, USDC and USDE.