Webot (formerly Pionex.US) Review (October 2026): Fees, US States and Licenses

Our verdict

Webot is the new name of Pionex.US, a US crypto exchange built around free automated trading bots such as grid, DCA and rebalancing strategies. It is a FinCEN-registered money services business (NMLS #2284360) that accepts residents of 47 states and DC, but not New York, Alaska or Hawaii. Spot fees are 0.1% maker and 0.5% taker; margin trading is not offered.

Webot (formerly Pionex.US) fees

Maker / taker

0.10% / 0.50%

Simple buy

Convert has no fee; spread or slippage may apply

Volume tiers

Flat 0.1% maker / 0.5% taker with no published volume tiers (help center, updated Mar. 31, 2026); built-in bots carry no separate fee

ACH deposit

Free

Wire deposit

$20

Card purchase

Debit card deposit: 2.9% + $0.30

USD withdrawal

ACH $12; wire $20; $50 minimum

Crypto withdrawal

Per-asset fee shown at withdrawal; the official fee table did not load

Other fees

Recovery of unsupported crypto sent by mistake: $20 to $65

Minimum deposit

— Not verified

Is Webot (formerly Pionex.US) available in my state?

Pionex.US now operates as Webot; its help center (updated Feb. 4, 2026) lists only Alaska, Hawaii and New York, plus three US territories, as unsupported.

• AL available
• AK not available
• AZ available
• AR available
• CA available
• CO available
• CT available
• DE available
• DC available
• FL available
• GA available
• HI not available
• ID available
• IL available
• IN available
• IA available
• KS available
• KY available
• LA available
• ME available
• MD available
• MA available
• MI available
• MN available
• MS available
• MO available
• MT available
• NE available
• NV available
• NH available
• NJ available
• NM available
• NY not available
• NC available
• ND available
• OH available
• OK available
• OR available
• PA available
• RI available
• SC available
• SD available
• TN available
• TX available
• UT available
• VT available
• VA available
• WA available
• WV available
• WI available
• WY available

Also unavailable in Guam, Puerto Rico and American Samoa. The Oct. 19, 2024 Pionex.US user agreement also named Georgia as excluded; the Feb. 2026 help-center list does not.

New York

No

ID check (KYC)

Yes

Withdraw crypto

Yes

Funding

ACH, Wire, Debit card, Crypto

Is Webot (formerly Pionex.US) regulated?

• FinCEN MSB
• NMLS 2284360

US operator

Pionex Inc. (Delaware), operating as Webot

Parent company

— Not verified

State licenses

App Store listing says 'Licensed in 48 States' under NMLS #2284360; individual state licenses were not checked on NMLS Consumer Access

New York license

None

Other

Website also cites an EU crypto-asset service authorization under MiCA for its EU business

Founded

— Not verified

Headquarters

Princeton, NJ, USA

How secure is Webot (formerly Pionex.US)?

Proof of reserves

— Not verified

Audits

— Not verified

Insurance

User agreement states accounts are not protected by FDIC insurance

Incidents since 2019

None found in the sources checked.

Crypto held on a platform is not covered by FDIC or SIPC insurance.

What you can do on Webot (formerly Pionex.US)

• Spot
• Advanced trading
• Earn
• Trading bots

Free built-in bots (grid, DCA/martingale, rebalancing; the site says 11, the app listing 16). Help center says leverage and margin trading cannot be offered 'due to licensing limitations'. The Google Play listing mentions yield on idle funds; terms were not verified.

Apps

Web, iOS, Android

Support

24/7 live chat, Email, Help center