# Buying XCAD, BNB or ZIL

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In addition to the ecosystem's native currency, you will also need to pay gas for blockchain transactions. For that, you will need BNB, for transacting in the BNB Chain if you are interested in the PLAY area, or ZIL if you are interested in earning and trading Creator Tokens by watching videos on YouTube.

### Where Can I Buy XCAD?

XCAD can be traded on a multitude of different Exchanges, both Centralised and Decentralised, the list of all Exchanges and trading pairs can be seen below.

Besides this list, make sure to check out our in-depth guides about the biggest exchanges XCAD trades on.

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* [buy.xcadnetwork.com](https://buy.xcadnetwork.com/)
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* dXCAD DEX - [XCAD/ZIL](https://swap.xcadnetwork.com/)
* PancakeSwap - [XCAD/BUSD](https://pancakeswap.finance/swap?inputCurrency=0x431e0cd023a32532bf3969cddfc002c00e98429d\&outputCurrency=busd)
* Uniswap - [XCAD/USDT](https://app.uniswap.org/#/swap?inputCurrency=0x7659ce147d0e714454073a5dd7003544234b6aa0\&outputCurrency=0xdac17f958d2ee523a2206206994597c13d831ec7\&chain=mainnet)
* TETHYS Finance (METIS) - [XCAD/METIS](https://tethys.finance/swap?inputCurrency=0x66673f0a3b5d99524bA76A558B93A9ca1386f4Cd\&outputCurrency=METIS)
* QuickSwap (Polygon) - [XCAD/USDC](https://quickswap.exchange/#/swap?inputCurrency=0x2791bca1f2de4661ed88a30c99a7a9449aa84174\&outputCurrency=0xa55870278d6389ec5b524553d03c04f5677c061e)
* ZilSwap - [XCAD/ZIL](https://zilswap.io/swap?tokenIn=zil1qqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq9yf6pz\&tokenOut=zil1z5l74hwy3pc3pr3gdh3nqju4jlyp0dzkhq2f5y)
* Orion - [XCAD/USDT](https://trade.orionprotocol.io/pools/xcad-usdt)
* ThenaFi - [XCAD/USDT](https://thena.fi/swap?inputCurrency=0x55d398326f99059ff775485246999027b3197955\&outputCurrency=0xa026ad2ceda16ca5fc28fd3c72f99e2c332c8a26)
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* ByBit - [XCAD/USDT](https://bybit.com/)
* Huobi - [XCAD/USDT](https://www.huobi.com/en-us/exchange/xcad_usdt?invite_code=d8c53)
* Gate.io - [XCAD/USDT](https://www.gate.io/trade/XCAD_USDT?ref=3018394)
* Hoo.com - [XCAD/USDT](https://hoo.com/spot/xcad-usdt)
* Ascendex - [XCAD/USDT](https://ascendex.com/en/cashtrade-spottrading/usdt/xcad)
* Bitfinex - [XCAD/USDT](https://www.bitfinex.com/)
* Bitget - [XCAD/USDT](https://www.bitget.com/)
* MEXC - [XCAD/USDT](https://www.mexc.com/exchange/XCAD_USDT)
* Hotbit - [XCAD/USDT](https://www.hotbit.io/)
* Bitmart - [XCAD/USDT](https://www.bitmart.com/trade/en-US?symbol=XCAD_USDT\&layout=basic)
* Bittrex - [XCAD/USDT](https://global.bittrex.com)
* Kriptomat - [XCAD/USDT](https://kriptomat.io/)
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