How we sourced this. Banana Gun figures on this page were compiled from publicly available documentation as of 2026-08-14, at medium confidence — largely triangulated from search results citing the vendor’s own docs rather than read end-to-end by a human. Primary source: https://docs.bananagun.io/. Anything we could not establish is marked Not published and is not scored against Banana Gun. Terminals change fees and features often — verify against the vendor before you act on a number here.
Banana Gun publishes a clear fee schedule and a broad chain list. What it does not publish, in the documentation we could reach, is a per-tier referral breakdown beyond the first level, or anything about perpetuals or a fiat on-ramp. We have left those blank rather than scoring them as absent.
Custody: what actually holds your key
“Non-custodial” is the most abused word in this category. Almost every terminal claims it. The claim is usually defensible and almost always incomplete, because it describes a legal posture rather than a mechanism. The question worth asking is narrower and answerable: which machine generates your private key, and which machine is holding it right now?
GDEX Pro uses an exportable MPC threshold key via Web3Auth: the key is split across multiple nodes and you can export it at any time. No single party, GDEX included, ever holds the whole key.
Banana Gun describes itself as self-custodial, and we have no evidence to dispute that. What we could not establish is the mechanism — Research established a Telegram bot plus a Banana Pro webapp and a self-custody claim, but did not establish whether the bot generates and holds the key or the user imports one. Not inferred. We will not assign a mechanism we cannot source, so that row reads “Not published” rather than being scored against them.
| Question | GDEX Pro | Banana Gun |
|---|---|---|
| Who generates the key? | Split across nodes at sign-in; never whole in one place | Not published |
| Can you export it? | Yes, at any time | Not published |
| Mechanism | MPC threshold key (exportable) | Not published |
Chains
Banana Gun lists Solana, Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain, MegaETH — 5 chains against GDEX Pro’s 9 (Solana, Ethereum, Base, BNB, Arbitrum, Optimism, SUI, Sonic, Berachain).
Referrals
GDEX Pro pays 30% on direct referrals against Banana Gun’s 10%.
Banana Gun does not publish a second-tier rate in the documentation we could reach, so we cannot compare that row. We have left it blank rather than scoring it as zero — an unpublished rate is not the same as no rate.
| Tier | GDEX Pro | Banana Gun |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 (direct referrals) | 30% | 10% |
| Level 2 (referrals of referrals) | 10% | Not published |
| Published structure | 2-tier: 30% + 10% | 10% L1 — further tiers not published |
Full comparison table
| Feature | GDEX Pro | Banana Gun |
|---|---|---|
| Custody mechanism | MPC threshold key (exportable) | Not published |
| Sign-in | Google / Apple (Web3Auth) | Telegram bot / Banana Pro webapp |
| Chains | 9 chains | Solana, Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain, MegaETH |
| Apple Pay on-ramp | ✓ | Not published |
| Perpetuals | HyperLiquid | Not published |
| AI agent slots | 5 agent slots | ✗ |
| Referral programme | 2-tier: 30% + 10% | 10% L1 — further tiers not published |
| Trading fee | Not stated here — see gdex.pro | 0.5% manual, 1% snipes |
We could not source Banana Gun’s position on perpetual futures, a fiat or Apple Pay on-ramp or second-tier referral rates. Those rows read “Not published” in the table above. That means we could not find it — not that Banana Gun lacks it. If Banana Gun publishes those figures, we will update this page.
Frequently asked questions
Is Banana Gun self-custodial?
Banana Gun does not publish, in the documentation we could reach, whether the wallet key is generated by the bot or imported by the user. We have marked that as not published rather than guessing. GDEX Pro uses Web3Auth threshold cryptography: the key is split across multiple nodes and you can export it at any time.
What chains does Banana Gun support compared to GDEX Pro?
Banana Gun lists Solana, Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain, MegaETH - 5 chains against GDEX Pro's 9 (Solana, Ethereum, Base, BNB, Arbitrum, Optimism, SUI, Sonic, Berachain).
Does Banana Gun support perpetual futures?
We could not source an answer. Banana Gun does not address perpetuals in the documentation we could reach, so we do not claim either way. GDEX Pro supports perpetuals via HyperLiquid.
Which has the better referral programme, GDEX Pro or Banana Gun?
GDEX Pro pays 30% on direct referrals against Banana Gun's 10%. Banana Gun does not publish a second-tier rate we could source, so that row is left blank rather than scored as zero.
How current are these figures?
Compiled from publicly available documentation as of 2026-08-14, at medium confidence. Source: https://docs.bananagun.io/. Trading terminals change fees and features frequently - check the vendor's own documentation before acting on any figure here.
Verdict
If you want a Telegram-native workflow and your trading is concentrated where Banana Gun operates, Banana Gun is a legitimate tool and we are not going to pretend it is not. Read their documentation on key handling before you fund an account — it is the field we could not establish.
GDEX Pro’s case is narrow and checkable: an exportable MPC threshold key, so no single party ever holds your whole key; 9 chains from one interface; Google / Apple (Web3Auth) sign-in with an Apple Pay on-ramp; and 2-tier: 30% + 10% on referrals. On the rows we could source, we did not find one where Banana Gun comes out ahead; if you find one, the source file behind this page is data/comparison-facts.json and we will correct it. We have also not printed our own trading fee, because it is not in our source-of-truth file — check gdex.pro for the current schedule rather than taking a number from us.
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