In my case were i recently trading on hotbit i would say its a legit exchange, i thought i need to pass kyc just to make a withdrawal but i was wrong, and my withdrawal went smooth, they immediately process it.
hotbit was giving a small limit for the account that didn't yet to do the verification. I often use this exchange site to trade. I have been using hotbit so many times and I never encounter a serious problem from there.
The support is also giving a very fast response on the telegram group too. Some people may suspect this exchange site is always listing the crap exchange but so far the service is good.
I don't feel doubt about this.