[SERIOUS] What Exchange Is Low Profile But One You Would Recommend?

So with the recent headlines surrounding Binance, Coinbase, CDC, and Kraken, we are seeing big names duke it out for all to see. Everyone is getting a 3rd party company (Mazars) to look into their finances. The CEX wars have begun.

I'm wondering what CC thinks about other exchanges that are sitting on the sidelines of this fight that are rarely mentioned here. I'm especially interested in which one you would recommend or even which ones you would avoid (especially if they may have ties to FTX or similar scandals that arent being discussed a whole lot), and of course why you think that.

I'm asking because there are a ton of great alternatives out there but hardly get the attention they deserve. But there also may be ones out there that we should be wary of. There are also parts of the world where the first options that you'd recommend aren't available (e.g. Binance).