The State of Crypto Exchange Fees, 2026
FeeEdge tracks 33 venues. This report compares published fee schedules for 32 eligible destinations. Trading schedules are manually verified on the venue dates shown below; they are not claimed to be reverified every day. Automated funding observations are collected separately, and this report's funding aggregate is refreshed daily when the collection succeeds. This report compares base fees, zero-fee offers and currently validated token-discount quotes. Methodology and sources are on our methodology page; run your own numbers in the calculator. Confirmed book changes are dated on the fee-change tracker.
Observation window: each venue book on this ranking was last hand-verified on August 31, 2026. Token-discount last check: August 17, 2026.
Key findings
- The average base taker fee across the 32 venues is 0.049% on perpetual futures and 0.179% on spot, so the spread between the cheapest and priciest venue is several times the average.
- A handful of venues advertise zero maker and taker trading fees. Though funding, spreads and withdrawals still apply.
- The cheapest base perps taker is 0.000%; for spot it's 0.000%.
- No current validated native-token discount quotes are available in FeeEdge. Missing evidence is not a zero discount.
Cheapest perpetual-futures fees (base taker)
| # | Exchange | Maker | Taker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.000% | 0.000% | |
| 2 | 0.000% | 0.000% | |
| 3 | 0.000%* | 0.020%* | |
| 4 | 0.000% | 0.030% | |
| 5 | 0.015% | 0.035% | |
| 6 | 0.020%† | 0.040%† | |
| 7 | 0.000% | 0.040% | |
| 8 | 0.015%† | 0.045%† | |
| 9 | 0.040%† | 0.045%† | |
| 10 | 0.020% | 0.050% | |
| 11 | 0.020% | 0.050% | |
| 12 | 0.020%† | 0.050%† | |
| 13 | 0.020% | 0.050% | |
| 14 | 0.020%† | 0.050%† | |
| 15 | 0.020% | 0.050% | |
| 16 | 0.030% | 0.050% | |
| 17 | 0.010% | 0.050% | |
| 18 | 0.020% | 0.050% | |
| 19 | 0.020%† | 0.055%† | |
| 20 | 0.010% | 0.055% | |
| 21 | 0.020%† | 0.060%† | |
| 22 | 0.020% | 0.060% | |
| 23 | 0.020% | 0.060% | |
| 24 | 0.010%† | 0.060%† | |
| 25 | 0.020% | 0.060% | |
| 26 | 0.020%† | 0.060%† | |
| 27 | 0.020% | 0.060% | |
| 28 | 0.020% | 0.060% | |
| 29 | 0.020% | 0.060% | |
| 30 | 0.040% | 0.060% | |
| 31 | 0.020% | 0.060% | |
| 32 | 0.020% | 0.080% |
† Conditional VIP tiers are excluded from the volume-only estimate. Confirm your account eligibility.
† Conditional VIP tiers are excluded from the volume-only estimate. Confirm your account eligibility.
† Conditional VIP tiers are excluded from the volume-only estimate. Confirm your account eligibility.
† Conditional VIP tiers are excluded from the volume-only estimate. Confirm your account eligibility.
† Conditional VIP tiers are excluded from the volume-only estimate. Confirm your account eligibility.
† Conditional VIP tiers are excluded from the volume-only estimate. Confirm your account eligibility.
† VIP counts spot volume in full and ordinary USDT perpetual volume at 0.4 times notional. GT discount is only modeled for entry spot.
† VIP uses 14-day volume, estimated from 30-day volume assuming evenly distributed activity. Hyperliquid spot volume counts twice.
† VIP uses 14-day volume, estimated from 30-day volume assuming evenly distributed activity. Hyperliquid spot volume counts twice.
* 0%/0.02% is the published UI base as of 31 Aug 2026, not a universal book. Rates vary by region and event; the 25 May BTC/ETH update is region-gated; API futures use a separate 0.06%/0.08% book.
Cheapest spot fees (base taker)
| # | Exchange | Maker | Taker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.000% | 0.000% | |
| 2 | 0.000% | 0.000% | |
| 3 | 0.000% | 0.000% | |
| 4 | 0.000% | 0.000% | |
| 5 | 0.000% | 0.000% | |
| 6 | 0.005% | 0.040% | |
| 7 | 0.000% | 0.050% | |
| 8 | 0.040%† | 0.070%† | |
| 9 | 0.040%† | 0.070%† | |
| 10 | 0.100% | 0.100% | |
| 11 | 0.100%† | 0.100%† | |
| 12 | 0.080% | 0.100% | |
| 13 | 0.100%† | 0.100%† | |
| 14 | 0.100%† | 0.100%† | |
| 15 | 0.100% | 0.100% | |
| 16 | 0.100%† | 0.100%† | |
| 17 | 0.100% | 0.100% | |
| 18 | 0.100%† | 0.100%† | |
| 19 | 0.080% | 0.100% | |
| 20 | 0.100% | 0.100% | |
| 21 | 0.080%† | 0.100%† | |
| 22 | 0.100% | 0.100% | |
| 23 | 0.100% | 0.100% | |
| 24 | 0.100% | 0.100% | |
| 25 | 0.100% | 0.100% | |
| 26 | 0.100% | 0.100% | |
| 27 | 0.200% | 0.200% | |
| 28 | 0.200% | 0.200% | |
| 29 | 0.250%† | 0.500%† | |
| 30 | 0.400% | 0.800% | |
| 31 | 0.900%* | 0.900%* | |
| 32 | 0.600% | 1.200% |
† Conditional VIP tiers are excluded from the volume-only estimate. Confirm your account eligibility.
† Conditional VIP tiers are excluded from the volume-only estimate. Confirm your account eligibility.
† Conditional VIP tiers are excluded from the volume-only estimate. Confirm your account eligibility.
† Conditional VIP tiers are excluded from the volume-only estimate. Confirm your account eligibility.
† Conditional VIP tiers are excluded from the volume-only estimate. Confirm your account eligibility.
† Conditional VIP tiers are excluded from the volume-only estimate. Confirm your account eligibility.
* Omni Spot Swap: 0.9% swap fee plus gas, not an orderbook maker/taker schedule. Confirm availability in the app.
† VIP counts spot volume in full and ordinary USDT perpetual volume at 0.4 times notional. GT discount is only modeled for entry spot.
† VIP uses 14-day volume, estimated from 30-day volume assuming evenly distributed activity. Hyperliquid spot volume counts twice.
† VIP uses 14-day volume, estimated from 30-day volume assuming evenly distributed activity. Hyperliquid spot volume counts twice.
Zero-fee venues
2 venues currently advertise 0% maker and taker on the markets we track. That's genuinely the lowest trading fee possible. But remember the real cost of a trade also includes funding (on perps), the bid/ask spread, and withdrawal fees, which a 0% headline doesn't cover. See the hidden costs of crypto trading.
Currently validated native-token discounts
No current validated native-token discount quotes are available in FeeEdge. Quotes are unavailable until the evidence is revalidated; this does not mean a zero discount or that no exchange offers one.
See the native-token discount guide for quote availability, eligibility and token price risk.
What funding actually cost, last 29 days
Trading fees are the cost everyone compares. On perpetual futures can be smaller than the cost of holding a position. Funding is exchanged at venue- and contract-specific settlement intervals. An 8-hour equivalent is a comparison unit, not a universal payment schedule. Across the 24 venues with at least two weeks of recorded history, over the last 29 days:
- Longs paid to hold on 24 of 24 venues. Holding a leveraged long was a recurring cost almost everywhere, not a break-even.
- The median venue charged about 4.0% annualized to hold a BTC long, before any trading fee.
- The gap between the cheapest and most expensive venue to hold averaged about 10.7% annualized. Same position, same coin: that spread is pure carry cost, and it dwarfs the maker/taker fees traders usually argue about.
BTC perpetual funding observations over the window, normalized to an 8-hour equivalent where needed and annualized. Newly added venues with under two weeks of history are excluded so a few days of data cannot skew the numbers. Window as of Oct 19, 2026, 8:16 PM UTC; marked stale if the daily refresh missed. Live per-venue funding is on the funding heatmap; estimates, not financial advice.
What it means for traders
Picking the lowest-headline-fee exchange isn't the same as paying the least. Your real cost depends on your monthly volume (which moves you down fee tiers), your maker/taker mix, funding if you trade perps, and whether you'd actually use a token discount. Two traders on the same exchange can pay very different effective rates, and the cheapest venue for a high-volume maker is rarely the cheapest for an occasional taker. That's the whole reason we built the FeeEdge calculator: it ranks all32 venues for your profile in about ten seconds.
Methodology
Figures are published entry-tier (regular / VIP-0) maker and taker rates, manually verified per exchange on the observation dates shown above. Automated funding collection and its daily aggregate refresh do not renew the verification dates of trading schedules. Full detail on our methodology page. Rates change; always confirm on the exchange before trading. This is information, not financial advice.
- Every reader sees all ranked venue names and published rates, without an account.
- Funding findings are BTC perpetual only, and only venues with at least two weeks of recorded history enter the aggregate.
- Native-token cuts print only when FeeEdge quotes them. Unverified tokens are omitted. A split cut never applies the spot figure to futures.
- Binance.US is unvalidated. The personal fee audit CSV path is Binance.com (international / EU) only.
- Confirmed published-book changes are on the fee-change tracker.