{
  "title": "Crypto Exchange Fees Ledger",
  "version": "0.1.0",
  "release_status": "provisional (v0, not yet human-checked)",
  "as_of": "2026-11-09",
  "firms_in_ledger": 55,
  "firms_read": 50,
  "firms_not_read": [
    "AscendEX",
    "Bybit",
    "Fidelity Crypto",
    "Gate",
    "Strike"
  ],
  "claims_checked": 208,
  "claims_verified": 208,
  "claims_read_by_hand": 0,
  "sources_fetched": 194,
  "sources_ok": 172,
  "sources_blocked_or_failed": [
    "ascendex-fees",
    "bitfinex-k-buy-instantly",
    "bitfinex-k-leo",
    "bitfinex-k-leo-benefits",
    "bitfinex-k-what-fees",
    "bybit-spot-explained",
    "bybit-spot-fees",
    "fidelity-crypto-fees",
    "gate-fees",
    "gemini-k-debit-card",
    "lbank-k-fee-trading",
    "okx-us-k-reduce-fees",
    "poloniex-k-card-faq",
    "revolut-x-fees",
    "strike-fees",
    "toobit-k-fee-rate-hc",
    "toobit-k-withdraw",
    "whitebit-k-buy-crypto",
    "whitebit-k-fees",
    "whitebit-k-fees-fiat",
    "whitebit-k-help-fees",
    "whitebit-k-wbt-benefits"
  ],
  "read_from": "UK network address for pages read up to 2026-10-25; later pages read from a cloud machine in the United States, for: Binance, BingX, Bit2Me, Bitfinex, Bitget, Bitso, Bitunix, Coinbase, Coins.ph, Crypto.com, Foxbit, Gemini, HTX, KuCoin, LBank, MEXC, OKX, OKX US, Phemex, Poloniex, Robinhood, Toobit, WhiteBIT, eToro",
  "licence": "CC BY 4.0",
  "headline": "As of 9 November 2026, the lowest base-tier spot taker fee stated by the 30 exchanges whose own fee pages give one is 0% (Bitfinex, Toobit); the median is 0.1%. We read the pages of 50 of the 55 exchanges and apps in the ledger; 5 blocked or did not answer our reader.",
  "headline_basis": "measured fees (each exchange's own fee page, saved and hashed on the check date); the lowest and the median are judged arithmetic over the first percentage each base-tier value states",
  "median_spot_taker_fee_pct": 0.1,
  "lowest_spot_taker_fee_pct": 0.0,
  "lowest_spot_taker_fee_by": [
    "Bitfinex",
    "Toobit"
  ],
  "lowest_spot_maker_fee_pct": 0.0,
  "lowest_spot_maker_fee_by": [
    "Binance.US",
    "Bitfinex",
    "MEXC",
    "Revolut",
    "Toobit"
  ],
  "taker_fee_by_exchange": [
    {
      "exchange": "Bitfinex",
      "slug": "bitfinex",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.0
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Toobit",
      "slug": "toobit",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.0
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Binance.US",
      "slug": "binance-us",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.02
    },
    {
      "exchange": "MEXC",
      "slug": "mexc",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.05
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Pionex",
      "slug": "pionex",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.05
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Revolut",
      "slug": "revolut",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.09
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Bitrue",
      "slug": "bitrue",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.098
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Binance",
      "slug": "binance",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.1
    },
    {
      "exchange": "BitMart",
      "slug": "bitmart",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.1
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Bitget",
      "slug": "bitget",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.1
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Bitunix",
      "slug": "bitunix",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.1
    },
    {
      "exchange": "CoinJar",
      "slug": "coinjar",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.1
    },
    {
      "exchange": "OKX",
      "slug": "okx",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.1
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Phemex",
      "slug": "phemex",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.1
    },
    {
      "exchange": "WOO X",
      "slug": "woox",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.1
    },
    {
      "exchange": "WhiteBIT",
      "slug": "whitebit",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.1
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Coins.ph",
      "slug": "coins-ph",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.15
    },
    {
      "exchange": "BTSE",
      "slug": "btse",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.2
    },
    {
      "exchange": "HTX",
      "slug": "htx",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.2
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Poloniex",
      "slug": "poloniex",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.2
    },
    {
      "exchange": "XT.COM",
      "slug": "xt",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.2
    },
    {
      "exchange": "OKX US",
      "slug": "okx-us",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.35
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Bitstamp",
      "slug": "bitstamp",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.4
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Coinbase",
      "slug": "coinbase",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.5
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Crypto.com",
      "slug": "crypto-com",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.5
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Foxbit",
      "slug": "foxbit",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.5
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Bit2Me",
      "slug": "bit2me",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.6
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Bitso",
      "slug": "bitso",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.78
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Kraken",
      "slug": "kraken",
      "taker_fee_pct": 0.8
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Gemini",
      "slug": "gemini",
      "taker_fee_pct": 1.2
    }
  ],
  "maker_fee_by_exchange": [
    {
      "exchange": "Binance.US",
      "slug": "binance-us",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.0
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Bitfinex",
      "slug": "bitfinex",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.0
    },
    {
      "exchange": "MEXC",
      "slug": "mexc",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.0
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Revolut",
      "slug": "revolut",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.0
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Toobit",
      "slug": "toobit",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.0
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Pionex",
      "slug": "pionex",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.05
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Bitunix",
      "slug": "bitunix",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.08
    },
    {
      "exchange": "OKX",
      "slug": "okx",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.08
    },
    {
      "exchange": "WOO X",
      "slug": "woox",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.08
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Bitrue",
      "slug": "bitrue",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.098
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Binance",
      "slug": "binance",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.1
    },
    {
      "exchange": "BitMart",
      "slug": "bitmart",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.1
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Bitget",
      "slug": "bitget",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.1
    },
    {
      "exchange": "CoinJar",
      "slug": "coinjar",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.1
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Coins.ph",
      "slug": "coins-ph",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.1
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Phemex",
      "slug": "phemex",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.1
    },
    {
      "exchange": "WhiteBIT",
      "slug": "whitebit",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.1
    },
    {
      "exchange": "BTSE",
      "slug": "btse",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.2
    },
    {
      "exchange": "HTX",
      "slug": "htx",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.2
    },
    {
      "exchange": "OKX US",
      "slug": "okx-us",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.2
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Poloniex",
      "slug": "poloniex",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.2
    },
    {
      "exchange": "XT.COM",
      "slug": "xt",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.2
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Coinbase",
      "slug": "coinbase",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.25
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Crypto.com",
      "slug": "crypto-com",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.25
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Foxbit",
      "slug": "foxbit",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.25
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Bitstamp",
      "slug": "bitstamp",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.3
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Kraken",
      "slug": "kraken",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.4
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Bit2Me",
      "slug": "bit2me",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.5
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Bitso",
      "slug": "bitso",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.6
    },
    {
      "exchange": "Gemini",
      "slug": "gemini",
      "maker_fee_pct": 0.6
    }
  ],
  "exchanges_instant_buy_fee_stated": [
    "Binance.US",
    "Bit2Me",
    "Cash App (bitcoin)",
    "CoinJar",
    "Coinbase",
    "Coinmama",
    "Coinpass",
    "Crypto.com",
    "Gemini",
    "ICONOMI",
    "Kraken",
    "LBank",
    "MoonPay",
    "Nexo",
    "PayPal (crypto)",
    "Phemex",
    "Revolut",
    "River",
    "Robinhood",
    "Solidi",
    "Uphold",
    "eToro"
  ],
  "exchanges_spread_stated": [
    "Binance.US",
    "Bit2Me",
    "Bitpanda",
    "Bitstamp",
    "Cash App (bitcoin)",
    "Coinbase",
    "Coinmama",
    "Gemini",
    "ICONOMI",
    "Kraken",
    "MoonPay",
    "Nexo",
    "PayPal (crypto)",
    "Revolut",
    "River",
    "Robinhood",
    "Uphold",
    "eToro"
  ],
  "exchanges_card_fee_stated": [
    "Binance.US",
    "Bit2Me",
    "Bitfinex",
    "Bitstamp",
    "CoinJar",
    "Coinmama",
    "Coinpass",
    "Crypto.com",
    "Gemini",
    "ICONOMI",
    "Kraken",
    "LBank",
    "Phemex",
    "Toobit",
    "Uphold"
  ],
  "notes": [
    "Data only. 'Not stated' means the exchange's pages we read do not say. It is not a finding either way.",
    "Fees are the base (lowest-volume) tier for a regular account. Volume tiers, token holdings and promotions lower them; some exchanges charge different fees on some pairs.",
    "The trading fee is not the whole cost. Simple 'buy' screens, card purchases and conversions often cost more and may include a spread, which the exchange may not state as a number.",
    "Who can use an exchange is shown on our Exchange Availability Checker, as the exchange states it. Check the law where you live."
  ]
}