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Announcing Kraken’s $100M+, $250M+ and $500M+ volume fee tier trial

Aug. 1, 2023 0:00 a.m UTC through Nov. 30, 2023 11:59 p.m. UTC,* we are offering the following fee tiers:

  • $100M+: 8 bps taker, 0 bps maker
  • $250M+: 6 bps taker, 0 bps maker
  • $500M+: 4 bps taker, 0 bps maker

Who is eligible?

All clients who trade over $100M, $250M or $500M in total spot crypto volume on a 30-day rolling basis will automatically be placed in this trial’s corresponding fee tier.

Trading volume is calculated across all traded pairs with the exception of markets where stablecoins or fiat currencies are the base currency (the first currency listed in a pair – in USDC/USD, USDC is the base currency). Click here for more info on how trading fees for our stablecoins and FX pairs work.

The 30-day rolling volume is computed on a continuous basis.

What Kraken platforms are included in the trial?

The trial applies to pairs that are traded directly on spot order books, including via mobile, web and API. It does not include pairs traded on the Kraken Consumer App or Kraken Futures.

How do the trial’s fees differ from Kraken’s stated fees?

We charge a fee when we match client orders. The fee ranges from 0% (0 bps) to 0.26% (26 bps) of the total cost (value) of your order and depends on the following:

For this trial, we’re introducing a trial of $100M+, $250M+ and $500M+ volume fee tiers as part of our spot crypto trading fee schedule. Clients who qualify by 30-day trading volume will now incur taker fees of 8 bps, 6 bps or 4 bps, respectively, instead of 10 bps when trading the 306 spot pairs included in the trial.

The trial will run on 50% of crypto pairs offered on Kraken spot order books from Aug. 1, 2023 0:00 a.m. UTC through Nov. 30, 2023 11:59 p.m. UTC.

How can I confirm I’m eligible?

All clients are eligible as long as they meet any of the three required volume thresholds.

The easiest way to tell if you’re eligible is via your fee schedule status window in your Pro dashboard:

  • Log in to Kraken Pro. You can access the status window on the far right of the market selector pane.
  • Click on the maker/taker fee displayed to view your 30-day rolling volume and review the fee schedule:

Please note that the fee schedule status window is market-specific and will only show fees that apply to your currently selected market.

Don’t hesitate to reach out to an account manager or Kraken support if you have any questions about participation in the trial. Our teams are available 24/7.

Why is Kraken running this trial?

This trial will enable client strategies that are extremely fee-sensitive and allow us to assess the overall impact on order book liquidity. We will also be able to see how the new fees impact our trading ecosystem.

Which spot trading pairs will be included and why?

Included trading pairs provide the trial with 50% coverage of our markets, both in terms of number of markets and trading volume.

In order to programmatically determine which pairs are included in the trial, you can call the /AssetPairs public endpoint on our REST API, where fees for a specific pair will be returned as part of the Fees array.

Click here for more info on how to use our API. Click here for our REST API documentation.

Contact your account manager or Kraken support with any questions.

The following spot pairs will be included in the trial:

Base assetQuote assetTrading pair
1INCHEUR1INCHEUR
AAVEEURAAVEEUR
GBPAAVEGBP
AUDAAVEAUD
ACAUSDACAUSD
ACHUSDACHUSD
ADAEURADAEUR
XBTADAXBT
GBPADAGBP
ETHADAETH
AUDADAAUD
ADXEURADXEUR
AGLDEURAGLDEUR
AIRUSDAIRUSD
AKTUSDAKTUSD
ALCXEURALCXEUR
ALGOEURALGOEUR
XBTALGOXBT
ETHALGOETH
ALICEUSDALICEUSD
ALPHAUSDALPHAUSD
ANKRUSDANKRUSD
XBTANKRXBT
ANTEURANTEUR
XBTANTXBT
ETHANTETH
APEUSDAPEUSD
USDTAPEUSDT
API3EURAPI3EUR
APTEURAPTEUR
ARBUSDARBUSD
ARPAEURARPAEUR
ASTREURASTREUR
ATLASEURATLASEUR
ATOMEURATOMEUR
GBPATOMGBP
AUDIOEURAUDIOEUR
AVAXEURAVAXEUR
USDTAVAXUSDT
AXSEURAXSEUR
BADGEREURBADGEREUR
BALUSDBALUSD
BANDUSDBANDUSD
BATUSDBATUSD
ETHBATETH
JPYBATJPY
BCHEURBCHEUR
XBTBCHXBT
GBPBCHGBP
BICOEURBICOEUR
BITUSDBITUSD
BLURUSDBLURUSD
BLZUSDBLZUSD
BNCUSDBNCUSD
BNTEURBNTEUR
BOBAEURBOBAEUR
BONDEURBONDEUR
BSXUSDBSXUSD
BTTEURBTTEUR
C98USDC98USD
CELRUSDCELRUSD
CFGUSDCFGUSD
CHRUSDCHRUSD
CHZUSDCHZUSD
COMPEURCOMPEUR
COTIEURCOTIEUR
CQTUSDCQTUSD
CRVUSDCRVUSD
ETHCRVETH
CSMUSDCSMUSD
CTSIUSDCTSIUSD
CVCEURCVCEUR
CVXEURCVXEUR
DASHUSDDASHUSD
DENTUSDDENTUSD
DOTEURDOTEUR
USDTDOTUSDT
DYDXUSDDYDXUSD
EGLDEUREGLDEUR
ENJEURENJEUR
XBTENJXBT
GBPENJGBP
JPYENJJPY
ENSEURENSEUR
EOSUSDEOSUSD
USDTEOSUSDT
ETCEURETCEUR
XBTETCXBT
ETHUSDETHUSD
XBTETHXBT
USDCETHUSDC
CADETHCAD
AUDETHAUD
DAIETHDAI
ETHWUSDETHWUSD
EULEUREULEUR
EWTUSDEWTUSD
XBTEWTXBT
FARMUSDFARMUSD
FETUSDFETUSD
FIDAUSDFIDAUSD
FILUSDFILUSD
XBTFILXBT
GBPFILGBP
ETHFILETH
FISUSDFISUSD
FLOWUSDFLOWUSD
XBTFLOWXBT
ETHFLOWETH
FLRUSDFLRUSD
FORTHEURFORTHEUR
FTMEURFTMEUR
FXSUSDFXSUSD
GALUSDGALUSD
GALAEURGALAEUR
GARIEURGARIEUR
GHSTUSDGHSTUSD
XBTGHSTXBT
GLMREURGLMREUR
GMTEURGMTEUR
GMXEURGMXEUR
GNOUSDGNOUSD
EURGNOEUR
GRTUSDGRTUSD
XBTGRTXBT
GBPGRTGBP
GSTEURGSTEUR
GTCEURGTCEUR
HDXEURHDXEUR
HFTEURHFTEUR
ICPEURICPEUR
ICXUSDICXUSD
XBTICXXBT
IDEXUSDIDEXUSD
IMXEURIMXEUR
INJUSDINJUSD
INTREURINTREUR
JASMYEURJASMYEUR
JUNOEURJUNOEUR
KARUSDKARUSD
KAVAEURKAVAEUR
XBTKAVAXBT
ETHKAVAETH
KEEPEURKEEPEUR
XBTKEEPXBT
KEYEURKEYEUR
KILTUSDKILTUSD
KINEURKINEUR
KINTUSDKINTUSD
KNCUSDKNCUSD
XBTKNCXBT
ETHKNCETH
KP3RUSDKP3RUSD
KSMEURKSMEUR
OTKSMOT
XBTKSMXBT
GBPKSMGBP
LCXUSDLCXUSD
LDOUSDLDOUSD
LINKEURLINKEUR
USDTLINKUSDT
XBTLINKXBT
JPYLINKJPY
LPTUSDLPTUSD
LRCEURLRCEUR
LSKEURLSKEUR
XBTLSKXBT
ETHLSKETH
LTCEURLTCEUR
JPYLTCJPY
ETHLTCETH
LUNAUSDLUNAUSD
LUNA2EURLUNA2EUR
MANAUSDMANAUSD
USDTMANAUSDT
ETHMANAETH
MASKUSDMASKUSD
MATICUSDMATICUSD
MCEURMCEUR
MINAUSDMINAUSD
GBPMINAGBP
MIRUSDMIRUSD
MKRUSDMKRUSD
MLNUSDMLNUSD
XBTMLNXBT
MNGOEURMNGOEUR
MOVRUSDMOVRUSD
MSOLEURMSOLEUR
MULTIEURMULTIEUR
MVUSDMVUSD
MXCUSDMXCUSD
NANOUSDNANOUSD
ETHNANOETH
NEAREURNEAREUR
NMRUSDNMRUSD
NODLUSDNODLUSD
NYMUSDNYMUSD
OCEANUSDOCEANUSD
XBTOCEANXBT
OGNEUROGNEUR
OMGEUROMGEUR
ORCAEURORCAEUR
OXTUSDOXTUSD
XBTOXTXBT
OXYEUROXYEUR
PARAEURPARAEUR
PAXGEURPAXGEUR
XBTPAXGXBT
PERPUSDPERPUSD
PHAUSDPHAUSD
PLAUSDPLAUSD
POLISEURPOLISEUR
POLSEURPOLSEUR
PONDUSDPONDUSD
POWRUSDPOWRUSD
PSTAKEUSDPSTAKEUSD
QNTEURQNTEUR
QTUMEURQTUMEUR
RADUSDRADUSD
RAREUSDRAREUSD
RARIUSDRARIUSD
XBTRARIXBT
RAYUSDRAYUSD
RBCUSDRBCUSD
RENEURRENEUR
XBTRENXBT
REPUSDREPUSD
REPV2USDREPV2USD
ETHREPV2ETH
REQEURREQEUR
RLCUSDRLCUSD
RNDRUSDRNDRUSD
ROOKEURROOKEUR
RPLUSDRPLUSD
RUNEUSDRUNEUSD
SAMOEURSAMOEUR
SANDEURSANDEUR
SBRUSDSBRUSD
SCEURSCEUR
ETHSCETH
SCRTEURSCRTEUR
SDNUSDSDNUSD
SGBEURSGBEUR
SHIBEURSHIBEUR
USDTSHIBUSDT
SNXUSDSNXUSD
SOLUSDSOLUSD
XBTSOLXBT
GBPSOLGBP
SPELLEURSPELLEUR
SRMUSDSRMUSD
STEPUSDSTEPUSD
STGUSDSTGUSD
STORJEURSTORJEUR
STXUSDSTXUSD
SUPEREURSUPEREUR
SUSHIEURSUSHIEUR
XBTSUSHIXBT
GBPSUSHIGBP
SYNUSDSYNUSD
TEURTEUR
TBTCUSDTBTCUSD
TEERUSDTEERUSD
TLMUSDTLMUSD
TOKEEURTOKEEUR
TRUEURTRUEUR
TRXEURTRXEUR
XBTTRXXBT
ETHTRXETH
TVKUSDTVKUSD
UMAEURUMAEUR
UNFIUSDUNFIUSD
UNIUSDUNIUSD
ETHUNIETH
USTUSDUSTUSD
USDTUSTUSDT
USDCUSTUSDC
WAVESUSDWAVESUSD
XBTWAVESXBT
WAXLEURWAXLEUR
WBTCUSDWBTCUSD
WOOUSDWOOUSD
XBTEURXBTEUR
USDTXBTUSDT
GBPXBTGBP
AUDXBTAUD
DAIXBTDAI
XCNEURXCNEUR
XDGUSDXDGUSD
XBTXDGXBT
XLMUSDXLMUSD
XMRXBTXMRXBT
XRPUSDXRPUSD
XBTXRPXBT
GBPXRPGBP
ETHXRPETH
JPYXRPJPY
XRTUSDXRTUSD
XTZEURXTZEUR
GBPXTZGBP
YFIEURYFIEUR
ETHYFIETH
YGGEURYGGEUR
ZECUSDZECUSD
XBTZECXBT
ZRXUSDZRXUSD

Please be aware that the information outlined in this article is specific to the trial period and is no longer valid once the trial ends. View Kraken’s fee schedule here.

*Kraken reserves the right to change the end date of the $100M+, $250M+ and $500M+ fee tier trial. Participants will be notified by Kraken in the event of such a change. These materials are for general information purposes only and are not investment advice or a recommendation or solicitation to buy, sell or hold any cryptoasset or to engage in any specific trading strategy. Some crypto products and markets are unregulated, and you may not be protected by government compensation and/or regulatory protection schemes. The unpredictable nature of the cryptoasset markets can lead to loss of funds. Tax may be payable on any return and/or on any increase in the value of your cryptoassets and you should seek independent advice on your taxation position.