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This document sets out every fee Coinbase charges when you trade, stake, send crypto, or use its DEX feature — including spreads built into quoted prices that you may not immediately see. Coinbase keeps 35% of your staking rewards as a standard commission, and if your BTC collateral is ever sold under a loan agreement, Coinbase charges an additional 2% on the full transaction. All of these fees and rates can change at any time.
This fee schedule establishes the specific charges, spreads, and commission structures Coinbase applies to trading, staking, network transfers, DEX usage, and collateral liquidation. Coinbase includes a spread in quoted prices for simple buy and sell orders, charges fees on all buy, sell, and convert actions including DEX trades, and takes a standard 35% commission on staking rewards for ADA, ATOM, AVAX, DOT, ETH, MATIC, SOL, and XTZ — with reduced tiers of 31.75%, 28.5%, and 25.25% for eligible Coinbase One members. For wallet-to-wallet sends and batched transactions, Coinbase charges fees based on its own estimates of prevailing network fees, and may retain any excess spread or batching efficiency gains. All fees and charges are subject to change.
As an individual user, you pay fees on every buy, sell, and convert action, including a spread embedded in the quoted price for simple orders rather than a separately disclosed line item. Staking on the listed assets costs you 35% of your network rewards by default, reduced only if you hold an eligible Coinbase One membership tier. If your BTC collateral is liquidated under a loan agreement, Coinbase charges a flat 2% fee on the full sale amount on top of the liquidation itself. When you send crypto from your Coinbase wallet, the network fee you are charged is based on Coinbase's estimate and may exceed what Coinbase actually pays, particularly when transactions are batched. If you use the DEX trading feature, the DEX service fee applies regardless of Coinbase One membership, and the DEX aggregator routing your trade may retain any price improvement above the quoted price. You can check whether you qualify for a higher Coinbase One tier to reduce your staking commission rate.
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11 versions captured · Last updated: October 2026
Coinbase added explicit disclosure of fees for limit orders on its platform. The updated language states that simple limit orders on crypto incur a separate 1% limit order execution fee, …
View change record →Coinbase's fee schedule document was reorganized to include navigation breadcrumbs (Help Center, Trading and funding) in the header detected on August 2, 2026. The substantive fee disclosure language—including the statement …
View change record →Coinbase updated its fee disclosure for instant unstaking on June 16, 2026. Previously, the schedule stated that instant unstaking carried a fixed 1% fee. The updated terms now state that …
View change record →Coinbase updated its unstaking fee schedule on April 30, 2026 to clarify that the 1% fee for instant unstaking now also applies when converting a pending standard unstake to an …
View change record →Coinbase added two sentences to its fee schedule on April 19, 2026, introducing a customer support prompt: 'Need more help? Start a chat Chat with our virtual assistant.' This addition …
View change record →Coinbase removed two sentences from its fee schedule on March 6, 2026: a 'Need more help?' prompt and a reference to chat support with a virtual assistant. The header text …
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