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Coinbase charges fees every time you buy, sell, convert, or send cryptocurrency, and builds a spread into quoted prices on simple orders. If you stake cryptocurrency, Coinbase takes 35% of your staking rewards as a standard commission. All fees can change, and certain fee types — like the DEX service fee — are not waived even with a Coinbase One membership.
This document establishes Coinbase's fee structure across its core services, including cryptocurrency trading, DEX trading, staking, wallet-to-wallet sends, and collateral liquidation under loan agreements. Coinbase charges fees and embeds spreads on simple buy and sell orders, retaining any excess spread from transactions. Standard staking commissions are set at 35% of network rewards for listed assets, with tiered reductions for eligible Coinbase One members. Network fees for wallet sends and batched transactions are based on Coinbase's estimates of prevailing fees, which may exceed the actual costs Coinbase incurs. All fees and charges are subject to change.
As an individual user, you pay fees on every trade, conversion, and wallet send, and the prices you see on simple orders include a built-in spread that adds to your cost. If you stake assets like ETH, SOL, or ADA, Coinbase retains 35% of the rewards you earn from the network, leaving you with 65%. If Coinbase sells your BTC collateral under a loan agreement, an additional 2% fee is charged on the full transaction amount on top of the liquidation itself. When sending cryptocurrency, the fee you are charged is based on Coinbase's estimate of network costs, not necessarily the exact cost of your transaction. If you hold a Coinbase One membership, the DEX service fee is still charged and is not covered by Zero Fee Trading benefits.
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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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