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The price users see for simple buy and sell orders is not the raw market price; it includes a spread that represents additional cost to the user.
The updated fee schedule removes the previously disclosed 1% fee for instant unstaking and replaces it with a variable fee disclosed only at the time you request to unstake. The change also expands instant unstaking fees to apply when converting a pending standard unstake to an instant unstake. Under the revised terms, you will not know the exact fee until you initiate the transaction, which removes the price certainty previously available.
View change record →The price quoted to you for simple buy and sell orders includes a spread added by Coinbase.
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"When you place simple buy and sell orders, Coinbase includes a spread in the quoted price.Excerpt from Coinbase's Fee Schedule
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The price users see for simple buy and sell orders is not the raw market price; it includes a spread that represents additional cost to the user.
The price quoted to you for simple buy and sell orders includes a spread added by Coinbase.
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