CEX.IO Prime · Fees

Prime fees

Transparent tiered pricing for every Prime client, or individual rates for each type of pair under a Prime Pricing Agreement.

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Standard pricing for every Prime client. Custom pricing for businesses trading from $1M a month.

PRICING

Standard pricing

Applies to every Prime client and to all trading pairs on the order book. Your tier is set by your order book trading volume over the last 30 days, across all pairs and sub-accounts, and recalculated daily.

Trade volume 30d, USD Fee
Under $1M 0.40%
$1M – under $5M 0.30%
$5M – under $25M 0.20%
$25M – under $50M 0.18%
$50M – under $100M 0.15%
$100M – under $250M 0.12%
$250M and above 0.10%
Trading $1M or more a month? Custom pricing can take your rate up to 70% below your tier.1 Get custom pricing

EXECUTION

The same aggregated liquidity on every plan

Orders are split across 15+ managed crypto and liquidity providers, and each slice fills at the best available price2 on its venue. Your pricing plan changes what you pay, not where you get filled.

15+

managed crypto and liquidity providers

3–8 bps

effective spread vs ~18 bps on a single venue3

97%

fill rate at size vs ~78% on a single venue

One account

for order book, Convert and OTC

See how execution works on CEX.IO Prime →

CUSTOM PRICING

Custom pricing

Under a Prime Pricing Agreement, each type of pair is priced on its own liquidity instead of one blended rate, so the pairs you actually trade get rates that fit them: up to 70% below the standard schedule.1

Rates by pair type

Fiat-to-crypto, fiat-to-fiat and crypto-to-crypto pairs priced separately, up to 70% below the standard rate for your tier.

Agreed with you

Your relationship manager agrees rates per pair type with you and sets them out in your Prime Pricing Agreement.

Priority support

Priority support from your relationship manager and the 24/7 institutional desk.

Who it's forBusinesses trading from $1M a month. Custom pricing is agreed per client and subject to approval.
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GET A QUOTE

Get a quote for your pairs

Tell us how much you trade and in which pairs. We come back with rates per pair type.

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Start on standard pricing: open an account and trade at your tier.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Your executed order book volume across all pairs and sub-accounts over the last 30 days, in USD. Your tier is recalculated daily, and the lower bound of each tier is included: at exactly $5M you pay 0.20%.

Send us your monthly volumes and the pairs you trade. Your relationship manager comes back with a quote per pair type and a Prime Pricing Agreement.

Notes

  1. Custom pricing. Custom rates depend on trading volume, pairs and approval, and are set out in the Prime Pricing Agreement. “Up to 70%” is measured against the standard rate for your volume tier.
  2. Best available price means the best executable price identified by the routing logic among connected eligible venues at the time of execution, subject to available depth, fees, latency, market conditions, client limits and execution constraints. It is not a guarantee of the best price across the entire market: venues not connected to Prime may offer better pricing.
  3. Execution metrics. Based on CEX.IO Prime internal execution data for Q1 2026, BTC-USDT, representative $1M market orders, compared against top-of-book execution on a single venue. Fees excluded. Actual spreads, slippage, fill rates and execution outcomes vary with market conditions, liquidity, latency, order characteristics and venue availability; historical data is not a guarantee of future results.
  4. Fee schedule. The standard schedule may be updated; the rates in force at the time of execution apply.