A grid bot mostly pays maker fees, so the cheapest exchange depends on the bot, not the headline rate. Base fees, API limits and Q3 2026 launch data for Bybit, Binance and OKX, with the math for 100 grid round trips on each.
KuCoin's headline fee is simple. What's not obvious is that its native token does two different jobs at once — a trading discount, and a completely separate yield — and conflating them misreads the actual benefit.
Kraken doesn't have the cheapest sticker price in this comparison — it has the highest. That's worth saying plainly, along with exactly how much volume it takes to fix it.
Hyperliquid's headline rate is already low. Staking its own token pushes it lower — but that discount comes with token price exposure and a 7-day unbonding period most comparisons don't mention.
OKX quotes one fee schedule for spot and a different one for derivatives — a distinction that trips up traders comparing OKX's "fees" as if it were a single number. Here's both, broken down.
Binance's headline futures rate isn't one number, it's two — and the cheaper one is easy to miss if a comparison only checks the USDT-margined schedule. Here's both, plus the BNB discount.
Bybit's headline futures rate sits a touch above its two biggest competitors. That's not the whole story — VIP tiers, funding intervals, and order type move the bill more than the half-basis-point gap at the base tier.
Search "Gate.io fees" and get three different answers. That's not sloppy reporting — Gate changed its spot fee structure in April 2026, and a lot of pages online still show the old number. Here's what to actually check.
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