Bitfinex vs BTSE: fees compared

Every fee that costs you money on Bitfinex and BTSE, side by side — trading fees at each VIP tier, withdrawal fees coin by coin, deposits and fiat. Sourced from each exchange’s own fee pages.

BitfinexRank #12 · founded 2012

0%spot taker0%futures taker106coins to withdraw$339.44Mvolume 24h

Trade on Bitfinex ↗

BTSERank #67 · founded 2018

0.2%spot taker0.055%futures taker329coins to withdraw$2.40Bvolume 24h

Trade on BTSE ↗

The short answer

7Bitfinexcategories won4BTSE

Bitfinex charges 0% on spot taker orders versus 0.2% on BTSE.
On futures, Bitfinex is cheaper for takers (0% vs 0.055%).
Bitfinex has the cheaper withdrawal fee on 28 of the 50 coins both exchanges list.
BTSE publishes the deeper VIP ladder (11 tiers), so high-volume traders can push fees lower there.

Head-to-head

Fee	Bitfinex	BTSE
Trading fees
Spot maker	0%cheaper	0.2%
Spot taker	0%cheaper	0.2%
Futures maker	0%cheaper	0.02%
Futures taker	0%cheaper	0.055%
Lowest spot taker (top VIP tier)	0%cheaperRegular	0.025%VIP 10
Fee tiers published	1Spot trading	11moreSpot trading
Fee discount with exchange token	—	—
Withdrawals & deposits
Coins you can withdraw	106synced 2026-08-29 00:53 UTC	329moresynced 2026-08-29 00:53 UTC
Median withdrawal fee (coins on both)	$0.1452cheaperacross 50 coins	$0.3072across 50 coins
Cheaper withdrawal on…	28 coinsmore	21 coins
Crypto deposit fee	Free	—
Exchange profile
Volume 24h (spot + derivatives)	$339.44MOI $752.86M	$2.40BmoreOI $99.74M
Markets	Spot, Derivativesfounded 2012	Spot, Derivativesfounded 2018
Fiat currencies	4 currenciesUSD, EUR, GBP, JPY	9 currenciesmoreUSD, EUR, GBP, HKD, AUD, CAD…

“Cheaper” marks the better number on that row only. A dash means we have not verified that fee for the exchange yet — it is not a claim that the fee is zero.

What would you actually pay?

30-day trading volume$1MMaker share of that volume50% maker

Withdrawals per month

BitfinexCheaper

$20.18/ month

Trading (Regular · 0% / 0%): $0.00
Withdrawals (4× BTC · Bitcoin · $5.05 each): $20.18

BTSE

$855.05/ month

Trading (VIP 3 · 0.08% / 0.09%): $850.00
Withdrawals (4× BTC · Liquid Network · $1.26 each): $5.05

At $1M of monthly spot volume (50% maker) plus 4 BTC withdrawals, Bitfinex costs $834.86 less per month — $10,018.38 a year.

Taker fee as 30-day volume grows Bitfinex BTSE

Estimate only: it applies each exchange’s published VIP ladder for the market you picked, ignores token-payment discounts, referral rebates and promotional zero-fee pairs, and assumes every withdrawal uses the cheapest network above. Negative fees are maker rebates.

Spot fee tiers side by side

BitfinexSpot trading

Tier	30d volume ≥	Maker	Taker
Regular	—	0%	0%

Source: Bitfinex fee schedule ↗ · verified 2026-08-28

BTSESpot trading

Tier	30d volume ≥	Maker	Taker
General User	—	0.2%	0.2%
VIP 1	$100.00K	0.15%	0.15%
VIP 2	$250.00K	0.1%	0.1%
VIP 3	$1.00M	0.08%	0.09%
VIP 4	$5.00M	0.06%	0.08%
VIP 5	$10.00M	0.05%	0.07%
VIP 6	$50.00M	0.03%	0.06%
VIP 7	$200.00M	0.02%	0.045%
VIP 8	$500.00M	0.01%	0.04%
VIP 9	$1.00B	0%	0.03%
VIP 10	$2.00B	0%	0.025%

Source: BTSE fee schedule ↗ · verified 2026-08-28

Futures fee tiers side by side

BitfinexFutures trading

Tier	30d volume ≥	Maker	Taker
Regular	—	0%	0%

Source: Bitfinex fee schedule ↗ · verified 2026-08-28

BTSEFutures trading

Tier	30d volume ≥	Maker	Taker
General User	—	0.02%	0.055%
VIP 1	$500.00K	0.01%	0.05%
VIP 2	$1.00M	0.0075%	0.0475%
VIP 3	$25.00M	0.005%	0.045%
VIP 4	$50.00M	0.005%	0.0425%
VIP 5	$100.00M	0.0025%	0.04%
VIP 6	$250.00M	0.0025%	0.0375%
VIP 7	$500.00M	0%	0.035%
VIP 8	$1.00B	0%	0.03%
VIP 9	$2.00B	-0.0025%rebate	0.025%
VIP 10	$4.00B	-0.005%rebate	0.02%

Source: BTSE fee schedule ↗ · verified 2026-08-28

Withdrawal fees, coin by coin50 coins on both

Cheaper on more coinsBitfinex28 vs 21 of 50

Median fee · Bitfinex$0.1452on the shared basket

Median fee · BTSE$0.3072on the shared basket

Coins only on one side29332 Bitfinex · 261 BTSE

Coin	Bitfinex	BTSE	Cheaper
BTCBitcoin	0.0₄6000 BTC$5.05 · Bitcoin	0.0₄1500 BTC$1.26 · Liquid Network +1	BTSEsaves $3.78
ETHEthereum	0.001000 ETH$2.69 · Ethereum (ERC20)	0.0₄5000 ETH$0.1345 · Arbitrum One +2	BTSEsaves $2.55
USDTTether USDt	Free$0.00 · Tron (TRC20) +12	0.001000 USDT$0.0009998 · Plasma +7	Bitfinexsaves $0.0009998
XRPXRP	0.1000 XRP$0.1536 · XRP Ledger	0.2000 XRP$0.3072 · XRP Ledger	Bitfinexsaves $0.1536
USDCUSDC	2.1484 USDC$2.15 · USDc	0.01000 USDC$0.009997 · XDC Network +6	BTSEsaves $2.14
SOLSolana	0.005000 SOL$0.6071 · Solana	0.001000 SOL$0.1214 · Solana	BTSEsaves $0.4857
TRXTRON	1 TRX$0.3359 · Tron (TRC20)	1.3 TRX$0.4367 · Tron (TRC20)	Bitfinexsaves $0.1008
HYPEHyperliquid	Free$0.00 · Hyperliquid	0.02500 HYPE$2.30 · HyperEVM	Bitfinexsaves $2.30
DOGEDogecoin	Free$0.00 · Dogecoin	1.767 DOGE$0.1726 · BNB Smart Chain (BEP20)	Bitfinexsaves $0.1726
LINKChainlink	0.2348 LINK$3.36 · ChainLink	0.05624 LINK$0.8049 · Ethereum (ERC20)	BTSEsaves $2.56
XMRMonero	0.0001000 XMR$0.05571 · Monero	0.005000 XMR$2.79 · Monero	Bitfinexsaves $2.73
ADACardano	0.3000 ADA$0.07692 · Cardano	1 ADA$0.2564 · Cardano	Bitfinexsaves $0.1795
NEARNEAR Protocol	Free$0.00 · NEAR	0.05000 NEAR$0.2423 · NEAR +1	Bitfinexsaves $0.2423
UNIUniswap	0.5578 UNI$5.35 · Uniswap	0.1452 UNI$1.39 · Ethereum (ERC20)	BTSEsaves $3.96
LTCLitecoin	0.001000 LTC$0.07225 · Litecoin	0.0001000 LTC$0.007225 · Litecoin	BTSEsaves $0.06503
SUISui	Free$0.00 · Sui	0.06000 SUI$0.07065 · Sui	Bitfinexsaves $0.07065
AVAXAvalanche	Free$0.00 · Avalanche	0.01000 AVAX$0.1090 · Avalanche C-Chain +1	Bitfinexsaves $0.1090
GRAMGram (prev. Toncoin)	Free$0.00 · TON	0.05000 GRAM$0.07661 · Gram	Bitfinexsaves $0.07661
SHIBShiba Inu	363,330 SHIB$2.17 · Shiba Inu	124,466 SHIB$0.7445 · Ethereum (ERC20)	BTSEsaves $1.43
XAUtTether Gold	Free$0.00 · Tether(XAU) on BNB Chain +1	0.0001447 XAUt$0.6190 · Ethereum (ERC20)	Bitfinexsaves $0.6190
ENAEthena	20.718 ENA$5.59 · Ethena Labs	3.936 ENA$1.06 · Ethereum (ERC20)	BTSEsaves $4.53
AAVEAave	0.01883 AAVE$2.93 · Aave	0.005285 AAVE$0.8213 · Ethereum (ERC20)	BTSEsaves $2.10
DOTPolkadot	Free$0.00 · Polkadot	0.05000 DOT$0.06347 · Polkadot Asset Hub	Bitfinexsaves $0.06347
PEPEPepe	628,370 PEPE$2.78 · Pepe	174,420 PEPE$0.7709 · Ethereum (ERC20)	BTSEsaves $2.01
SKYSky	Free$0.00 · Sky	9.648 SKY$0.7492 · Ethereum (ERC20)	Bitfinexsaves $0.7492

Showing 1–25 of 50 coins

Deposit, fiat, card and other fees

Fee	Bitfinex	BTSE
Crypto deposit fee	Free	—

Bitfinex vs BTSE — FAQ

Is Bitfinex or BTSE cheaper?

Bitfinex charges 0% on spot taker orders versus 0.2% on BTSE. On futures, Bitfinex is cheaper for takers (0% vs 0.055%). Bitfinex has the cheaper withdrawal fee on 28 of the 50 coins both exchanges list. BTSE publishes the deeper VIP ladder (11 tiers), so high-volume traders can push fees lower there.

Which has lower trading fees, Bitfinex or BTSE?

Bitfinex charges 0% taker / 0% maker on spot and 0% taker on futures at the entry tier. BTSE charges 0.2% taker / 0.2% maker on spot and 0.055% taker on futures. Across the metrics we compare, Bitfinex wins more of them. Both drop as your 30-day volume grows — use the calculator above to price your own volume.

Which is cheaper for withdrawals, Bitfinex or BTSE?

Of the 50 coins both exchanges let you withdraw, Bitfinex is cheaper on 28, BTSE on 21. The median withdrawal fee on that shared basket is $0.1452 on Bitfinex versus $0.3072 on BTSE. Bitfinex is the cheaper default, but the winner changes coin by coin — check the coin you actually withdraw.

How can I pay lower fees on Bitfinex or BTSE?

Both exchanges also cut maker/taker rates as your 30-day volume rises — Bitfinex publishes 1 tier and BTSE publishes 11 tiers. Choosing the cheapest withdrawal network matters just as much: on many coins the gap between networks is larger than the gap between exchanges.

Are these Bitfinex and BTSE fees up to date?

Trading fees are hand-curated from each exchange's official fee schedule and carry the date we last verified them (2026-08-28 for Bitfinex, 2026-08-28 for BTSE). Withdrawal fees are synced from each exchange's own API or fee page (last sync 2026-08-29 00:53 UTC for Bitfinex, 2026-08-29 00:53 UTC for BTSE). USD amounts are recomputed at the live coin price.

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Trading and other fee numbers are hand-curated from each exchange’s official fee pages (linked next to every tier table) and carry the date we last verified them. Withdrawal fees are synced from each exchange’s own API or fee page; USD amounts are computed at the current live coin price, so they move with the market. Rates exclude referral rebates, promotional zero-fee pairs and regional pricing. Full detail per exchange: Bitfinex fees · BTSE fees.