Gemini Review
Published schedule, but the highest entry cost here
of 10
Gemini's ActiveTrader schedule starts at 0.600% maker and 1.200% taker for accounts at the lowest volume and balance tier — by a wide margin the most expensive entry point in this comparison.
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Maker fee
0.600% (entry tier)
Taker fee
1.200% (entry tier)
Tier basis
30-day volume or asset balance
Token requirement
None
Applies from
$0 volume / $0 balance
Scores
Each criterion carries equal weight. The overall score is the average of these 4 scores — (8.0 + 2.0 + 8.0 + 6.0) ÷ 4 = 6.0.
Pros
- Tier schedule is published with both maker and taker rates
- Tiers depend on volume and balance, not on holding a house token
- Rates fall as volume or balance rises
Cons
- 1.200% taker at the entry tier is twelve times Binance's regular rate
- 0.600% maker is the highest starting maker fee here
- This ranking does not assess custody, reserves or licensing
The number a small account actually pays
Gemini's ActiveTrader schedule opens at 0.600% maker and 1.200% taker for accounts with $0 volume and $0 balance. A single round trip at those rates costs roughly 1.8% before any price movement, against 0.2% on Binance and nothing at all on Bitfinex.
Our rubric deliberately scores the entry tier rather than the best available rate, because the entry tier is what most readers will be charged. On that measure this is the most expensive venue in the comparison, and the score reflects it.
The structure itself is sound
Tiers move with volume or balance and no token holding is required, so the mechanism is clean even where the level is high.
Scope
Published trading costs only — not custody, reserves or licensing.
How it compares
Sources
Scored from published primary sources rather than hands-on use. Every figure above comes from one of the pages below, on the date shown. Manufacturers change prices and specifications without notice — if something here no longer matches the source, tell us and we will correct it.
- 1.Gemini — official ActiveTrader fee schedule — checked
Frequently asked questions
What are Gemini's trading fees?
The official ActiveTrader schedule states 0.600% maker and 1.200% taker at the entry tier, for accounts at $0 volume and $0 balance.
Why does Gemini score low here?
This ranking scores the entry-tier cost a typical reader pays. Gemini's starting rates are the highest in the comparison, though its fee structure requires no token holding.
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