Fees & accounts

Withdrawal fee

A withdrawal fee is a flat or asset-specific charge an exchange deducts when you move crypto off the platform to an external wallet — separate from any blockchain network fee.

Withdrawal fees are usually a fixed amount of the asset being withdrawn (rather than a percentage of the withdrawal), which means they hit small withdrawals proportionally harder than large ones.

For example, a flat $5 withdrawal fee on a $200 withdrawal is 2.5% of the amount moved, but the same flat $5 fee on a $2,000 withdrawal is only 0.25% — ten times less as a share of the withdrawal.

A common mistake is making many small withdrawals instead of consolidating into fewer, larger ones, paying the same flat fee repeatedly for no real benefit.

Related terms

Maker fee Taker fee Self-custody

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