A leading compliant platform experiences a sudden rate change: Taker fee skyrockets to 1.2%, industry insiders say it's outrageous

SerumDegen · 2026-01-17T15:54:16+00:00

Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik criticizes the new fee structure of a compliance platform, pointing out that the Taker fee of 1.2% and Maker fee of 0.6% are unreasonable and represent the voices of many traders. This fee structure appears unreasonable in the context of fierce market competition and reflects differences in trading platform pricing strategies.

SerumDegen

2026-01-17 15:54:16

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【Coinpush】Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik recently criticized the fee structure of a leading compliance platform. It is reported that his account level was downgraded to a new stage in the latest adjustment, resulting in significant changes in trading fees.

Specifically, the new fee structure is quite “hardcore” — Taker (taking order) fees are as high as 1.2%, and Maker (placing order) fees are 0.6%. These rates are dynamically calculated based on the user’s trading activity or asset holdings over the past 30 days. A Taker fee of 120 basis points is indeed uncommon in the industry.

In a post on social media, Alex Svanevik expressed his opinion: “120 basis points??? This fee structure is simply absurd.” His criticism reflects the sentiments of many traders — in an environment where market competition is intensifying and fee transparency is improving, such fee levels seem somewhat unreasonable for active traders. This also highlights the divergence in fee pricing strategies across different trading platforms.

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BlockchainWorker

· 01-17 16:22

120 basis points? This platform is really outrageous, no wonder big investors have left.

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DogeBachelor

· 01-17 16:21

1.2% taker fee rate, is this just stealing money? I’ll turn around and walk away --- 120bp? How can a compliant platform start using this trick too? I’m a bit disappointed --- Wait, Alex has been downgraded? So how much are we small retail investors going to be exploited... --- What’s absurd is, this is the cost of monopoly, since there’s nowhere to run --- Wow, 1.2% means directly feeding the profit to the platform. What’s the point of playing? --- So now it’s popular to bully big players? This logic is a bit reversed

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