MEXC fees explained 2026: spot, futures and withdrawal costs

MEXC fees are among the lowest of any large crypto exchange: 0.00% maker and 0.05% taker on major USDT spot pairs, and futures fees from 0.00% maker. But MEXC has no MiCA licence, and the Dutch regulator AFM has issued a public warning that it serves Dutch residents without one. For EU residents, low fees don’t change that MEXC isn’t allowed to serve you.

We checked MEXC’s fee page, terms and public API on 23 October 2026. This page explains MEXC’s fees for readers outside the EU. We couldn’t read MEXC’s deposit and withdrawal fees, and we say so wherever they matter. Our MEXC review covers the licence question and the company behind it.

MEXC fees in 30 seconds

• Spot maker fee: 0.00% on major USDT pairs.
• Spot taker fee: 0.05% on major USDT pairs; many smaller pairs charge 0.08%.
• 0 fees promotions: many spot pairs are promoted at 0% maker and taker.
• MX deduction: 20% off when you pay fees in MX, MEXC’s own token (BTC/USDT taker 0.04%).
• Futures: 0–0.04% maker and 0–0.10% taker; BTCUSDT perpetual 0.00% / 0.02%.
• Deposit fees and withdrawal fees (EUR and crypto): could not be read; not verified.
• EU residents: no MiCA licence, so not an option.

MEXC fees explained: the full table

MEXC’s fee structure has three parts: a spot fee that varies per trading pair, a futures fee per contract, and deposit and withdrawal costs that we couldn’t verify. These are the MEXC fees in our checked data:

MEXC trading fees for spot trading

MEXC’s headline spot fees are 0.00% for a maker order and 0.05% for a taker order on major USDT pairs. Rates vary per trading pair: many pairs are promoted at 0% for both, and many smaller pairs carry a 0.08% taker fee, according to MEXC’s API.

Maker fee and taker fee explained

• Maker: a limit order that adds liquidity to the order book and waits until someone fills it. On major pairs, the maker fee is 0.00%.
• Taker: a market order, or a limit order priced to execute immediately against existing orders. On major pairs, the taker fee is 0.05%.

An order that never fills costs nothing, so a resting limit order on a major pair is free to place. Market orders pay the taker fee every time.

0 fees on eligible pairs

MEXC promotes many spot pairs with zero trading fees for both makers and takers. That zero fee model is real on the pairs it covers, but eligibility and promotions change often, and some pairs carry special rates instead. Before you trade, check the fee for your exact pair on MEXC’s fee page; don’t assume a pair is free because others are.

MX token discounts

Paying fees in MX, MEXC’s own token, gives a 20% trading fee discount, which takes the BTC/USDT taker fee from 0.05% to 0.04%. On a €1,000 market order, that MX deduction saves €0.10. Holding MX to get it means holding a volatile token: a small price drop wipes out many trades’ worth of saving.

MEXC futures fees and futures trading

MEXC’s futures fees range from 0% to 0.04% for makers and from 0% to 0.10% for takers, depending on the contract and any promotion. The BTCUSDT perpetual has a special rate of 0.00% maker and 0.02% taker. MEXC’s futures are USDT-margined perpetual contracts with leverage.

Futures fees are charged on the position value

Futures fees apply to the full position value, not to your margin, so high leverage multiplies the fee. A worked example: €1,000 of margin at 10x leverage opens a €10,000 BTCUSDT position.

So the same contract can cost from nothing to €20.00 in fees, depending on the pair and order type. Judging costs from your €1,000 margin alone would hide that.

Funding rate costs

Perpetual futures also carry a funding fee: payments between long and short traders at set intervals, separate from trading fees. Funding payments can cost more than the trading fee itself on a position you hold for days. Check the live funding rate on the contract page before you open a position.

MEXC deposit fees

We couldn’t verify MEXC’s deposit fees. Its deposit and withdrawal fee tab blocked automated access when we checked, so we can’t tell you what crypto deposits, euro payments or card purchases cost, or whether there is a minimum deposit.

• Euro deposits: MEXC lists EUR among its fiat currencies, but we couldn’t verify the payment methods or their costs.
• Card purchases: not verified.
• Crypto deposits: not verified. Match the network on both sides; a wrong network can mean lost funds.
• Conversion step: most markets on MEXC are quoted in USDT, so turning euros into crypto usually means a purchase or conversion step first. Any cost there comes on top of the 0.05% headline.

MEXC withdrawal fees

MEXC’s withdrawal fees for euros and crypto are not verified: we couldn’t read them from MEXC’s fee tab. Exchanges charge withdrawal fees per coin and network, so the withdrawal costs depend on what you withdraw and where.

Two rules that matter more on MEXC than on most exchanges:

1. Complete full KYC verification before you deposit. MEXC’s terms require a passport or ID card plus a photo of you holding it, and allow MEXC to block withdrawals from accounts that aren’t verified. Our KYC explainer covers what that involves.
2. Test a small withdrawal first and read the fee on the confirmation screen before you move a larger amount.

Online reviews contain complaints about risk control freezes and blocked withdrawals. These are user allegations we couldn’t check, not verified incidents, but they’re a reason to keep only trading money on the MEXC platform.

Hidden fees and other trading costs

MEXC’s low fees are only one part of your trading costs. These are the hidden costs that can matter more than a 0.05% fee:

• The bid ask spread on small coins: MEXC listed 1,867 spot markets across 1,476 base assets on 23 October 2026. Many small tokens trade thinly, so the spread can cost far more than the fee.
• Funding payments on futures: separate from futures fees, and due at every interval for as long as you hold the position, unless the rate runs in your favour.
• Fiat and conversion costs: not verified, but they come on top of the trading fee.
• The cost of no regulator: no EU supervisor checks how MEXC holds client assets, and there’s no EU body to complain to.

Worked examples: MEXC fees in euros

These examples use MEXC’s major-pair spot rates, before any deposit, conversion, spread or withdrawal cost. We couldn’t verify those, so treat the totals as the trading fee only. They apply to readers outside the EU.

A €100 simple buy

MEXC’s card purchase and fiat buy costs are not verified, so we can’t price a simple buy. The same €100 as a spot market order on a major USDT pair costs €100 × 0.05% = €0.05, or €0.04 with MX on BTC/USDT.

A €1,000 limit order

A €1,000 limit order that rests in the book on a major pair pays the 0.00% maker fee: €0.00. As a market order it costs €0.50, or €0.80 on a smaller pair at 0.08%.

€100 a month for a year

Twelve €100 market orders on a major pair cost 12 × €0.05 = €0.60 a year. With limit orders that rest in the book, the trading fees are €0.00.

A round trip: buy and sell €1,000

Buying and later selling €1,000 on a major pair with market orders costs €0.50 + €0.50 = €1.00 in trading fees, or €0.00 with resting limit orders. Euro deposit and withdrawal costs come on top, and we couldn’t verify them.

MEXC fees compared with licensed crypto exchanges

MEXC is cheaper per trade than the major exchanges that hold a MiCA licence, but the gap in euros is small. These are entry-tier spot rates from each provider’s fee page, checked on 23 October 2026:

Against Bybit EU, MEXC saves €2.40 a year on €100 monthly buys (€3.00 minus €0.60). That’s the real trade-off behind MEXC’s low fees: a couple of euros a year against keeping your money with an unlicensed offshore company.

• Bybit EU fees: a flat 0.25%, MiCA-licensed in Austria, no Bybit EU deposit fee.
• OKX fees: 0.10% taker with an X-Perps account, plus free SEPA deposits and withdrawals, under a Maltese MiCA licence.
• Kraken fees: dearer per trade, but MiCA-licensed, with published withdrawal fees and EU-regulated futures. In August 2026 Kraken agreed to take over MEXC’s Dutch clients; see our Netherlands guide for local options.

How to reduce MEXC fees

If you use MEXC from outside the EU, these steps keep your trading costs lowest:

1. Use limit orders instead of market orders. On major pairs a resting limit order pays 0.00%; a market order pays 0.05%.
2. Check the fee for your exact pair. Promoted pairs can be free; smaller pairs often charge 0.08% taker.
3. Use the MX discount only if you accept the token risk. It saves 20% of a small fee.
4. Read the withdrawal fee on the confirmation screen and pick the network deliberately.
5. Keep only trading money on the exchange. The smallest risk on MEXC is the fee; the biggest is everything you hold there.

Who MEXC’s low fees suit

MEXC’s low fees suit experienced traders outside the EU who want tokens that licensed exchanges don’t list and who keep only a trading balance on the platform. They don’t suit beginners, anyone tempted by high leverage, or anyone in the EU: MEXC has no MiCA licence, and the saving over a licensed exchange is a few euros a year. Crypto is volatile, and you can lose all the money you put in.