ActiveTrader™ Fee Schedule Last Modified March 17, 2020

Overview

Orders placed via our ActiveTrader interface (each, an “Order”) are subject to the rates on this schedule.

Gemini utilizes a maker-taker fee model for determining trading fees for all Orders. Liquidity-making Orders are charged different fees than liquidity-taking Orders. If you place an Order that is filled immediately, this Order takes liquidity from the marketplace and, therefore, you are considered a taker and will be charged a taker fee. If you place an Order that is not filled immediately, but instead rests on the order book, your Order adds liquidity to the marketplace and, therefore, you are considered a maker and will be charged a maker fee.

Your Order could be subject to both maker and taker fees. If you place an Order that is partially filled immediately, you will be charged a taker fee on the filled portion. The remainder of your Order will rest on the order book and will be charged a maker fee when it is filled.

ActiveTrader Fee Schedule

Your fee rate for every trading pair is determined by your gross trading volume in notional USD across all of Gemini’s (i) continuous order books, (ii) auction order books (iii), and block trading over a 30-calendar-day trailing window. Your fee rate will be recalculated every day at midnight UTC (7pm EST / 8pm EDT) and applied to all Orders going forward from that time.

The following rates only apply to your Orders placed via ActiveTrader. For information on rates for orders placed via other applications and interfaces, please see the Marketplace Fee Schedulessection of our User Agreement.

30-Day Trading

Volume in (USD Notional) Taker Fee Maker Fee Auction Fee 0 0.35% 0.25% 0.25% ≥ $500,000 0.25% 0.15% 0.20% ≥ $2,500,000 0.25% 0.15% 0.10% ≥ $5,000,000 0.15% 0.10% 0.10% ≥ $10,000,000 0.15% 0.10% 0.00% ≥ $15,000,000 0.10% 0.00% 0.00% ≥ $50,000,000 0.075% 0.00% 0.00% ≥ $100,000,000 0.05% 0.00% 0.00% ≥ $250,000,000 0.04% 0.00% 0.00% ≥ $500,000,000 0.03% 0.00% 0.00%

Gemini Product Incentive Discounts

Gemini ActiveTrader customers that achieve one or more of the following benchmarks will receive a 0.005% reduction on their taker fee for each benchmark achieved (“Gemini Incentive Credits”). Each Gemini ActiveTrader customer’s taker fee is established by their 30- calendar-day trading volumes, as described above:

Gemini Clearing®: clearing and settling in excess of $10,000,000 of aggregate notional value utilizing Gemini Clearing® in any calendar month; and/or

Gemini Custody®: holding ≥$10,000,000 average notional value of Supported Digital Assets in a Gemini Custody® account in any calendar month.

Gemini Incentive Credits will be applied to the taker fees for the subsequent calendar month immediately following the month in which the aforementioned benchmarks were attained.

Additionally, to support orderly markets on the Exchange, from time to time we may offer fee discounts, rebates or other incentives to certain customers that undertake to meet liquidity requirements for particular trading pairs.

Block Trading® Fee Schedule

The fee rates for all block Orders (each, a “Block Order”) are fixed at the below rates for all trading pairs.

Taker Fee Maker Fee 0.50% 0.00%

We will be waiving all Block Trading fees commencing September 21, 2018 0:00 UTC ending December 31, 2020 @ 0:00 UTC.

0.0%

Fee Calculation

We calculate fees as a fraction of the notional value of each trade (i.e., price × amount). Depending on the Order type, fees will be either deducted from the gross proceeds of a trade or charged to the account at the time a trade is executed. Any fees will be applied at the time an Order is placed. For partially filled Orders, only the executed portion is subject to trading fees.

Fee Denominations

Prices and fees are denominated as follows:

Fee Denomination Order Book USD BTC/USD, ETH/USD, LTC/USD, BCH/USD, ZEC/USD, LINK/USD, OXT/USD,

DAI/USD, BAT/USD, AMP/USD, PAXG/USD, COMP/USD BTC ETH/BTC, LTC/BTC, BCH/BTC, ZEC/BTC, LINK/BTC, OXT/BTC, BAT/BTC ETH LTC/ETH, BCH/ETH, ZEC/ETH, LINK/ETH, OXT/ETH, BAT/ETH BCH LTC/BCH, ZEC/BCH LTC ZEC/LTC

Fee Discount Examples

Alice trades $26,000,000 gross volume over four calendar days during a 30-calendar-day window at various times on Gemini continuous and auction order books. Her fees paid are as follows:

Event Action Side Taker Fee Maker Fee Auction Fee Fee Paid 30-Day Total Day 1 @ 4PM Limit Buy 500 BTC @ $10,000 Taker 0.35% 0.25% 0.25% $17,500 $5,000,000 Day 1 @ 7PM Fee re-calc 0.15% 0.10% 0.10% Day 2 @ 4PM Auction-Only (AO) Limit Buy 1,000 BTC @ $10,000 Auction 0.15% 0.10% 0.10% $10,000 $15,000,000 Day 2 @ 7PM Fee re-calc 0.10% 0.00% 0.00% Day 3 @ 4PM Limit Sell 2,000 ETH @ 0.05 BTC Maker 0.10% 0.00% 0.00% $0 $16,000,000 Day 3 @ 7PM Fee re-calc 0.10% 0.00% 0.00% Day 4 @ 5PM Limit Buy 1,000 BTC @ $10,000 Maker 0.10% 0.00% 0.00% $0 $26,000,000

Fee Calculation Examples

Sell Orders – Fees for limit and market sell Orders are deducted from the proceeds of the resulting trade.

Example: Evelyn enters a limit sell Order of 10 BTC with a limit price of $100 that fills as a maker at an average price of $101 per BTC. She also enters a market sell Order of 10 BTC that fills as a taker at an average price of $100 per BTC. Her fees paid are as follows:

Action Sell Sell Order Type Limit Market Amount 10 BTC 10 BTC Fill Price $101 $100 Fee 0.25% 0.15% Fee Paid $2.525 $1.50 Gross Sale Proceeds $1,010 $1,000 Net Sale Proceeds $1007.47501 $998.50

Buy Orders – Fees for limit buy Orders are added to the purchase price as the Order fills; fees for market buy Orders are deducted from the purchase price of the resulting trade.

Example: Reema enters a limit buy Order for $1,000 of BTC with a limit price of $101 that fills as a maker at an average price of $100 per BTC. She also enters a market buy Order for $1,000 of BTC that fills as a taker at an average price of $100 per BTC. Her fees paid are as follows:

Action Buy Buy Order Type Limit Market Amount $1,000 $1,000 Fill Price $100 / BTC $100 / BTC Fee 0.25% 0.15% Gross Purchase price $1,000 $1,000 Fee Paid $2.50 $1.49775336994508 2,3 Net Purchase Price $1,002.50 $998.502246630055 Total BTC Purchase 10 BTC 9.985022466 BTC

Block Orders – Fees for the taker side of a Block Order, the IOI, are added to the purchase price as the Block Order fills; fees for the maker side of a Block Order are deducted from the proceeds of the resulting trade.

Example: Aliyah, a taker, enters a Block Order to buy 1000 BTC with a limit price of $100. Market-maker Frank receives an IOI with a quantity of 1000 and a midpoint of $99; she responds by quoting a spread to sell at $99.80 and to buy at $98.20, both for the full quantity of Aliyah’s Block Order. The Block Trading engine then matches them for the full quantity at $99.80. Their fees paid are as follows:

Market Participant Aliyah Frank Liquidity Type Taker Maker Action Buy Sell Order Type Block Limit Block Limit Amount 1000 BTC 1000 BTC Fill Price $99.80 $99.80 Fee 0.10% 0.00% Fee Paid $99.80 $0.00 Gross purchase price / proceeds $99,899.80 $99,800 Net purchase price / proceeds $99,800 $99,800

Notice of Changes

Any change to our ActiveTrader Fee Schedule, including adjustments to any tiers or rates, will be emailed and/or posted no fewer than three calendar days before such changes are to take effect and no changes will be in effect for fewer than 30-calendar-days, subject to any shorter period of time that may be required by applicable law or regulation.

Any Order placed after the effective date indicated in any such notice will be subject to the new ActiveTrader Fee Schedule and you will be deemed to have agreed to the new ActiveTrader Fee Schedule by continuing to use our ActiveTrader interface.

Order Placement

For more information on how Orders are handled, please see the Order Placement section of our User Agreement.