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# Fees

## Spot

Crystal’s fees are among the lowest in the industry, with the proceeds designed to be allocated towards protocol and community growth. Fees can be further lowered through the use of the referral program, resulting in one of the lowest effective taker fee rates in the industry (as low as 0.009%). While fees are essential to the growth of any protocol, lower fees allow for tighter spreads and incentivize volume, which in turn increases protocol revenue while also accelerating protocol growth. Gas fees are negligible as Crystal is built atop Monad, a blockchain where the average trade costs under a cent to process.

#### Maker Rebate

Limit orders that add liquidity to the order book may recieve a fee rebate. This is automatically processed when an order is filled and does not need to be claimed in any way. Stable pairs do not have any maker rebate, while standard and volatile markets carry a maker rebate of 0.005%.

#### Taker Fees

Taker orders, or orders that remove liquidity from the order book, are charged a fixed fee ranging from 0.01-0.095%. Generally, market orders on stable pairs are charged a fixed 0.01% fee, while standard pairs have a 0.035% taker fee and volatile pairs have a taker fee of 0.095%. With the referral program, referrers receive a 10% (subject to change) commission of the original fee. For more information on the benefits provided by the referral program, see [Referral Program](broken://pages/QHnmtTu6EIMPi3RFna3I).

## Spectra (Trading Terminal)

A 1% fee is applied to all trades executed through Spectra. A significant portion of this fee is rebated to users/referrers.