If you trade perps on Arcus, starting today, you now pay half the taker fee. Every market, every tier, for the duration of beta, applied automatically.

In numbers: a $100,000 market order at the base tier used to cost $45 in taker fees. It now costs $22.50. Move up the tiers and it drops from there.

Maker fees and rebates don't move. If you rest orders on the book, your economics are exactly what they were yesterday. If you cross the spread, you can keep more on every single trade.

The Schedule During Beta

Tiers continue to advance automatically on rolling 30-day volume across all perpetual markets. No application required, the schedule is the schedule.

Why is Arcus Doing This

Beta is the period where Arcus and its earliest traders are building the venue together: every fill, every edge case, every piece of feedback is shaping the decentralized exchange before the wider market arrives. The people doing that work should trade on the most optimal terms. So for as long as beta runs, you do.

There's also a simpler read: Arcus is pricing for the exchange that is being built, not from the one that launched three weeks ago. Fee revenue today is worth less to the project than traders who make Arcus their primary venue. A 50% taker cut is that priority, stated in numbers that you can verify on your next fill.

And the structure of the cut is deliberate. Halving taker fees while leaving maker rebates fully intact sharpens both sides of the book at once: you can keep more when you take, and the traders quoting you tight markets keep every incentive to stay tight. Most fee adjustments trade one side against the other. This one doesn't touch the other side at all.

The Fine Print

The reduction applies to taker fees on perpetual futures only.

Spot Stock Token trading already carries 0 fees on Arcus, and that remains. The reduced schedule is live now and runs for the duration of beta. When beta ends, standard fees resume, and you'll hear about it in advance through @Arcus_xyz and the Arcus website, no silent switches.

Your live schedule is always on your Portfolio dashboard, so the number you see there is the number you pay.

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