If you’ve been trading crypto for more than a week, you know the painful truth: Fees are the silent killer of profit.
You can have a perfect win rate, but if you’re scalping with the wrong order type or withdrawing on the wrong network, you are essentially throwing money into a furnace.
I’ve been digging into Bybit’s latest fee structure for late 2025. It has changed slightly from the old days, and they’ve added some new “hybrid” features that actually help you offset these costs.
Here is the no-fluff breakdown of what you’ll pay, and how to cheat the system legally to pay less.
1. The Baseline: Spot Market Fees
For most people just buying Bitcoin (BTC) or Solana (SOL) to hold, the fee is simple.
- Fee: 0.1%
- Condition: Applies to both Makers (limit orders) and Takers (market orders).
Real World Example: If you buy $1,000 worth of SOL, Bybit takes $1. It’s not free, but it’s standard. It’s exactly what Binance charges standard users. There’s no “hack” here unless you’re a VIP (more on that later), so just factor this 0.1% cost into your entry price.
2. Futures & Derivatives: The “Maker” Loophole
This is where the real traders live, and where the fee structure gets interesting. Bybit differentiates heavily between “Makers” and “Takers.”
- Taker Fee (Aggressive):0.055%
- You pay this when you use a “Market Order” to enter immediately.
- Maker Fee (Passive):0.02%
- You pay this when you use a “Limit Order” and wait for the price to hit you.
The Strategy: If you trade with leverage, stop using Market Orders. On a $10,000 position size, a Taker pays $5.50. A Maker pays $2.00. That saves you $3.50 per trade. If you take 3 trades a day, that’s over $300 a month saved just by clicking “Limit” instead of “Market.”
3. The “Hidden” Costs: Withdrawals & Funding
Fees aren’t just about trading. Getting your money off the exchange is where new users get wrecked.
Withdrawal Fees (Updated Dec 2025):
- USDT (ERC-20 / Ethereum): Expensive. You can pay anywhere from $5 to $15 depending on gas prices. Avoid this unless you absolutely need your cash on Ethereum.
- USDT (TRC-20 / Tron): The budget king. Usually costs approx. 1 USDT.
- USDT (BSC / BNB Chain): Also very cheap, typically under $1.
The Funding Rate Trap: In 2025, Bybit introduced a “Dynamic Settlement” system. Traditionally, funding fees (payments between Longs and Shorts) happened every 8 hours. Now, if the market gets too volatile, Bybit switches this to every 1 hour.
- Check the rate: If you see the funding rate is high (e.g., +0.05%), and it switches to hourly, close your position. You will bleed money holding that trade open.
4. What’s New in 2025? (The “Alpha” Update)
This is the part most old guides miss. Bybit has launched two massive features recently that change how you view fees:
- Bybit Alpha Liquidity Farm: Instead of just paying fees, you can now be the “House.” Bybit now lets you provide liquidity to pools (using the CLMM model) directly from your trading account without needing a MetaMask wallet. You earn yield from other people’s trading fees. It’s a great hedge: if the market is choppy and you’re paying fees on bad trades, your liquidity positions are likely earning fees.
- TradFi Credits: Bybit is pushing hard into Gold and Forex. Right now, they have a program for new TradFi users offering up to $10,000 in reward credits based on deposit volume. If you trade Gold (XAU) anyway, do it here to burn their free credits instead of your own cash.
Final Verdict
Bybit is still one of the cheapest places to trade derivatives if you have the discipline to be a Maker (0.02%).
If you are a impatient trader who always market buys (Taker), you are paying nearly 3x more in fees. The math is simple: Be patient, use Limit Orders, and withdraw via TRC-20