🥇 Top Pick
Independent Reserve
Best for: Volume traders & SMSFsTiered, drops as 30-day volume rises
Fee0.50% → 0.02%
Coins35+
Score4.6/5
Trading fees on Australian crypto exchanges range from 0.02% (volume-tiered) to 1.0% per trade — a difference that compounds quickly if you trade often. This guide ranks every major Aussie exchange by total cost-to-buy, including hidden spreads.
Australian crypto exchanges ranked for this category. All are AUSTRAC-registered.
Tiered, drops as 30-day volume rises
Default Instant-buy is 1%; switch to Markets for 0.1%
Two-tier: simple Buy-Sell at 1%, Exchange at 0.1%
No instant-buy upcharge — same rate everywhere
Built into spread; VIP tiers reduce this
Includes spread; premium pays for BPAY feature
For active traders, Independent Reserve's tiered fees are unbeatable in Australia — dropping to 0.02% at the top tier. For occasional retail buyers, CoinSpot's 0.1% market-order fee is the lowest headline rate, provided you use the Markets interface (not the 1% instant-buy default).