Ouinex, a multi-asset online exchange, has announced it would be eliminating commissions on all its traditional finance (TradFi) derivatives products.
Instead of charging trading fees on top of widened spreads, Ouinex generates revenue solely from a small portion of the spread.
Accordingly, the move represents a shift from the common model on crypto-native perpetual futures exchanges, where layered fees, fragmented liquidity, and structural asymmetries often result in higher trading costs, as disclosed to Finbold on Thursday, June 25.
“This isn’t a marketing stunt or some limited-time offer designed to capture short-term volume. We are permanently removing commission fees on our TradFi instruments,” Ilies Larbi, CEO of Ouinex, told Finbold.
Larbi added:
“This is a structural decision intended to align our incentives with the long-term success of our retail user base.”
Bringing retail and institutional crypto traders closer
One reason for the new changes is that retail traders in crypto perpetual markets tend to face some disadvantages compared to institutional players. A notable example is that, in CLOB (Central Limit Order Book) environments, firms often benefit from superior latency and order-book priority.
The new model, Ouinex argues, mitigates some of these issues. Namely, by tapping deep liquidity from established TradFi partners, the platform enables ultra-tight spreads with no additional commission layer. According to the management, this approach is difficult to replicate on platforms reliant on synthetic or fragmented liquidity pools.
“Unlike most crypto exchanges, Ouinex connects traders to the same institutional liquidity infrastructure that has powered global financial markets for decades. By aggregating multiple top-tier liquidity providers, we deliver deeper liquidity, tighter spreads, and zero trading commissions,” Samuel Rondot, Head of Trading and Strategy of Ouinex, stated.
Overall, the zero-commission model has been framed as Ouinex’s broader push toward transparency and institutional-grade liquidity access, as well as an attempt to reduce friction for retail users in Web3 trading.
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