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Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about trading digital assets, security verification, and fee tiers on R8 Exchange.

1. What is the fee structure on R8 Exchange?

R8 Exchange provides highly competitive tiered trading fees. Standard retail accounts start at 0.08% Maker / 0.10% Taker for spot pairs. High-volume VIP accounts and institutional market makers enjoy negative maker fees (rebates) and taker fees as low as 0.015%.

2. How does R8 Exchange safeguard user digital assets?

Over 98% of all client crypto balances are isolated in geographically distributed, air-gapped cold storage vaults utilizing Multi-Party Computation (MPC) and hardware security modules (HSM). We maintain an independent Insurance Fund and publish on-chain Proof-of-Reserves (PoR) monthly.

3. What order types and execution modes are supported?

Our matching engine supports Limit, Market, Stop-Limit, Trailing Stop, Post-Only, Immediate-or-Cancel (IOC), Fill-or-Kill (FOK), and algorithmic TWAP/VWAP iceberg execution orders.

4. How fast are crypto deposits and fiat withdrawals?

Crypto deposits are credited automatically upon reaching network consensus confirmations (e.g. 1 confirmation for Bitcoin, 12 for Ethereum/ERC-20). Automated withdrawals are processed within 5 minutes under strict withdrawal whitelisting rules.

5. Does R8 Exchange provide institutional API connectivity?

Yes. We offer high-performance REST, WebSocket, and FIX 4.4 / 5.0 financial protocol endpoints with rate limits up to 10,000 requests per second and co-location options in global tier-1 financial data centers.