Fees
The following fees are applicable when you buy, sell, trade, spend, deposit and withdraw with Kinesis.
- Precious metals storage fees & Transaction costs
- Kinesis Exchange fees
- Kinesis Virtual Card fees & limits
- Minting fees
- Fees for depositing physical bullion, coins and bars
Precious metals storage fees & Transaction costs
Storage fees on all fully allocated precious metals held by Kinesis are eliminated by the robust vaulting infrastructure of Kinesis’ strategic partner, ABX, and a share of global transaction fees charged across the Kinesis system.
| Store your gold (KAU) and silver (KAG) on an allocated basis with Kinesis. | 0% per annum |
| Buy or sell gold (KAU) and silver (KAG) bullion at quoted market price, via the Kinesis dashboard or the Kinesis Exchange. | 0.22% fee |
| Buy or sell gold (KAU) and silver (KAG) bullion using limit order, via the Kinesis Exchange. | 0.22% fee |
Kinesis Exchange fees
Trade execution fees
| Trade asset at current market price, via market order. | 0.22% fee |
| Trade asset, via limit order | 0.22% fee |
Withdrawal of crypto and fiat
| Currency | Withdrawal fee | Minimum withdrawal amount | Deposit minimum |
| KAG | 0 (standard 0.45% on-chain transaction fee will be charged + 100 stroops (0.00001) | 0.03 KAG | 0.00001 KAG |
| KAU | 0 (standard 0.45% on-chain transaction fee will be charged + 100 stroops (0.00001) | 0.03 KAU | 0.00001 KAU |
| KVT | Dynamic fee* | 1 KVT | 1 KVT |
| USD | $25 | $100 | $100 |
| EUR | €25 | €100 | €100 |
| GBP | £25 | £100 | £100 |
| AUD | A$25 | A$100 | Null |
| CAD | C$25 | C$100 | Null |
| SGD | S$25 | S$100 | Null |
| CHF | CHF25 | CHF100 | Null |
| AED | AED90 | AED350 | Null |
| ETH | Dynamic fee* | 0.02 ETH | 0.00042 ETH |
| BTC | Dynamic fee* | 0.0008 BTC | 0.0003 BTC |
| USDT | Dynamic fee* | 50 USDT | 0.5 USDT |
| LTC | Dynamic fee* | 0.01 LTC | 0.001 LTC |
| BCH | Dynamic fee* | 0.001 BCH | 0.0005 BCH |
| DASH | Dynamic fee* | 0.15 DASH | 0.1 DASH |
| XRP | Dynamic fee* | 10 XRP | 5 XRP |
| XLM | Dynamic fee* | 20 XLM | 10 XLM |
| XDC | Dynamic fee* | 50 XDC | 30 XDC |
| USDC | Dynamic fee* | 50 USDC | 0.5 USDC |
*Withdrawal fees vary depending on network congestion. Fees are dynamically calculated at the time of withdrawal.
Kinesis fees
| Wallet transfer fees | 0.45% fee |
| Account transfer fees | 0.45% fee |
| Transfer fees between the Account and Wallet | 0.45% fee |
Kinesis Virtual Card fees & limits
Kinesis Virtual Card fees
| Kinesis virtual card transaction fee | 0.95% |
| Trade execution fee on instant KAU, KAG or crypto transactions | 0.22% |
| Card provider transaction fee | 1% |
| Sign-up fee | $0.00 |
| Monthly fee | $0.00 |
*100% of Kinesis’ fees contribute to the Kinesis yield pool, which is distributed among Kinesis users each month.
Kinesis Virtual Card limits
| Daily spend limit | €15,000 |
| Max single transaction limit | €15,000 |
| Max number of daily POS transactions | 20 |
Minting fees
Mint deposit fees
| Mint Deposit from outside of KMS | $0 per transaction* |
| Mint Deposit from Kinesis Platform | $25 per transaction |
Mint trade execution fee
| Mint trade execution fee | 0.45% per transaction |
Transferring USD from the Kinesis Mint to Kinesis
| Withdraw from Kinesis Mint to the Kinesis platform | FREE |
| Withdraw from Kinesis Mint to the external bank account | No fee is charged from Kinesis. External banks may charge the receiver fees. |
Fees for depositing physical bullion, coins and bars
Exchanging physical for digital (EPD) – bullion
All EPD fees for bullion deposits are waived until the end of the KVT Minting Offer period.
If you currently hold gold or silver bullion you can easily bring it into Kinesis and still take advantage of the many benefits of the system. Allowing you to gain liquidity from your existing precious metals and enabling them to start earning a yield.
| Precious Metal | EPD fee |
| Gold | 0.10% |
| Silver | 0.20% |
Exchanging physical for digital (EPD) – (coins and bars) – Segregated facility
| Deposit fee | 1% |
| Segregated management fee | 2.5% p.a. |
Kinesis users wishing to deposit coins or bars will need to have their coin and/or bar collection assayed at their expense with a service provider of Kinesis’ choosing. Additionally, fees will be charged for both the delivery and cataloguing of the coin or bar holdings.
Assay, delivery and cataloguing fees are calculated on individual circumstances and we will provide a quote after the assessment.
Physical redemption fees
Physical redemption
Physical redemption is the act of withdrawing the gold and silver bullion underpinning your Kinesis gold and silver-based digital currencies.
| Currency | Withdrawal fee | Minimum physical withdrawal amount |
| KAU | 0.45% + $100 + delivery fee* | 100g Gold |
| KAG | 0.45% + $100 + delivery fee* | 200oz Silver |
* delivery fees vary between countries, however, the reach of Kinesis’ global vaulting network minimises delivery costs.
Physical redemption fees – example
| Price (example) | Withdrawn amount (minimum) | Withdrawal Fee | Redemption cost | Shipping |
| $60 per KAU (1g of gold) | 100 KAU (100g of gold) =$6000 | 0.45% of 100 KAU = 0.45 KAU(27$) | +$100 | Depending on the location |
| $30 per KAG (1oz of silver) | 200 KAG (200 oz of silver) =$6000 | 0.45% of 200 KAG = 0.9 KAG (27$) | +$100 | Depending on the location |
Physical redemption of segregated holdings deposited via EPD (Coins and bars)
Kinesis users utilising the segregated storage facility, are fully entitled to redeem the underlying gold coins and gold bars their KAU and KAG are based on, subject to withdrawal fees and minimum withdrawal requirements.
| Currency | Withdrawal fee | Minimum physical withdrawal amount |
| KAU | 0.45% + $100 + retrieval fee (if applicable) + delivery fee | Coins or bars with a fine weight of 100g of .9999 gold |
| KAG | 0.45% + $100 + retrieval fee (if applicable) + delivery fee* | Coins or bars with a fine weight of 200oz of .999 silver |
