Luno fees and limits in Kenya

The following fees and limits apply for Luno accounts verified in Kenya.

Deposits and withdrawals

Deposit fees and limits

Deposit fee Deposit limits
1%

Per transaction: KSh 500 - 250,000

Daily: KSh 500,000

The fee is deducted from your deposit. In other words, your Luno KES wallet will be funded with the deposit amount minus the fee. 

Withdrawal fees and limits

Withdrawal Fee Withdrawal limits
Ksh 50.00

Per transaction: KSh 500 - 250,000

Daily: KSh 500,000

The withdrawal fee is deducted from your KES wallet if it has a sufficient balance. If there aren’t enough funds in your KES wallet to cover the withdrawal fee, the fee will be deducted from the withdrawn amount instead.

Buying and selling crypto

Instant buying or selling

These fees and limits apply when you buy or sell crypto from the Portfolio screen.

They do not apply to transactions on the Luno Exchange.

Transaction costs

Transaction type Transaction cost
Buying crypto 0%
Selling crypto 0%

Limits

These limits are applied per transaction. There is no limit on the number of transactions you can make.

Currency Minimum - Maximum Limits
KES KSh 100.00 - KSh 12,500,000
AAVE AAVE 0.001 - AAVE 45.00
ADA ADA 0.10 - ADA 32,500
ALGO ALGO 20.00 - ALGO 40,000
ANKR ANKR 65.00 - ANKR 600,000
APE APE 2.50 - APE 15,000
ARB ARB 3.50 - ARB 25,000
ATOM ATOM 0.25 - ATOM 2,000
AVAX AVAX 0.05 - AVAX 400.00
AXS AXS 0.05 - AXS 3,000
BCH BCH 0.001 - BCH 4.00
BERA BERA 0.20 - BERA 3,000
BNB BNB 0.001 - BNB 10
BTC BTC 0.000025 - BTC 0.2
CRV CRV 10.00 - CRV 15,000
DOGE DOGE 0.20 - DOGE 40,000
DOT DOT 0.30 - DOT 2,000
ENS ENS 0.05 - ENS 400.00
ETH ETH 0.001 - ETH 10.00
EURC EURC 1.00 - EURC 9,100
FET FET 2.50 - FET 25,000
GRT GRT 10.00 - GRT 80,000
HBAR HBAR 20.00 - HBAR 50,000
HNT HNT 20.00 - HNT 3,800
IMX IMX 2.00 - IMX 15,000
INJ INJ 0.10 - INJ 800.00
JUP JUP 1.50 - JUP 20,000
LDO LDO 1.50 - LDO 15,000
LINK LINK 0.001 - LINK 600.00
LRC LRC 12.00 - LRC 120,000
LTC LTC 0.001 - LTC 15.00
POL POL 1.00 - POL 40,000
NEAR NEAR 0.01 - NEAR 3,500
ONDO ONDO 1.00 - ONDO 10,000
OP OP 1.50 - OP 12,500
PAXG PAXG 0.0003 - PAXG 3.00
PYTH PYTH 5.00 - PYTH 60,000
PYUSD PYUSD 1.00 - PYUSD 10,000
RENDER RENDER 0.0005 - RENDER 2,000
S S 2.00 - S 15,000
SAND SAND 0.20 - SAND 30,000
SKY SKY 0.001 - SKY 5.00
SNX SNX 1.00 - SNX 12,500
SOL SOL 0.05 - SOL 200.00
STRK STRK 8.00 - STRK 80,000
TAO TAO 0.10 - TAO 25.00
TIA TIA 0.25 - TIA 3,500
TON TON 0.05 - BTC 6,200
TRX TRX 20.00 - TRX 35,000
UNI UNI 0.10 - UNI 1,500
USDC USDC 1.00 - USDC 50
USDT USDT 1.00 - USDT 50
VIRTUAL VIRTUAL 1.00 - BTC 10,000
XLM XLM 20.00 - XLM 35,000
XRP XRP 0.10 - XRP 3,500
ZRO ZRO 0.40 - ZRO 4,000

 

Exchange tiers and fees

The fee you pay when buying or selling crypto on the Luno Exchange depends on your total 30-day trading volume, and whether you’re placing a maker order or a taker order.

Your 30-day volume is calculated once per day by suming up all of your trading activity across all markets on the Luno Exchange platform over the last 30 days (converted to your primary currency). You are then assigned a fee tier based on this total 30-day volume according to the table below.

A taker order is an order that trades at market price. A maker order trades at a limited price.

Tier 30-day volume Taker fee Maker fee
1 KSh 0 -
KSh 1,500,000
0.10% -0.01%
2 KSh 1,500,000 -
KSh 15,000,000

0.09%
-0.01%
3 KSh 15,000,000 -
KSh 65,000,000
0.08% -0.01%
4 KSh 65,000,000 -
KSh 150,000,000
0.07% -0.02%
5 KSh 150,000,000 -
KSh 1,500,000,000
0.06% -0.02%
6 Over KSh 1,500,000,000 0.05% -0.02%

Exchange trading limits

When placing an order on the Luno Exchange, each currency pair (or market) has minimum and maximum volumes and prices you can set.

Volume refers to the size of the order you can place, applicable to all order types.

Price refers to the range within which you can specify the price for an order. It does not apply to market orders, which are automatically set at the current market price.

Crypto/fiat pairs

Market Volume Price
BTC/KES

BTC 0.00001 -

BTC 10.00

KSh 100,000 -

KSh 1,000,000,000

ETH/KES

ETH 0.00001 -

ETH 100

KSh 10,000 -

KSh 100,000,000

USDC/KES

USDC 0.10 - 

USDC 1,000,000

KSh 10.00 - 

KSh 100,000

USDT/KES

USDT 0.10 - 

USDT 1,000,000

KSh 10.00 - 

KSh 100,000

Crypto/crypto pairs

Market Volume Price
AAVE/BTC

AAVE 0.01 -

AAVE 10,000

BTC 0.0001 -

BTC 1.00

ADA/BTC

ADA 1.00 -

ADA 1,000,000

BTC 0.000001 -

BTC 0.01

ADA/USDT

ADA 0.10 -

ADA 1,000,000.00

USDT 0.01 -

USDT 100.00

ALGO/BTC

ALGO 1.00 - 

ALGO 100,000

BTC 0.000001 -

BTC 0.01

AVAX/BTC

AVAX 0.01 -

AVAX 10,000

BTC 0.0001 -

BTC 1.00

BCH/BTC

BCH 0.01 -

BCH 100.00

BTC 0.0001 -

BTC 1.00

BCH/USDT

BCH 0.001 -

BCH 1,000.00

USDT 10.00 -

USDT 100,000.00

BNB/USDT

BNB 0.001 -

BNB 1,000.00

USDT 10.00 -

USDT 100,000.00

BTC/USDC

BTC 0.0005 -

BTC 100.00

USDC 100.00 -

USDC 1,000,000

BTC/USDT

BTC 0.0005 -

BTC 100.00

USDT 100.00 -

USDT 1,000,000

CRV/BTC

CRV 1.00 -

CRV 1,000,000

BTC 0.000001 -

BTC 0.01

DOGE/USDT

DOGE 10.00 -

DOGE 10,000,000.00

USDT 0.001 -

USDT 10.00

ETH/BTC

ETH 0.01 -

ETH 1,000

BTC 0.0001 -

BTC 1.00

ETH/USDC

ETH 0.001 -

ETH 1,000

USDC 10.00 -

USDC 1,000,000

LINK/USDT

LINK 0.10 -

LINK 100,000.00

USDT 0.10 -

USDT 1,000.00

LTC/BTC

LTC 0.001 -

LTC 10,000

BTC 0.000001 -

BTC 0.10

PAXG/USDT

PAXG 0.0001 -

PAXG 100.00

USDT 100.00 -

USDT 1,000,000

POL/BTC

POL 1.00 -

POL 1,000,000

BTC 0.000001 -

BTC 0.01

S/BTC

S 1.00 -

S 100,000

BTC 0.000001 -

BTC 0.01

SOL/ADA

SOL 0.001 -

SOL 10,000

ADA 1.00 -

ADA 10,000

SOL/BTC

SOL 0.01 -

SOL 10,000

BTC 0.0001 -

BTC 1.00

SOL/XRP

SOL 0.001 -

SOL 10,000

XRP 1.00 -

XRP 10,000

TRX/USDT

TRX 0.10 -

TRX 1,000,000.00

USDT 0.01 -

USDT 100.00

USDC/USDT

USDC 0.10 -

USDC 1,000,000

USDT 0.10 -

USDT 1,000

XLM/BTC

XLM 1.00 -

XLM 100,000

BTC 0.000001 -

BTC 0.01

XLM/USDT

XLM 0.10 -

XLM 1,000,000.00

USDT 0.01 -

USDT 100.00

XRP/BTC

XRP 1.00 -

XRP 100,000

BTC 0.000001 -

BTC 0.0001

XRP/USDT

XRP 0.10 -

XRP 1,000,000

USDT 0.01 -

USDT 100.00

Sending and receiving crypto

Send fees

Luno charges a dynamic fee for crypto sends.

  • The only exception to this is XRP, which has a fixed 0.03% send fee.

You’ll always see the exact fee amount before confirming you want to proceed with the transaction.

Dynamic fee explanation

  • Blockchain fees, which are not controlled by Luno, increase and decrease depending on how much demand there is on that blockchain.
  • Your dynamic send fee is calculated based on the up-to-date blockchain fee, plus Luno’s operational costs for processing your transaction.
  • During periods of high demand, when the blockchain fee increases, the fee you pay for sending crypto increases as well. If the fee were too low, your transaction could become delayed – or even stuck indefinitely – while the blockchain’s nodes validate all the other transactions that paid them more.

Send limits

Luno may limit the amount of cryptocurrency you can send during 24-hour and 30-day rolling periods.

These limits form part of our anti-financial crime measures, and they are in line with best practices in the industry.

Note

Send limits are tailored and dynamic in nature. The table below shows the general bandwidths of limits, which are based on your identity verification level. Your actual send limit may be different.

Maximum send limits

24-hour limit 30-day limit
Maximum of USD 120,000 Maximum of USD 600,000

US dollar amounts are converted to the equivalent crypto that you’ve selected.

Tip

Learn more about crypto send limits.

Minimum send amounts

Cryptocurrency Minimum send amount
AAVE AAVE 0.000001
ADA ADA 1.1
ALGO 0.1 ALGO
ANKR ANKR 0.000001
APE APE 0.000001
ARB ARB 0.000001
ATOM ATOM 0.0001
AVAX AVAX 0.0001
AXS AXS 0.000001
BCH BCH 0.0001
BERA BERA 0.000001
BNB BNB 0.000001
BTC BTC 0.0001
CRV CRV 0.000001
DOGE DOGE 2
DOT DOT 1
DYDX DYDX 0.000001
ENS ENS 0.000001
ETH ETH 0.0001
EURC EURC 0.000001
FET FET 0.000001
FLOKI FLOKI 0.000001
FTM FTM 1
GRT GRT 0.000001
HBAR HBAR 1
HNT HNT 1
IMX IMX 0.000001
INJ INJ 0.000001
JUP JUP 0.000001
LDO LDO 0.000001
LINK LINK 0.0001
LRC LRC 0.000001
LTC LTC 0.0000546
MATIC MATIC 0.0001
MKR MKR 0.000001
NEAR NEAR 0.1
ONDO ONDO 0.000001
OP OP 0.1
PAXG PAXG 0.000001
PEPE PEPE 0.000001
PYTH PYTH 0.000001
PYUSD PYUSD 0.000001
RENDER RENDER 0.000001
S S 1
SAND SAND 0.000001
SEI SEI 0.000001
SHIB SHIB 0.000001
SKY SKY 0.000001
SNX SNX 0.000001
SOL SOL 0.01
STRK STRK 0.000001
SUI SUI 0.000001
TAO TAO 0.000001
TIA TIA 0.000001
TON TON 0.000001
TRX TRX 1
UNI UNI 0.0001
USDC USDC 0.000001
USDT USDT 0.000001
VIRTUAL VIRTUAL 0.000001
XLM XLM 1
XRP XRP 0.01
ZEC ZEC 0.0001
ZRO ZRO 0.000001

Receive fees and limits

It's free to receive cryptocurrency, except:

  • If you’re receiving Bitcoin and the amount received is lower than BTC 0.00000546, an equivalent fee will be charged to combat dusting attacks.

We’ve also set minimum receive amounts for some cryptocurrencies to help prevent dust attacks.

Cryptocurrency Minimum receive amount
ALGO ALGO 0.1
ATOM ATOM 0.06
DOGE DOGE 0.145
DOT DOT 0.05
HBAR HBAR 0.01
INJ INJ 0.001
NEAR NEAR 0.01
SOL 0.00002
TRX TRX 0.000009
XLM XLM 0.1
XRP XRP 0.001

Supported cryptocurrencies

The following cryptocurrencies are available on Luno in Kenya:

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