# Polymarket to Impose Taker Fees on Nearly All Trading Categories

Polymarket, a prediction market platform, announced a major policy adjustment that, starting March 30, will impose Taker fees on nearly all trading categories for the first time. The new fee structure employs variable rates, where contracts related to cryptocurrency have peak rates of up to 1.8%, with actual fees appearing as a curve based on share prices and market dynamics. Sports, finance, politics, culture, weather, and general categories adopt lower tiered rates, while mention categories and certain economic predictions have higher peak rates of approximately 1.5%.

Notably, geopolitics is the only category completely exempt from fees, highlighting Polymarket's strategic focus on high-risk global events. This change ends Polymarket's long-standing appeal of "zero fees."