So the good news is that the taker fee is dropping from 0.075% to 0.05%. Now the commissions for opening a trade look very tasty compared to other derivatives exchanges. And the bad news is that the positive maker's commission has been greatly reduced, which was -0.025% earlier, and now it will be -0.01%, which is certainly not encouraging.
Not sure about what this move sets out to achieve.
Isn't the whole point of an exchange offering rebates trying to encourage liquidity in the orderbooks? With this move, they're essentially decreasing the incentive of doing so.
And I don't even think this is the best way to raise revenue. Their net margins have decreased as a result of this move.
But fair enough, it's a move to align with Deribit and other players who are also offering the -0.01%/0.05% fee structure it seems.