How Can CoinEx Token CET Holders Benefit From the CoinEx Ecosystem?

CET holders can use the token across trading, staking, VIP tiers, margin borrowing, promotions, and CoinEx Smart Chain. CoinEx’s published fee schedule shows spot fees at 0.2000% for VIP0, falling to 0.1600% when CET deduction is used—a 20% reduction. VIP5 lists 0.1000% and 0.0800% respectively. CoinEx issued 10 billion CET and reported 7.51 billion burned by July 2, 2026, with 2.45 billion remaining. The June 2026 burn removed another 27.25 million CET. Holders can also stake CET with no service fee, receive daily on-chain rewards, and use CET as CSC gas for blockchain transactions.

CET was introduced in January 2018 and later became the native asset of CoinEx Smart Chain after CSC launched in 2021. Its role now covers centralized trading services and on-chain activity rather than depending on a single exchange feature. A holder can pay eligible spot trading fees with CET, meet CET-based VIP requirements, stake CET, use it for CSC gas, and qualify for selected CoinEx campaigns.

Trading fees provide the easiest place to quantify the difference. CoinEx’s fee schedule, updated September 11, 2025, lists the following spot rates; VIP status can be reached through CET holdings, account assets, 30-day spot volume, or 30-day futures volume, so CET is one route rather than the only route.

VIP level	CET holding threshold	Standard spot fee	Spot fee with CET
VIP0	0 CET	0.2000%	0.1600%
VIP1	2,000 CET	0.1800%	0.1440%
VIP2	10,000 CET	0.1600%	0.1280%
VIP3	50,000 CET	0.1400%	0.1120%
VIP4	250,000 CET	0.1200%	0.0960%
VIP5	1,000,000 CET	0.1000%	0.0800%

The CET deduction cuts each listed spot rate by 20%. At VIP0, $1 million of eligible executed spot volume at 0.2000% corresponds to $2,000 in fees before the deduction and $1,600 at 0.1600%, a $400 difference. At VIP5, the same $1 million corresponds to $1,000 at 0.1000% or $800 at 0.0800%. Futures markets do not use the CET fee-deduction feature, although VIP rates can still apply under CoinEx’s separate futures fee structure.

A CET balance can affect two parts of the fee calculation at the same time: the holding amount may qualify an account for a VIP tier, while CET deduction can lower the eligible spot rate again.

The thresholds show how the effect changes by account size. Moving from VIP0 to VIP3 through CET holdings requires 50,000 CET and lowers the standard spot fee from 0.2000% to 0.1400%; enabling CET deduction then brings it to 0.1120%. The difference between 0.2000% and 0.1120% is 0.088 percentage points, equal to $880 per $1 million of executed volume under a simple fee calculation.

Fee use is only one part of the holding model. CoinEx also lists daily margin-borrowing interest discounts, upgraded referral rebate ratios of up to 40%, VIP service privileges, and access to selected promotional programs among CET-related services. Conditions vary by account tier and campaign, so a CET balance should be compared with the current eligibility page rather than an older promotional announcement.

Staking adds a separate use for CET that does not depend on trading volume. CoinEx currently supports CET alongside ETH, SOL, ADA, TRX, DOT, and SUI in its staking service. Rewards begin to be calculated after staking takes effect, are settled hourly, and are distributed to the spot account around 00:30 UTC on the following day.

CET has one notable fee difference inside CoinEx Staking Earn: CoinEx states that CET staking currently carries 0% service fee, while rewards from other supported staking assets are generally charged a 10% service fee. If two positions each generated 100 units of gross staking rewards under those fee assumptions, a CET position would retain 100 CET before other considerations, while a token subject to the 10% service fee would retain 90 units.

The staking rate itself is not fixed. CoinEx states that the displayed APY depends on on-chain block rewards and the total amount staked on the network. Its documentation gives a sample in which 100,000 CET of valid stake produces 10 CET in one day; annualizing the daily figure gives 3.65%, while 1,000 CET at the same rate would produce about 0.1 CET per day before rate changes.

Redemption is available once the minimum amount is met, but tokens stop producing staking rewards after a redemption request is submitted. CoinEx says unlocking periods vary by asset and are typically between 1 and 28 days.

CET also operates outside the exchange account through CoinEx Smart Chain. CSC uses a Proof-of-Stake structure, and CET serves as the chain’s native gas asset. Transfers and smart-contract interactions therefore require CET for network fees, giving holders a functional use when moving assets or interacting with applications on CSC. The chain role has existed since CSC’s 2021 development, several years after CET’s 2018 launch.

Supply management adds another measurable component. The original issuance was 10 billion CET. CoinEx’s current agreement allocates 20% of daily trading-fee income to CET repurchases, with purchased CET burned at the end of each calendar month; CoinEx says the process is intended to continue until CET is reduced to zero. The allocation was retained after a March 12, 2021 policy update covering the period after supply fell below 3 billion CET.

The 2026 records show how much the monthly amount can differ. CoinEx burned 9,493,423.07 CET in the March cycle, valued at $282,815.81 at the reported burn point. May’s cycle removed 16,164,860.83 CET with a reported market amount of $396,638.39, while June removed 27,249,214.05 CET worth $465,774.18. June’s token count was about 68.6% higher than May’s.

Reported date	Total CET burned	CET remaining
April 2, 2026	7.45457 billion	2.50614 billion
June 2, 2026	7.48340 billion	2.47731 billion
July 2, 2026	7.51065 billion	2.45006 billion

By July 2, 2026, reported cumulative burns were equal to about 75.11% of the original 10 billion issuance. CoinEx also reported cumulative repurchases of 2,429,668,418.24 CET by that date. Burn transactions and repurchase records are published by the platform, allowing holders to compare monthly figures rather than relying on an annual estimate.

The relationship between platform fees and repurchases is worth separating from market price. Higher trading-fee income can increase the dollar amount assigned under the 20% policy, but the number of CET bought also depends on the token price during purchases. June 2026 therefore removed 27.25 million CET, while March removed only 9.49 million; a fixed 20% allocation does not produce a fixed monthly token count.

CET holdings can also be counted toward VIP status without depending entirely on exchange-held balances. CoinEx documentation states that a bound external CET address can be combined with the account’s CET balance when calculating the applicable VIP level. A user holding 10,000 CET, for example, meets the published CET threshold for VIP2, while 50,000 CET corresponds to VIP3 and 250,000 CET to VIP4 under the current schedule.

Promotional access forms another use, although it is less predictable than a published fee percentage. CoinEx states that CET holders may receive qualifications for selected airdrops, project-related programs, and platform promotions. Unlike the fixed 20% spot-fee deduction shown in the fee schedule, participation requirements can differ by event, holding period, account status, and available allocation.

For a frequent spot trader, the measurable comparison is therefore broader than CET’s market price alone. A VIP3 account using CET deduction has a published 0.1120% spot rate rather than VIP0’s standard 0.2000%; a staking participant currently pays 0% CET staking service fee rather than the 10% generally charged on rewards from other supported assets; and a CSC user can spend the same asset on network gas.

Those uses still depend on actual activity. Someone with little spot volume may save only a small dollar amount from a 20% fee reduction, while a high-volume account can apply the lower rate repeatedly. Someone staking CET needs to account for changing APY and a redemption period that may run from 1 to 28 days, while CSC users need CET available outside ordinary trading activity to pay gas.

CoinEx’s June 11, 2026 proof-of-reserves snapshot adds another data point for users assessing exchange-held CET. The report listed 649,312,809.89 CET in on-chain assets against 631,827,437.25 CET in user balances, a reported CET reserve ratio of 102.76% at the snapshot time. The same report stated that CoinEx maintains a 1:1 reserve policy for user assets; reserve figures remain point-in-time measurements and should be read with their stated snapshot date.

For holders comparing available functions, the numbers can be checked separately: 0.1600% versus 0.2000% at VIP0 spot trading, 2,000 CET for VIP1, 10,000 CET for VIP2, 0% current CET staking service fee, 20% of daily trading-fee income assigned to repurchases, and 7.51 billion CET reported burned by July 2, 2026. Each figure belongs to a different part of the CoinEx ecosystem, so actual use depends on whether the holder trades, stakes, borrows, joins eligible promotions, or uses CSC.