What Are Gas Fees for Institutional Custodians and Centralized Exchanges?

Key Takeaways Gas fees represent an aggregate operational cost for custodians and exchanges, driven primarily by deposit sweeping,hot/cold wallet rebalancing, and client withdrawals rather than trading volume alone. Left unmanaged, small per-transaction network costs compound at scale. Implementation of automated batching, Layer 2 routing, and dynamic gas policies reduces network overhead without requiring engineering expansion. […]