And waves.exchange is not getting popular among crypto traders. It seems their growth has been stagnant. They should get that amount from other activities not from the fees. Because they need to attract more traders on their exchange. How can they compete with other popular exchanges if they increase their fees? Anyway, I don't know where waves is heading but up until now, their popularity is waning.
Do you have some actual numbers on volume/users over the last years? It would be very interesting to see. The fees are higher, but still fairly low and if you pay in WX you get a discount. I don't think this is a deal breaker. I do like the waves.exchange platform, but it could use some serious clean up of the interface. It doesn't have a very user-friendly feel to it for new users.