How to buy crypto in the United Kingdom
Buying crypto from the United Kingdom: which exchanges accept sign-ups, how money gets in and what the first order costs — data checked 2026-07-11.
- Verified
- 11 Jul 2026
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Buying crypto from the United Kingdom comes down to four decisions: which venue will actually take your sign-up, how your money gets onto it, what the first order costs, and what record you keep for tax time. Of the 10 exchanges this site tracks, 9 currently accept registrations here — the table below names each one, from the same offer-eligibility data every page of this site enforces, so this guide will not send you to a platform that rejects your country at the identity step. Every cited figure was re-checked against its official source on 2026-07-11.
Every venue below accepts registrations from the United Kingdom today, per the offer-eligibility data this whole site enforces. The fee column is the published entry-tier spot taker rate where our dataset holds a cited figure; "Not recorded" means exactly that — a statement about our dataset, not about the exchange. Availability moves; the date above is the last check. Where a value is not published at all, this page says so instead of estimating it, because a missing number is itself useful information about transparency.
| Venue | Spot taker fee | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Binance | 0.100% | binance.com |
| Bybit | 0.1000% | bybit.com |
| OKX | 0.35% | okx.com |
| KuCoin | 0.10% | kucoin.com |
| MEXC | 0.0500% | api.mexc.com |
| CoinEx | 0.20% | coinex.com |
| Bitunix | 0.10% | bitunix.com |
| BloFin | Not recorded | — |
| Bitget | Not recorded | — |
From zero to the first order
- Pick a venue that accepts sign-ups from the United Kingdom
- Open and verify the account
Start from the Binance review on this site — it carries the tracked referral route, the commission disclosure and the current welcome terms. Registration wants an e-mail or phone number and a password; the identity check that follows is the standard pack, a government ID plus a liveness photo, and limits stay tight until it clears.
- Move money in over the local rail
Faster Payments (FPS) is the dominant GBP deposit rail — near-instant bank-to-bank transfers between UK accounts. Faster Payments settles quicker than the legacy BACS and CHAPS systems, with per-transfer limits set by individual banks. Check the rail's own charge as well as the exchange's deposit fee — they are separate costs and only one of them is on the fee page.
- Price the first order before placing it
Entry-tier spot taker on Binance is published at 0.100%. Run your own trade size through the fee calculator linked below before the first order — the fee schedule, not the interface, is what you pay for.
- Keep the tax picture in view
HMRC treats gains from selling, exchanging or giving away cryptoasset tokens as subject to Capital Gains Tax for individuals, above an annual tax-free allowance. Export your trade history while you still have access to it — reconstructing a year of activity later costs far more than saving a file today.
- Who oversees crypto purchases in the United Kingdom?
- The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) supervises firms carrying on cryptoasset activity in the United Kingdom under the anti-money-laundering regime. Cryptoasset firms doing business in the UK must hold FCA cryptoasset registration under the Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs) before providing in-scope services.
- Which exchanges accept sign-ups from the United Kingdom?
- 9 of the 10 tracked here: Binance, Bybit, OKX, KuCoin, MEXC, CoinEx, Bitunix, BloFin, Bitget. Availability is enforced from the same eligibility data as the rest of this site and changes over time; the table above carries the last-checked date.
- How are crypto gains treated in the United Kingdom?
- HMRC treats gains from selling, exchanging or giving away cryptoasset tokens as subject to Capital Gains Tax for individuals, above an annual tax-free allowance. This is a summary of the published position, not advice for your situation.
At a glance
Key facts
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- Verified
- 11 Jul 2026
- Data completeness
- Only figures backed by the cited sources are shown; anything we could not verify is left out.
Sources
- United Kingdom — regulator name
- United Kingdom — licensing regime
- United Kingdom — funding rail note
- United Kingdom — tax note
- Binance official pages
- Bybit official pages
- OKX official pages
- KuCoin official pages
- MEXC official pages
- CoinEx official pages
- Bitunix official pages
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