How to buy crypto in Hong Kong
Buying crypto from Hong Kong: which exchanges accept sign-ups, how money gets in and what the first order costs — data checked 2026-07-11.
- Verified
- 11 Jul 2026
- Sources
- Official sources cited
- Market
- en-HK
9 of the 10 exchanges this site tracks accept sign-ups from Hong Kong, and that number — not a ranking — is where buying crypto here starts. Pick from the venues below, open the account through its review page, move money in over the local rail, and price the first order before placing it. The availability comes from the same offer-eligibility data the rest of this site runs on, and the cited figures were re-checked against official sources on 2026-07-11. 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.
Every venue below accepts registrations from Hong Kong 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 | — |
| HTX | Not recorded | — |
From zero to the first order
- Pick a venue that accepts sign-ups from Hong Kong
- Open and verify the account
Begin at the Binance review here: it holds the routed referral link, the disclosure and whatever welcome terms apply. The form itself asks for an e-mail or phone number and a password; expect the usual verification pack afterwards — a government document and a selfie check — before meaningful limits unlock.
- Move money in over the local rail
Faster Payment System (FPS) — Hong Kong's real-time payment rail connecting banks and e-wallet operators, implemented by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and operated by Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited. FPS runs round the clock and supports payments in both the Hong Kong dollar and the renminbi; all banks and e-wallet operators in Hong Kong can participate. 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
Hong Kong imposes no capital gains tax and no value-added or sales tax, so retail crypto disposal gains of a capital nature are not taxed; only business trading profits sourced in Hong Kong fall under profits tax. 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 Hong Kong?
- Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) oversees retail crypto: centralised virtual asset trading platforms serving Hong Kong investors must be licensed by the SFC. SFC virtual asset trading platform (VATP) licence, granted under the Securities and Futures Ordinance for security tokens and the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Ordinance for non-security tokens; the SFC publishes a public list of formally licensed platform operators.
- Which exchanges accept sign-ups from Hong Kong?
- 9 of the 10 tracked here: Binance, Bybit, OKX, KuCoin, MEXC, CoinEx, Bitunix, BloFin, HTX. 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 Hong Kong?
- Hong Kong imposes no capital gains tax and no value-added or sales tax, so retail crypto disposal gains of a capital nature are not taxed; only business trading profits sourced in Hong Kong fall under profits tax. This is a summary of the published position, not advice for your situation.
At a glance
Key facts
- Market
- en-HK
- Verified
- 11 Jul 2026
- Data completeness
- Only figures backed by the cited sources are shown; anything we could not verify is left out.
Sources
- Hong Kong — regulator name
- Hong Kong — licensing regime
- Hong Kong — funding rail primary
- Hong Kong — funding rail note
- Hong Kong — 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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- What this page does
- guide screening with visible partner-link disclosure
- Offers covered
- No active offers in this market
- Evidence
- 12 cited sources: Hong Kong — regulator name, Hong Kong — licensing regime, Hong Kong — funding rail primary, Hong Kong — funding rail note
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