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BitCoin

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Brokers that accept Bitcoin deposits — fast across borders, and with none of the recourse that a card payment carries.

Brokers supporting BitCoin

A Bitcoin deposit is a transfer to an address the broker generates for your account. It settles in minutes to an hour depending on the fee you attach and how many confirmations the broker requires, and it works identically from any country.

What actually happens to the money

Almost no broker holds your balance in bitcoin. The incoming coins are converted to the account currency at the broker's own rate at the moment of crediting, which is not the rate you saw on an exchange when you pressed send. Between your broadcast and the required confirmations the price moves, and the difference is yours. On withdrawal the reverse conversion happens, at the broker's rate again. Two conversions plus two network fees is the real cost of the round trip, and it is usually larger than a card fee.

The risks that have no equivalent elsewhere

  • Irreversibility. A card deposit to a fraudulent site can be charged back. A bitcoin deposit cannot be recovered by anyone, which is exactly why unlicensed operators prefer it. Treat crypto-only funding as a warning sign about the broker.
  • Address errors. Paste the deposit address, never retype it, and check the first and last characters. Sending to the wrong address destroys the funds.
  • Wrong network. Sending BTC on a wrapped or layer-2 network the broker does not support has the same result.
  • Fee timing. An underpriced transaction can sit unconfirmed for hours during network congestion, and the broker credits nothing until it confirms.

Availability

Brokers regulated in the EU, the UK and Australia mostly do not accept crypto deposits: anti-money-laundering rules require a verifiable source of funds and a clear return path, and an on-chain payment supplies neither. The method is concentrated among offshore brokers. Withdrawals return to the sending wallet under the same-method rule, so keep control of the wallet you paid from — an exchange deposit address that gets rotated or closed will strand a payout.