Ethereum

Ethereum (ETH) is accepted by a smaller set of brokers than USDT but appears wherever crypto funding is offered at all. Unlike a stablecoin, ETH is a volatile asset, and that single fact drives most of what a trader needs to know about using it to fund an account.

Price risk between send and credit

A broker credits your account in its base currency at the rate applying when the deposit is confirmed, not when you clicked send. On a chain where confirmation takes minutes and ETH can move a percent or more in that window, the credited amount will differ from what you calculated. In a falling market that difference works against you. Traders who want crypto rails without this exposure use a stablecoin instead.

Fees and networks

Ethereum mainnet fees vary with network demand and can exceed the value of a small deposit outright. Some brokers accept ETH on layer-2 networks such as Arbitrum or Base at a fraction of the cost, but support is inconsistent and sending to a mainnet address from a layer 2 loses the funds. Confirm the exact network on the deposit page rather than assuming.

Speed and limits

Deposits usually credit within minutes after the required confirmations. Minimum deposits are set to keep the network fee proportionate. Maximums follow the broker's risk policy.

Withdrawals and compliance

Withdrawals go to a wallet address you register, and brokers apply the same source-of-funds and identity checks to crypto that they apply to bank transfers. Many now screen incoming addresses against sanctions and mixer databases, so funds arriving from a privacy tool or a flagged exchange can freeze an account at the compliance stage. Deposit from a mainstream exchange account in your own name, and keep the withdrawal record — ProForexBrokers.com sees frozen crypto deposits far more often than frozen card deposits, almost always for this reason.