Compare the best crypto exchanges in Hungary for 2026: MiCA licences, SEPA deposits and withdrawals, fees, coins, futures and each exchange's main catch.
Accepts clients from Hungary Accepts clients from Hungary Accepts clients from Hungary Accepts clients from Hungary Accepts clients from Hungary Accepts clients from Hungary Accepts clients from Hungary| Exchange | Spot assetscrypto | Futures assets | Spot feesmaker/taker | Futures feesmaker/taker | Max leverage | Hungary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. PhemexVisit | 1,027 | 816 | 0.1% / 0.1% | 0.01% / 0.06% | 100× | Yes |
| 2. KrakenVisit | 679 | 177 | 0.4% / 0.8% | 0.02% / 0.05% | 10× | Yes |
| 3. CoinbaseVisit | 402 | 131 | 0.25% / 0.5% | 0.05% / 0.05% | 10× | Yes |
| 4. BitvavoVisit | 427 | — | 0.15% / 0.25% | — | — | Yes |
| 5. BitpandaVisit | 575 | — | 1.49% / 1.49% | — | — | Yes |
| 6. Bit2MeVisit | 192 | — | — | — | — | Yes |
| 7. BitstampVisit | 118 | — | 0.3% / 0.4% | — | 10× | Yes |
| Exchange | Spot | Futures | Options | P2P | Demo Trading | Copy Trading | Trading Bots | Loans | Lending | Staking | Debit card | Hungary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. PhemexVisit | Yes | |||||||||||
| 2. KrakenVisit | Yes | |||||||||||
| 3. CoinbaseVisit | Yes | |||||||||||
| 4. BitvavoVisit | Yes | |||||||||||
| 5. BitpandaVisit | Yes | |||||||||||
| 6. Bit2MeVisit | Yes | |||||||||||
| 7. BitstampVisit | Yes |
| Exchange | Score | Founded | Headquarters | Founder | CEO | KYC | Hungary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. PhemexVisit | 7 | 2019 | Singapore | Jack Tao | Jack Tao | No KYC | Yes |
| 2. KrakenVisit | 9.3 | 2011 | San Francisco, USA | Jesse Powell | David Ripley | Required | Yes |
| 3. CoinbaseVisit | 7.7 | 2012 | Remote | Brian Armstrong | Brian Armstrong | Required | Yes |
| 4. BitvavoVisit | 8.9 | 2018 | Amsterdam | Mark Nuvelstijn | Mark Nuvelstijn | Required | Yes |
| 5. BitpandaVisit | 6.4 | 2014 | Vienna | Christian Trummer | Eric Demuth | Required | Yes |
| 6. Bit2MeVisit | 6.1 | 2014 | Elche, Spain | Leif Ferreira, Andrei Manuel (co-founders) | Leif Ferreira, Koh Onozawa Martinez (co-CEOs since 2024) | Required | Yes |
| 7. BitstampVisit | 7.2 | 2011 | Luxembourg | Nejc Kodrič | Jean-Baptiste Graftieau | Required | Yes |
The Hungary column is checked live against each exchange's restricted-country list.
Phemex is our top pick for active traders in Hungary who want low fees, a very large coin list and high-leverage futures, though it holds no MiCA licence. For most people in Hungary, the licence matters as much as the price. A MiCA licence means an EU regulator authorizes and supervises the exchange, and the exchange must follow MiCA’s rules on how it handles and safeguards your money. A licence from any EU country lets an exchange serve customers in Hungary.
Beyond the licence, look at how you move euros in and out, what each trade costs, and whether you want futures or only spot buying. Every other exchange in this ranking holds a MiCA licence, and most of them take euro deposits by SEPA transfer.
Phemex has the biggest menu in this ranking. You get 1,027 coins on spot, futures on 816 coins with up to 100x leverage, and 35 stock tokens, along with copy trading and trading bots. The catch for someone in Hungary is that Phemex holds no MiCA licence. No EU regulator supervises the company holding your money, and MiCA's investor protections don't apply to you.
Trading is cheap: spot costs 0.1% for makers and takers, and futures cost 0.01% for limit orders and 0.06% for market orders. You can deposit euros by SEPA, card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Cashing out works only by bank transfer or crypto.
New users must verify their ID, and Phemex publishes proof of reserves, so you can check that deposits are backed. Phemex launched in 2019, is based in Singapore and is run by co-founder and CEO Jack Tao. Its main risk is security: in January 2025, attackers stole about $85 million from its hot wallets, so move coins you aren't trading to your own wallet.
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Kraken gives you a MiCA licence and futures in the same account, which suits someone in Hungary who wants to trade with leverage under EU rules. Its EU company, Payward Europe Solutions Limited, is supervised by the Central Bank of Ireland. EU customers trade 177 futures markets through a CySEC-licensed company, with leverage capped at 10x.
Euros move in and out by SEPA, and you can also use a card, PayPal or Apple Pay for deposits and withdrawals. EU customers pay 0.4% maker and 0.8% taker on spot, while futures cost just 0.02% and 0.05%. USDT and eight other stablecoins can't be traded in the EEA, so you'll mostly trade against euros.
You have to verify your ID before trading, and Kraken publishes proof of reserves and offers staking. Kraken dates back to 2011, has its headquarters in San Francisco, USA and is led by CEO David Ripley; Jesse Powell is a co-founder. The main drawback is the spot pricing, which takes a noticeable cut of small regular buys unless you use limit orders.
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Coinbase is the easiest of the big exchanges to start with, and its MiCA licence comes from Luxembourg's CSSF through Coinbase Luxembourg S.A. EU customers can trade 402 coins on spot. They can also trade futures through a CySEC-licensed company with up to 10x leverage.
You can fund your account in euros by SEPA, card or PayPal, and cash out by SEPA or SWIFT transfer. In the EU, spot trades cost 0.25% for makers and 0.5% for takers, while futures cost 0.05% whether you make or take. There's no USDT or other non-MiCA stablecoin and no USDC rewards, so stablecoin savers get less here.
You verify your ID at sign-up, and Coinbase keeps most assets in cold storage. It started in 2012, has no fixed headquarters, and its CEO, Brian Armstrong, also co-founded the company. In 2021, attackers got into more than 6,000 customer accounts, so turn on two-factor authentication before you deposit.
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Bitvavo is built around the euro, which makes spot buying simple for someone in Hungary. It holds a MiCA licence through Bitvavo B.V., supervised by the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). Most of its 427 coins trade directly against EUR.
SEPA deposits are free, and you can also pay by card, PayPal, Apple Pay or EPS, though card and PayPal deposits carry a fee. Spot trades cost 0.15% for makers and 0.25% for takers, the lowest spot rates of the MiCA-licensed exchanges in this ranking. There are no futures or margin, so you'll need another exchange for leverage.
Verification is required, and the basic level caps withdrawals at €25,000 a day, which can slow down large cash-outs by SEPA. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Amsterdam, Bitvavo is led by its co-founder and CEO Mark Nuvelstijn. Its staking and lending sit outside MiCA, so coins you put into Earn don't get the protection your trading balance does.
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Bitpanda suits you if you want crypto and traditional investments under one MiCA licence. Bitpanda GmbH is supervised by the Austrian Financial Market Authority (FMA). Alongside 575 coins, you can buy 7,758 stock tokens, 2,638 ETFs and precious metals.
You can fund your account by SEPA, bank transfer, card, Skrill, Neteller or Klarna, and cash out by bank transfer. Standard trades cost 1.49% for makers and takers, which gets expensive if you trade often. Bitpanda Fusion, its advanced trading screen, starts at 0.25% and gets cheaper with volume, but there are no futures.
Verification is required before you deposit, and verified accounts can withdraw up to €5,000,000 a day. Co-founded by Christian Trummer in 2014, Bitpanda has its home base in Vienna, and Eric Demuth serves as CEO. There's no published proof of reserves, which leaves you unable to verify for yourself that customer holdings are fully backed.
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For a smaller, Spain-supervised option, Bit2Me holds its MiCA licence through Bitcoinforme S.L. under the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV). That gives it the same EU oversight as the larger names here. The coin list is smaller, with 192 coins across 210 trading pairs.
Bit2Me sticks to spot trading, with no futures, so it fits buying and holding rather than leverage. It also offers a debit card and has its own token, B2M.
Identity verification is required, and the exchange keeps coins in cold storage. Bit2Me, set up in 2014 and based in Elche, Spain, was founded by Leif Ferreira and Andrei Manuel; today Leif Ferreira and Koh Onozawa Martinez lead it as co-CEOs. Without a published proof of reserves, you have no public way to confirm that customer deposits are fully backed.
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Bitstamp has one of the longest track records in crypto and a MiCA licence from Luxembourg's CSSF, held by Bitstamp Europe S.A. EU customers can also trade 20 perpetual futures markets through a Slovenian MiFID company. Leverage on those markets is capped at 10x.
SEPA deposits are free, but SEPA withdrawals cost €3, and you can also fund or cash out by card, PayPal, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Spot trading for EU customers costs 0.3% as a maker and 0.4% as a taker, with 118 coins to choose from. USDT, DAI, PYUSD and WBTC can't be traded, so your stablecoin choices are limited.
ID verification is required, with daily withdrawal limits of $50,000 at the first level and $250,000 after proof of residence. Bitstamp opened in 2011, operates from Luxembourg and has Jean-Baptiste Graftieau as CEO; Nejc Kodrič is a co-founder, and Robinhood has owned it since June 2025. It lost about 19,000 BTC from its hot wallet in a 2015 phishing attack, and because it publishes no proof of reserves, there's no way to check that customer deposits are fully backed.
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Our editorial team selected, tested and ranked the best crypto exchanges for traders in Hungary. We started with exchanges that accept users in Hungary and ordered them on the whole package they offer. The order is our editors’ judgment of that package, while the CWR Score on each card rates the exchange on its own, so an exchange placed lower can carry a higher score.
Yes, buying, holding and trading crypto is legal in Hungary. The Central Bank of Hungary (Magyar Nemzeti Bank, MNB) is Hungary’s authority under MiCA, the EU’s crypto rulebook. An exchange licensed under MiCA in any EU country can serve customers in Hungary, and it stays under the supervision of its home regulator. Exchanges without a MiCA licence are not supervised by any EU regulator, so MiCA’s protections don’t cover the money you hold with them.
Hungary taxes crypto profits at 15% personal income tax once you turn crypto into money or use it to buy goods or services. Swapping one crypto for another is tax-free. The profit is worked out for the whole year: what you received from those transactions minus what you spent that year buying crypto and on fees.
Small transactions are exempt if each brings in no more than 10% of the minimum wage, you have no other such transaction that day, and the year’s total stays within one month’s minimum wage. You report crypto income on your annual personal income tax return, and a reported loss can later reduce the crypto tax you pay. Under the EU’s DAC8 rules, crypto providers record their customers’ transactions from 2026 and report them to tax authorities, with the first reports due in 2027.
This is a general overview, not tax advice. Tax rules change and depend on your situation, so check with the National Tax and Customs Administration (NAV) or a tax adviser before you file.
Official sources, checked September 2026: NAV: guide to the 2025 personal income tax return (25SZJA); NAV: how we pay tax this year (January 2026); NAV: taxation of income from crypto transactions; European Commission: DAC8 crypto-asset reporting.
Once you’ve picked an exchange, buying Bitcoin or Ethereum in Hungary takes only a few steps.
Phemex gives active traders the lowest fees, the widest coin list and the most leverage here, but it holds no MiCA licence, so no EU regulator watches over your money there. If you want EU oversight, Kraken and Coinbase add futures to a MiCA licence, and Bitstamp does the same with free SEPA deposits. Bitvavo is the cheapest licensed option for simple euro spot buying. Bitpanda suits investors who also want stocks and ETFs, and Bit2Me offers a smaller, Spain-supervised alternative.
Yes. Buying, holding and trading crypto is legal in Hungary. The Central Bank of Hungary (Magyar Nemzeti Bank, MNB) is Hungary's authority under MiCA, and any exchange with a MiCA licence from an EU country can serve customers here.
Phemex charges the least on spot trades in this ranking, but it has no MiCA licence. Among the MiCA-licensed exchanges, Bitvavo has the lowest standard spot fees.
Yes. Kraken, Coinbase and Bitstamp offer futures to EU customers through separately licensed companies, with leverage capped at ten times. Bitvavo, Bitpanda and Bit2Me offer spot trading only, with no futures.
The usual way is a SEPA transfer in euros, which Phemex, Kraken, Coinbase, Bitvavo, Bitpanda and Bitstamp all accept. Cards, PayPal, Apple Pay and other methods are also available on several of them, often for a higher fee.
USDT is not compliant with MiCA, so MiCA-licensed exchanges such as Kraken, Coinbase and Bitstamp can't offer it to EU customers. You trade against euros or MiCA-compliant coins instead.
Phemex publishes proof of reserves and requires ID verification, but it holds no MiCA licence, so no EU regulator supervises it. In January 2025, attackers stole about 85 million dollars from its hot wallets, so keep only your trading funds on the exchange.
