Compare the best crypto exchanges in Italy for 2026: MiCA licences, SEPA deposits and withdrawals, fees, coins, futures and each exchange's main catch.
Accepts clients from Italy Accepts clients from Italy Accepts clients from Italy Accepts clients from Italy Accepts clients from Italy Accepts clients from Italy Accepts clients from Italy Accepts clients from Italy| Exchange | Spot assetscrypto | Futures assets | Spot feesmaker/taker | Futures feesmaker/taker | Max leverage | Italy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BitunixVisit | 546 | 520 | 0.08% / 0.1% | 0.02% / 0.06% | 200× | Yes |
| 2. CoinbaseVisit | 402 | 131 | 0.25% / 0.5% | 0.05% / 0.05% | 10× | Yes |
| 3. OKX EUVisit | 290 | 155 | 0.1% / 0.2% | 0.02% / 0.05% | 10× | Yes |
| 4. KrakenVisit | 679 | 177 | 0.4% / 0.8% | 0.02% / 0.05% | 10× | Yes |
| 5. BitvavoVisit | 427 | — | 0.15% / 0.25% | — | — | Yes |
| 6. BitpandaVisit | 575 | — | 1.49% / 1.49% | — | — | Yes |
| 7. BitbaseVisit | 385 | 753 | 0.1% / 0.1% | 0.02% / 0.06% | 150× | Yes |
| 8. Bybit EUVisit | 108 | — | 0.25% / 0.25% | — | — | Yes |
| Exchange | Spot | Futures | Options | P2P | Demo Trading | Copy Trading | Trading Bots | Loans | Lending | Staking | Debit card | Italy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BitunixVisit | Yes | |||||||||||
| 2. CoinbaseVisit | Yes | |||||||||||
| 3. OKX EUVisit | Yes | |||||||||||
| 4. KrakenVisit | Yes | |||||||||||
| 5. BitvavoVisit | Yes | |||||||||||
| 6. BitpandaVisit | Yes | |||||||||||
| 7. BitbaseVisit | Yes | |||||||||||
| 8. Bybit EUVisit | Yes |
| Exchange | Score | Founded | Headquarters | Founder | CEO | KYC | Italy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BitunixVisit | 8.4 | 2021 | Seychelles | Arron Lee | Arron Lee | No KYC | Yes |
| 2. CoinbaseVisit | 7.7 | 2012 | Remote | Brian Armstrong | Brian Armstrong | Required | Yes |
| 3. OKX EUVisit | 7.9 | 2018 | Sliema, Malta | Star Xu | Erald Ghoos | Required | Yes |
| 4. KrakenVisit | 9.3 | 2011 | San Francisco, USA | Jesse Powell | David Ripley | Required | Yes |
| 5. BitvavoVisit | 8.9 | 2018 | Amsterdam | Mark Nuvelstijn | Mark Nuvelstijn | Required | Yes |
| 6. BitpandaVisit | 6.4 | 2014 | Vienna | Christian Trummer | Eric Demuth | Required | Yes |
| 7. BitbaseVisit | 7 | 2023 | Panama City | — | — | No KYC | Yes |
| 8. Bybit EUVisit | 7.6 | 2025 | Vienna, Austria | Ben Zhou | Georg Harer | Required | Yes |
The Italy column is checked live against each exchange's restricted-country list.
Bitunix is our top pick for active traders in Italy who want low futures fees, a long coin list and high leverage, and who are comfortable using an exchange without an EU licence. For many readers the licence comes first. An exchange with a MiCA licence from any EU country is supervised by that country’s regulator and may serve customers in Italy, and MiCA’s investor protections cover you as its customer.
After the licence, look at how you move euros. SEPA transfers are the simplest route in and out, and some exchanges only let you withdraw crypto. Trading fees vary a lot across these exchanges, and so does the product range: some offer futures, others only spot trading.
Bitunix is built for active traders, with 546 coins on spot and futures on 520 coins. Futures cost 0.02% for makers and 0.06% for takers, with leverage up to 200x. That leverage multiplies losses as fast as gains. Spot trades cost 0.08% for makers and 0.1% for takers.
You can deposit euros by SEPA, card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or PayPal. Withdrawals are crypto only, so to get euros back into an Italian bank you sell to other users on its P2P market or move your coins to another exchange. KYC is optional, and unverified accounts can withdraw up to $500,000 a day.
Bitunix publishes proof of reserves and keeps funds in cold storage. It launched in 2021, is based in the Seychelles and is run by its founder and CEO, Arron Lee. Its biggest risk is that it holds no MiCA licence: none of the EU's regulators oversees the firm holding your deposits, and MiCA's investor protections don't cover you in Italy.
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For someone in Italy, Coinbase's main strength is its licence and its banking links. It serves the EU through Coinbase Luxembourg S.A., which holds a MiCA licence from Luxembourg's CSSF. You can pay in by SEPA, card or PayPal and cash out by SEPA to an Italian bank account.
Spot trading costs EU customers 0.25% on limit orders and 0.5% on market orders, which is more than most rivals here, so frequent small trades get expensive. Futures run through a CySEC-licensed company at 0.05% for makers and takers, with up to 10x leverage on 131 markets, alongside 402 spot coins. USDT and other non-MiCA stablecoins aren't offered and there are no USDC rewards, so you trade against euros or USDC.
KYC is required, and EU accounts must reach Level 3 before they can send or receive crypto. Coinbase launched in 2012, works as a remote-first company and is led by founder and CEO Brian Armstrong. In 2021, attackers took over the accounts of more than 6,000 customers, so turn on two-factor authentication and address whitelisting as soon as you open yours.
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OKX EU is OKX's European service. It is run by OKX Europe Limited under a MiCA licence from the Malta Financial Services Authority. Deposits work through SEPA, bank transfer, iDEAL, PayPal, cards and mobile wallets such as Apple Pay and Google Pay, while withdrawals go out by SEPA or crypto.
Across 290 coins, a limit order costs 0.1% and a market order costs 0.2%. That is cheaper than Coinbase or Kraken but more than Bitvavo. Futures are five-year X-Perps through OKX Europe Markets under MiFID II, costing EU customers 0.02% for makers and 0.05% for takers with up to 10x leverage, and trading bots are available if you want to automate trades.
You have to verify your identity before trading. Set up in 2018, OKX EU has its base in Sliema, Malta and Erald Ghoos as CEO, while OKX itself was founded by Star Xu. The main catch is that USDT can't be traded under MiCA, so if your coins or strategy depend on USDT, you'll have to convert first.
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Kraken has the widest crypto selection in this ranking. EU customers can trade 679 spot coins and 177 futures markets. Its EU company, Payward Europe Solutions Limited, is licensed under MiCA by the Central Bank of Ireland, and futures run through a CySEC-licensed company with up to 10x leverage.
Euros go in by SEPA, bank transfer, PayPal, debit or credit card, or Apple Pay and Google Pay, and most of those routes also work for withdrawals, SEPA included. Spot trading is expensive: you pay 0.4% when your order waits on the book and 0.8% when it fills instantly, while futures drop to just 0.02% and 0.05%. USDT and eight other stablecoins can't be traded in the EEA, so you'll mostly use euro pairs.
KYC is required, and you get staking, spot margin and published proof of reserves. Jesse Powell started Kraken in 2011; today it is headquartered in San Francisco, USA and led by CEO David Ripley. The main drawback is spot pricing: at these rates frequent buying and selling eats into your returns, so it suits holders better than frequent spot traders.
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Bitvavo is built around the euro. Most of its 427 coins trade against EUR, and SEPA deposits are free. Bitvavo B.V. is authorized under MiCA by the Netherlands' AFM, and you can cash out by SEPA straight to your Italian bank.
At 0.15% on the maker side and 0.25% on the taker side, its spot fees are among the lowest of the licensed exchanges here. Card and PayPal deposits cost around 1% or more, so SEPA is the cheaper way in. There are no futures or margin, which keeps things simple but rules Bitvavo out if you want to trade with leverage.
KYC is required, and withdrawals are capped at €25,000 a day, which slows down very large cash-outs. Bitvavo launched in 2018 in Amsterdam and is led by co-founder and CEO Mark Nuvelstijn. Its Earn staking and lending products sit outside MiCA, so the licence's protections don't extend to coins you put there.
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If you want crypto and traditional investments in one app, Bitpanda offers the most. Besides 575 crypto assets, it lists 7,758 stocks, 2,638 ETFs and 149 commodities, metals included. Bitpanda GmbH is MiCA-licensed by Austria's FMA; to fund your account you can use SEPA, a bank transfer, a card, Skrill, Neteller or Klarna, and withdrawals go out by bank transfer.
The catch is price. Standard crypto trades cost 1.49% for makers and takers, several times what Bitvavo or OKX EU charge. Fusion, its advanced trading interface, starts at 0.25% and gets cheaper with volume, so use it if you trade crypto regularly. There are no futures.
You have to verify your identity before you can deposit or trade. Bitpanda launched in 2014 in Vienna, was co-founded by Christian Trummer and is led by CEO Eric Demuth. The main risk is that it doesn't publish proof of reserves, so you can't check that customer deposits are fully backed.
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Bitbase is aimed at leveraged traders. It has futures on 753 coins, leverage up to 150x and futures fees of 0.02% on resting orders versus 0.06% on orders that fill right away. Spot covers 385 coins at 0.1% for makers and takers, and KYC is optional.
Euro funding is limited. You can buy with a card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, but there's no SEPA, and withdrawals are crypto only, so you'll need another exchange to get money back into an Italian bank account. Bitbase has no MiCA licence either: no EU authority supervises it, and the protections MiCA gives investors don't reach your account, while its FinCEN and AUSTRAC registrations are not EU oversight.
Bitbase launched in 2023 and is based in Panama City. Its founders are undisclosed, so you can't see who is accountable for the platform holding your funds. Use only bitbase.com, because bitbase.es is an unrelated Spanish company, and remember the main risk: this is a young platform with no EU oversight, so you carry the risk if it runs into trouble.
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Bybit EU has the widest choice of euro payment methods here. Money goes in through SEPA, bank transfer, Zen, PayPal, a card, Google Pay, Apple Pay and more, and comes out by SEPA, PayPal or Zen. It is run by Bybit EU GmbH, a company separate from Bybit.com, which Austria's FMA supervises under a MiCA licence.
Spot trading costs 0.25% for makers and takers, but the list has only 108 coins, the shortest in this ranking, so check that yours are there before signing up. There are no futures, though you get spot margin up to 10x and trading bots for automating spot strategies.
KYC is required. Part of the Bybit group founded by Ben Zhou, Bybit EU dates from 2025, operates out of Vienna, Austria and has Georg Harer as CEO. The main catch is the narrow range: with few coins and no futures, active traders may soon need a second exchange.
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Our editorial team selected, tested and ranked the best crypto exchanges for traders in Italy. We started with exchanges that accept users in Italy and ordered them on the whole package, weighing each exchange’s strengths against its limits rather than using a scoring formula. 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 Italy. Consob and the Bank of Italy supervise crypto firms under MiCA, the EU’s crypto rules, which replaced the old OAM registration. A MiCA licence from any EU country lets an exchange serve Italian customers. Exchanges without one are not supervised by any EU regulator, so MiCA’s protections don’t apply if you use them.
In Italy, gains from selling crypto, and income such as staking rewards, are taxed at a flat 33% from 1 January 2026 (26% before). There is no tax-free amount: the old €2,000 threshold was abolished in 2025, so gains are taxable from the first euro.
Swapping one crypto for another with the same function, such as bitcoin for ether, is not taxed at the time. You declare gains in your annual tax return (quadro RT, or quadro T in the 730), and you must also list all your crypto holdings in quadro RW, or W in the 730. 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 Agenzia delle Entrate or a tax adviser before you file.
Official sources, checked September 2026: Budget Law 2026 (Law 199/2025), Official Gazette; Budget Law 2025 (Law 207/2024), Official Gazette; Agenzia delle Entrate: circular 30/E on the tax treatment of crypto-assets; European Commission: DAC8 crypto-asset reporting.
Once you have chosen an exchange, buying Bitcoin or Ethereum in Italy takes only a few steps.
Bitunix gives active traders low futures fees, a long coin list and high leverage. It has no MiCA licence and only pays out in crypto, though, so it’s only for people who accept that trade-off. If you want an exchange supervised under MiCA, Bitvavo is the cheapest place here to buy with euros, Kraken and Coinbase add licensed futures, OKX EU sits between them on fees, Bitpanda puts stocks and ETFs next to crypto at a higher price, and Bybit EU has the most ways to move euros. Bitbase suits leveraged traders but combines no EU licence with no SEPA.
Yes. Buying, holding and trading crypto is legal in Italy. Consob and the Bank of Italy supervise crypto firms under MiCA, the EU's crypto rules, and any exchange with a MiCA licence from an EU country can serve customers in Italy.
Among the MiCA-licensed exchanges here, Bitvavo charges the least for spot trades, and its SEPA deposits are free. OKX EU comes next, while Kraken and Bitpanda charge much more for standard spot trades.
Not directly. Bitunix only lets you withdraw crypto, so you either sell to other users on its P2P market or move your coins to another exchange and cash out there.
Coinbase and Kraken offer futures to EU customers through CySEC-licensed companies, and OKX EU offers X-Perps through its MiFID II entity. All three cap leverage well below what Bitunix and Bitbase offer.
Not on Coinbase, Kraken or OKX EU, because USDT isn't approved under MiCA. On those exchanges you trade against euros or other supported pairs instead.
On the MiCA-licensed exchanges, yes: you upload a photo ID and complete a face check before trading. Bitunix and Bitbase make verification optional, but neither is supervised by an EU regulator.
