Compare the best crypto exchanges in Spain for 2026: MiCA licences, SEPA deposits and withdrawals, fees, coins, futures and each exchange's main catch.
Accepts clients from Spain Accepts clients from Spain Accepts clients from Spain Accepts clients from Spain Accepts clients from Spain Accepts clients from Spain Accepts clients from Spain Accepts clients from Spain| Exchange | Spot assetscrypto | Futures assets | Spot feesmaker/taker | Futures feesmaker/taker | Max leverage | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BitvavoVisit | 427 | — | 0.15% / 0.25% | — | — | Yes |
| 2. CoinbaseVisit | 402 | 131 | 0.25% / 0.5% | 0.05% / 0.05% | 10× | Yes |
| 3. BitpandaVisit | 575 | — | 1.49% / 1.49% | — | — | Yes |
| 4. KrakenVisit | 679 | 177 | 0.4% / 0.8% | 0.02% / 0.05% | 10× | Yes |
| 5. OKX EUVisit | 290 | 155 | 0.1% / 0.2% | 0.02% / 0.05% | 10× | Yes |
| 6. Bit2MeVisit | 192 | — | — | — | — | Yes |
| 7. BitstampVisit | 118 | — | 0.3% / 0.4% | — | 10× | Yes |
| 8. BitunixVisit | 546 | 520 | 0.08% / 0.1% | 0.02% / 0.06% | 200× | Yes |
| Exchange | Spot | Futures | Options | P2P | Demo Trading | Copy Trading | Trading Bots | Loans | Lending | Staking | Debit card | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BitvavoVisit | Yes | |||||||||||
| 2. CoinbaseVisit | Yes | |||||||||||
| 3. BitpandaVisit | Yes | |||||||||||
| 4. KrakenVisit | Yes | |||||||||||
| 5. OKX EUVisit | Yes | |||||||||||
| 6. Bit2MeVisit | Yes | |||||||||||
| 7. BitstampVisit | Yes | |||||||||||
| 8. BitunixVisit | Yes |
| Exchange | Score | Founded | Headquarters | Founder | CEO | KYC | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. BitvavoVisit | 8.9 | 2018 | Amsterdam | Mark Nuvelstijn | Mark Nuvelstijn | Required | Yes |
| 2. CoinbaseVisit | 7.7 | 2012 | Remote | Brian Armstrong | Brian Armstrong | Required | Yes |
| 3. BitpandaVisit | 6.4 | 2014 | Vienna | Christian Trummer | Eric Demuth | Required | Yes |
| 4. KrakenVisit | 9.3 | 2011 | San Francisco, USA | Jesse Powell | David Ripley | Required | Yes |
| 5. OKX EUVisit | 7.9 | 2018 | Sliema, Malta | Star Xu | Erald Ghoos | 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 |
| 8. BitunixVisit | 8.4 | 2021 | Seychelles | Arron Lee | Arron Lee | No KYC | Yes |
The Spain column is checked live against each exchange's restricted-country list.
Bitvavo is our top pick for most people in Spain, especially beginners and long-term buyers who want free SEPA deposits, euro trading pairs and a regulated spot exchange. Start by checking the licence. A MiCA licence means an EU regulator supervises the company holding your money and MiCA’s investor protections apply to you. An exchange licensed under MiCA in any EU country can serve you in Spain.
After that, look at how you move euros in and out, what each trade costs and whether you need futures or only spot. Every exchange here except Bitunix holds a MiCA licence. Costs vary widely, from cheap futures at Kraken and Coinbase to steep spot charges at Bitpanda.
Bitvavo is the simplest euro-first exchange here, with 427 coins that are mostly paired directly with the euro. You buy without converting into a stablecoin first. It holds a MiCA licence in the Netherlands, where it is based, and that licence covers customers in Spain.
Funding from Spain is cheap and easy. SEPA deposits are free, and you can also pay by card, PayPal or Apple Pay, though cards and PayPal carry a fee. You cash out by SEPA to your bank or by crypto withdrawal, and Bitvavo Earn adds staking and lending with weekly payouts.
Spot trades cost 0.15% for makers and 0.25% for takers, and you must verify your ID before trading. Bitvavo launched in 2018 in Amsterdam and is run by CEO Mark Nuvelstijn, who co-founded it. The main catch is that there are no futures or margin at all, so if you want leverage you'll need a second account elsewhere.
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Coinbase puts spot and futures in one app under a MiCA licence, with 402 coins on spot and perpetual futures on 131 coins. EU customers get futures leverage of up to 10x and pay 0.05% for makers and takers alike, which is cheap.
You can fund your account from Spain by SEPA, card or PayPal, and you withdraw euros by SEPA to your bank. Spot trading is the expensive side: EU customers pay 0.25% as a maker and 0.5% as a taker, more than Bitvavo charges. Staking is available on coins you hold.
Verification is required, and in the EU you must reach Level 3 before you can send or receive crypto and give your tax residency and tax identification number. Coinbase launched in 2012, was co-founded by Brian Armstrong, who is still CEO, and has no single head office. Its weak spot is account security: in 2021 more than 6,000 customers had their accounts compromised, so turn on two-factor authentication and address whitelisting from day one.
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Bitpanda suits you if you want crypto, stocks and funds in one app. Alongside 575 coins it lists 7,758 stock tokens, 2,638 ETFs and 149 commodities, including precious metals. It is licensed under MiCA, and its Crypto Index lets you buy a basket of large coins that gets rebalanced for you every month.
You can put euros in through SEPA, bank transfer, cards, Skrill, Neteller or Klarna, and cash out by bank transfer or crypto. The trade-off is cost, because the standard app charges 1.49% for makers and takers, many times Bitvavo's rate. Active traders can switch to Bitpanda Fusion, where fees start at 0.25% and fall with volume.
Verification is mandatory before you deposit, and there are no futures, though margin trading goes up to 10x. Founded in 2014, Bitpanda is based in Vienna; Christian Trummer is one of its co-founders, and Eric Demuth serves as CEO. Its main weakness is that it publishes no proof of reserves, so you can't check for yourself that customer holdings are fully backed.
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Kraken has the widest spot selection here, with 679 coins, and it adds margin and futures on 177 coins, all under a MiCA licence. EU customers get futures leverage of up to 10x. On futures, makers are charged 0.02% while takers pay 0.05%.
From Spain you can deposit by SEPA, card, PayPal, Apple Pay or Google Pay, and you withdraw euros by SEPA. Kraken publishes proof of reserves, letting you confirm that customer deposits are backed, and its support team is available around the clock. Staking, a demo account and the Kraken Pro platform with advanced charts complete the offer.
On the standard fee schedule, a spot maker pays 0.4% and a spot taker pays 0.8%, and you'll need to verify your ID. Kraken dates back to 2011 and has its headquarters in San Francisco, USA; its co-founders include Jesse Powell, and David Ripley is CEO. The main catch is those spot fees: if you mostly buy and hold, you'll pay noticeably more per trade than on Bitvavo.
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OKX EU is OKX's European service, run by OKX Europe Limited in Malta under a MiCA licence. You get spot trading, trading bots and futures from one account. Spot covers 290 coins, and futures come as five-year X-Perps through OKX Europe Markets under MiFID II rules, with up to 10x leverage.
Funding in euros is flexible. You can deposit by SEPA, bank transfer, card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or PayPal, and you cash out by SEPA or crypto. Staking, lending and a debit card are also on offer, so you can earn on idle coins or spend them.
Spot trading costs 0.1% as a maker or 0.2% as a taker, futures run 0.02% and 0.05% on the same split, and you must verify your ID. OKX EU launched in 2018, is headquartered in Sliema, Malta and is led by CEO Erald Ghoos, within the OKX group co-founded by Star Xu. The main catch is that USDT can't be traded, so anyone used to trading against USDT has to switch to other pairs.
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Bit2Me is the only exchange here based in Spain, and it operates under a MiCA licence. That suits you if you would rather deal with a company in your own country.
It offers spot trading on 192 coins across 210 trading pairs, plus a debit card for spending your crypto and its own token, B2M. There are no futures, so it fits buying and holding rather than leveraged trading. Customer coins are kept in cold storage, away from online attacks.
Identity verification is required before you trade. Bit2Me was co-founded in 2014 by Leif Ferreira and Andrei Manuel and is run from Elche, Spain by co-CEOs Leif Ferreira and Koh Onozawa Martinez. Its main weakness is the lack of proof of reserves, which leaves you no independent way to confirm that customer deposits are fully backed.
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Bitstamp brings one of the longest track records here, trading since 2011. Alongside its MiCA licence it holds a long list of other licences. Robinhood bought it in 2024, and a Big Four accounting firm audits it every year, which adds outside checks on its books.
SEPA deposits are free and SEPA withdrawals cost €3, and you can also top up your account with a card, PayPal, Apple Pay and Google Pay. Spot covers 118 coins with euro pairs. EU customers also get 20 futures markets with up to 10x leverage, plus staking and lending.
Spot fees begin at 0.3% on maker orders and 0.4% on taker orders, dropping as your trading volume grows. Verification is mandatory, with daily withdrawals up to $50,000, or $250,000 after proof of residence. Bitstamp's base is Luxembourg; Nejc Kodrič co-founded it, and Jean-Baptiste Graftieau now leads it as CEO. In 2015 a phishing attack stole about 19,000 BTC from its hot wallet, a reminder that coins held on any exchange carry risk.
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Bitunix is built for active traders. It offers futures on 520 coins with up to 200x leverage, copy trading and a demo account, while spot orders are charged 0.08% on the maker side and 0.1% on the taker side. It holds no MiCA licence, so no EU regulator supervises the company holding your money and MiCA's investor protections don't apply to you in Spain.
Euro deposits work by SEPA, bank transfer, card, PayPal, Google Pay and Apple Pay, but direct withdrawals are crypto only. To get euros back into a Spanish bank, you sell through its P2P market, where SEPA transfers are made with other users, or move your coins to another exchange first. Bitunix publishes proof of reserves and also lists 175 stock tokens.
Futures trades are charged 0.02% when you place a limit order that waits on the book and 0.06% when you fill at market price. Verification is optional, and unverified accounts can withdraw up to $500,000 a day. Bitunix launched in 2021, is based in the Seychelles and is run by co-founder and CEO Arron Lee. The main risk is very high leverage on an unlicensed platform: a small price move can wipe out your position, and no EU regulator steps in if something goes wrong.
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Our editorial team selected, tested and ranked the best crypto exchanges for traders in Spain. We started with exchanges that accept users in Spain and then weighed each one’s whole package. The order reflects our editors’ overall judgment of that package. The CWR Score on each card rates the exchange on its own, which is why a lower-placed exchange can carry a higher score.
Yes, buying, holding and trading crypto is legal in Spain. The CNMV (Spain’s securities regulator) is Spain’s authority for MiCA licences. Before MiCA, crypto firms registered with the Bank of Spain (Banco de España), and that registration has been replaced by MiCA licensing. An exchange holding a MiCA licence from any EU country can serve customers in Spain, while exchanges without one are not supervised by an EU regulator.
In Spain, a profit from selling crypto, or from swapping one crypto for another, is a capital gain taxed with your other savings income at 19% to 30%: 19% on the first €6,000, rising in bands to 30% above €300,000. There is no tax-free allowance or holding-period exemption, and losses can be set against gains and, within limits, carried forward for four years.
Staking rewards are taxed as investment income in the same bands, at their euro value when you receive them. Gains go in your annual income tax return (Modelo 100), and if you hold more than €50,000 of crypto with providers abroad on 31 December, you must also file the Modelo 721 information return. 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 Agencia Tributaria or a tax adviser before you file.
Official sources, checked September 2026: Agencia Tributaria: tax on buying and selling virtual currencies (Renta 2025 manual); Agencia Tributaria: Modelo 721 questions and answers (updated September 2026); Personal Income Tax Law 35/2006, consolidated text (BOE); European Commission: DAC8 crypto-asset reporting.
Getting your first Bitcoin or Ethereum in Spain takes little more than an exchange account and a transfer from your bank.
For most people in Spain, Bitvavo is the easiest place to start. It combines a MiCA licence, free SEPA deposits, low spot fees and a large list of euro-paired coins, though it has no futures. If you want futures under an EU licence, Kraken and Coinbase offer low futures fees, and OKX EU adds trading bots. Bitpanda suits you if you also want stocks and ETFs and can accept higher fees. Bit2Me is the choice for a Spanish company, and Bitstamp offers a long track record. Bitunix has the lowest fees and the most leverage, but it holds no MiCA licence, so you give up EU supervision and protections.
Yes. Buying, holding and trading crypto is legal in Spain. The CNMV, Spain's securities regulator, is the authority for MiCA licences, and any exchange with a MiCA licence from an EU country can serve you in Spain.
Bitvavo is the easiest start. It holds a MiCA licence, SEPA deposits are free, most coins trade directly against the euro, and the app is simple to use.
Yes, on most of these exchanges. Bitvavo, Coinbase, Kraken, OKX EU and Bitstamp support SEPA both ways, and Bitpanda uses bank transfers. Bitunix takes SEPA deposits, but its direct withdrawals are crypto only.
Coinbase, Kraken and OKX EU offer futures under a MiCA licence, and Bitunix offers them without one. Bitvavo, Bitpanda and Bit2Me do not offer futures.
Yes. Bit2Me is based in Elche, Spain, holds a MiCA licence and offers spot trading and a crypto debit card, but no futures.
Yes. Profits from selling crypto or swapping it for another crypto are taxed as savings income in Spain, and you report them on your annual income tax return. The section "How is crypto taxed in Spain?" above explains the rules and links to the Agencia Tributaria's guidance.
