2 of the 80 exchanges we track accept BTCDirect deposits, ranked by CWR Score. The list below is checked against your country.
Every exchange below lists BTCDirect among its deposit methods in the CryptoWinRate database. The list checks each venue's restricted-country list against your location. Change it if we got it wrong.
Exchanges with a CWR Score of 7 or higher and no security incident in the last 12 months.Every exchange that accepts BTCDirect.
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Also accepting BTCDirect, but restricted in your country: Bybit, KuCoin,
BTCDirect is a European crypto broker and a way to pay for crypto. You enter an amount, it shows you a quoted price, and you accept or decline. A broker sells you crypto from its own book at a price it quotes, rather than matching you against other users on an order book, and its margin sits inside that price.
To use it you need an account in your own name, identity verification, euros, and a supported payment method. You don’t have to share bank login details with the exchange, because you authorise the payment yourself. One limit worth knowing: once crypto is dispatched, the transaction is final.
The list at the top of this page shows which exchanges accept BTCDirect.
BTCDirect is run by BTC Direct Europe B.V., a private company based in Nijmegen, in the Netherlands. It was founded in 2013 by Mike Hutting, Davy Stevens and Mark Bakker, which makes it one of Europe’s longest-standing crypto platforms.
In October 2020 the company raised a Series A round of about 11 million euros. In 2021 it renewed the platform, expanding the coin offering to more than 50 cryptocurrencies and adding built-in wallets. Since the EU’s MiCA rules came in, BTCDirect has obtained a MiCA licence through the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets, which brings it into full compliance with EU crypto-asset rules. For someone paying with it today, that licence and the long operating history are the facts that matter.
BTCDirect’s core product is selling crypto directly to people. It offers more than 50 coins, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, XRP and Bitcoin Cash, which you buy with euros. The model is non-custodial for the buyer: once you’ve paid, the coins are sent straight to your own wallet address, so BTCDirect doesn’t hold your crypto afterwards. It also offers built-in wallets on its own platform and supports selling crypto back for euros.
This is separate from using BTCDirect to fund an exchange account. When you pay through it, you still complete your buy and the crypto lands in the wallet you gave. The quote is take-it-or-leave-it and valid for a short window.
These steps work at any exchange that accepts BTCDirect.
A BTCDirect payment is usually fast. You authorise it yourself in your banking app or on a card form, and the provider states crypto is on its way within minutes, with delivery in about two minutes. A few things can slow it down. A first-time payment may trigger extra identity checks before anything moves. A plain bank transfer can take longer than an instant method, and weekends or bank cut-off times can push it to the next working day. Once the crypto is dispatched to a wallet, it’s final and can’t be reversed.
With a broker there’s one number, and the market price, the margin and the payment cost are all folded into it. BTCDirect doesn’t show its margin as a separate fee; it sits inside the quoted price, and it tends to be wider than an exchange commission would be. No set fee percentage is published on its own pages. The minimum order is 30 euros. An exchange may add something on top, such as a deposit charge or a wider price on instant buys. To see the full cost before you confirm, compare the crypto quantity the quote buys against the spot price and work out the difference.
On an order book you see a bid and an ask, and you pay a stated commission on top. Both numbers are visible, and on a heavily traded pair the gap between them is small. With a broker there is one number, and everything, the market price, the margin, the payment cost, is folded into it.
Neither model is dishonest. The broker’s quote is exactly what you will pay, which is arguably clearer than a fee schedule with tiers. What it is not is cheap: folding costs into a price makes them invisible, and invisible costs tend to be larger.
The test is the same thirty seconds every time. Note the quantity the quote buys, look up the spot price, and work out the difference as a percentage. If that number is comfortable, the convenience is worth it.
Compare a few things between exchanges that accept BTCDirect. Check the total cost shown before you confirm, since that’s the number that matters. Look at how long identity verification takes, and whether you can withdraw back to BTCDirect if you want to sell later. Check which coins you can buy and the venue’s security record. The list at the top of this page shows the exchanges that record BTCDirect among their methods, so start there and work through these points.
Yes. You authorise a BTCDirect payment yourself from your own bank or card, and identity verification ties the account to you. A payment from someone else’s account won’t fit that model.
BTCDirect supports selling crypto back for euros, so you can pay out that way. Check the exact route and whether your exchange supports returning funds through it before you rely on it.
If the payment doesn’t go through, no crypto is dispatched and you simply try again or request a fresh quote. Quotes are valid only for a short window, so an expired one needs replacing.
Inside the quoted price. Compare the crypto quantity you’re offered against the spot price to see it.
No. A broker quote is take-it-or-leave-it and valid for a short window.
Pick another method the exchange accepts, such as a bank transfer or card. The list at the top of this page shows which venues take BTCDirect.
In the EU, Bybit serves customers through a separate platform, Bybit EU, which is licensed under MiCA.
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