Best Crypto Exchanges in the United Kingdom (2026 Guide) 🇬🇧

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00:00best cryptocurrency exchanges in the united kingdom so the uk uh is uh one of the more kind

00:08of mature crypto regulatory environments in the world i would say that not necessarily to say that

00:16you know that's favorable in any regard but they are heavily governed by the financial conduct

00:22authority it definitely remains one of europe's most active hubs still for bitcoin and stable

00:28coins and with three despite sometimes people looking at the region as somewhat being a lot more

00:37stringent um when it comes to its uh regulatory scope but british traders are definitely benefiting

00:46from gbp faster payments and also high banking penetration and clear aml kyc rules some of the

00:55world's most trusted crypto custodians also still operate in the country so in addition to that you

01:02still have these uh no kyc platforms that a lot of our uk traders like to use which we will cover in

01:10this video today if you want to check out the best cryptocurrency exchange platforms that to use make

01:15sure you check out the links in the description and get started let's talk about the uk crypto

01:20regulatory environment as we get into 2026 the fca oversight definitely strict criteria here for

01:28exchanges that are operating within the uk with mandatory kyc aml segregated customer funds uh

01:37reporting obligations of course advertising restrictions and also detailed risk disclosures so only a small

01:45number of exchanges are officially fca registrants here so no retail trading in derivatives since 2021

01:55the uk retail customers can't legally access perpetual futures options leveraged crypto cfds as a result

02:05you're seeing a lot of traders seeking uh kind of no kyc offshore derivatives platforms for them to

02:14access those kind of products and then you've got the hmrc and taxation you have to pay your capital gains tax

02:21income tax on staking on airdrops and on yield and every uk trader basically needs to have clean exploitable

02:30records making exchange choice extremely important as well so let's talk about some of the best fca lined

02:37cryptocurrencies exchanges for uk traders right so these are platforms that would support the local

02:43currency gbp deposits and withdrawals trading pairs and uh also that are under the fca and that robust

02:52compliance um kind of uh oversight so kraken number one on our list today best overall exchange for uk users

03:04widely regarded as one of the most complete platforms over there with ultra low fees on kraken pro

03:12gdp liquidity strong security history as well as a clean regulatory track record

03:18features include obviously the faster payments with local fiat the tighter spreads on

03:24btc local fiat currency pairs staking which is kind of jurisdiction dependent though excellent mobile

03:31desktop tools too so kraken it's number one for sure coinbase is another exchange that is seen as

03:37being very good for beginners and has safety and custody as some of the key strengths it's a fca

03:44registered e-money operator instant deposits with the local fiat simple ui as well as insurance back

03:51custody number three on the list we've got bitstamp uk best for professional traders and institutions

03:58here you might want to know why people are choosing bitstamp right it's got strong gbp rails it's got a

04:05long operating history dating back all the way to 2011 ny dfs level compliance institutional grade

04:13custody that's a bitstem so crypto.com very very widely used uh kind of all-in-one mobile platform here

04:22with spot trading where you can earn yields you can have cards nft marketplaces and all that and then

04:27you've got some uh brokers like e-toro also giving access to stock cts copy trading and crypto to uk users

04:37and there are also some other global exchanges that are available to uk users which are not necessarily um

04:44under the fca but you've got okay we can have spots trading on okay or bybit and uh yeah by binance i

04:53think it has restricted access now i think partially available you might need to just double check that

04:59so this is why we say uk traders often end up seeking no kyc alternatives when we're thinking really

05:06access perpetual swaps with kind of the majority of the volume in the crypto markets is futures options

05:12and leverage and uh pretty much you know if you want to hedge if you want to short if you want to

05:18do high frequency trading and hard coin momentum strategies these no kyc platforms give you up to

05:25200x leverage thousands of trading pairs no identity checks no kyc right instant sign up deep liquidity

05:33let's look at some of the best platforms that you can access obviously um that is uh if you are able to

05:40uh that is your choice to use the different kind of platforms that are global exchanges that

05:46most people in all kinds of jurisdictions are using platforms like casex right where you can get 200x perps

05:53deep liquidity ultra fast i love this platform easy to use bit unix it has a clean experience strong

06:01derivatives as well me xc 108 1800 coins you've got btc uh btcc femex

06:11below finish so many many platforms and in the article that we did reviewing this we actually

06:17kind of break it all down talk about crypto taxes as well and uh you know some of the essential tools

06:24you might want to use if you're trading in the uk so make sure you check that out make sure you check

06:29out the links to all the recommended platforms to use in the description so you can get some nice

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