You can trade cryptocurrencies from your eTrading platform or through the cryptocurrency service in your eBanking portal.

You must hold a Swissquote trading account with cash available in EUR and/or USD, as currently cryptocurrencies cannot be traded directly against CHF.

Yes, custody fees apply to crypto-assets and are levied quarterly. Our fees contribute to guaranteeing the safety of our clients’ digital assets and the security of our custody solutions, in order to deliver state-of-the-art systems that include multi-signature wallets, offline storage of cryptographic materials and strict access-control policies. To know more, check out our pricing page.

As a regulated Swiss bank, we offer competitive transaction fees on a degressive basis depending on the amount of transactions you make. More details can be found on the dedicated pricing section of our website.

Minimum and maximum amounts are defined per pair as follows:

The performance graph is available on the dedicated Crypto Asset platform under My account > Account overview > Crypto Assets > Trade > Show details. It is also available on the Markets & Quotes page under Crypto Assets and in the Swissquote app under Markets & Quotes > Cryptocurrencies.

Settlement is instantaneous.

With the safety of our clients’ digital assets as our number one priority, Swissquote operates state-of-the-art security systems including multi-signature wallets, offline storage of cryptographic materials and strict access-control policies. We rely on redundant custody solutions, including ours and external partners’, to store client digital assets. Only a minimal amount of digital assets are held with sub-custodians, such as those necessary for day-to-day trading activities with the relevant liquidity providers.

Swissquote stores the vast majority of client digital assets in direct custody. Only a minimal amount of digital assets are held with sub-custodians, such as those necessary for day-to-day trading activities with the relevant liquidity providers.

The tokens Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Bancor (BNT), Enjin (ENJ), ApeCoin (APE), Axie Infinity (AXS), MANA (Decentraland), Gala (GALA), Litecoin (LTC), Hedera (HBAR), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), The Sandbox (SAND), Atom (ATOM), Algorand (ALGO), Chainlink (LINK), Ethereum Classic (ETC), Polkadot (DOT), Aave (AAVE), Filecoin (FIL), Polygon (MATIC), Chiliz (CHZ), Compound (COMP), Solana (SOL), Uniswap (UNI), Stellar (XLM), 0x (ZRX), Cardano (ADA), Maker (MKR), Eos (EOS), Augur (REP), Audius (AUDIO), Ripple (XRP), Dogecoin (DOGE), Avalanche (AVAX) and Tezos (XTZ) are available for trading on SQX in accordance with the SQX Trading Rules. Currently, the other cryptocurrencies remain tradeable outside SQX and their prices continue to be determined by the relevant liquidity provider.

You may be aware that recently, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed a complaint against U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase on allegations of violating federal securities law. In particular, the SEC sued Coinbase alleging that it broke securities laws by (i) operating as an unregistered broker, exchange and clearing agency, (ii) making available for trading crypto assets that are being offered and sold as investment contracts, and thus as securities, and by (iii) engaging in an unregistered securities offering through its staking-as-a–service program (according to the SEC, the staking-as-a-service program should be considered a security as well); according to the SEC, Coinbase should have registered with them and obtained the relevant license to conduct those activities.

This lawsuit has caused some cryptocurrency exchanges in the US and in Europe to delist certain cryptocurrencies that are qualified as securities by the SEC. The outcome of this lawsuit is uncertain, as is the effect it will have on the regulatory treatment of the relevant cryptocurrencies in other jurisdictions around the world. 

Currently, the cryptocurrencies concerned by the complaint that are tradable with Swissquote continue to be listed at our partner Coinbase and are still available for trading on SQX. As a reminder, Coinbase acts as a liquidity provider and a sub-custodian for Swissquote with respect to a certain number of cryptocurrencies. Swissquote will continue providing access to those cryptocurrencies on SQX for as long as Swissquote considers it appropriate. Please be aware that the situation can change quickly. 

If the cryptocurrencies concerned by the SEC complaint were to be delisted by our partner Coinbase and if the liquidity of those cryptocurrencies on SQX were to drop or to cease completely, we might have to halt trading with very little or no notice. Very importantly, this would mean that you would no longer be in a position to sell those cryptocurrencies. In a worst case scenario, those cryptocurrencies would have to stay with Swissquote without having the possibility to sell or transfer them. For these reasons, it is important that you regularly review your cryptocurrency holdings and whether you remain comfortable with the associated risks.

You can place stop limit orders with the following cryptocurrencies: Ave (AAVE), Cardano (ADA), Algorand (ALGO), ApeCoin (APE), Cosmos (ATOM), Avalanche (AVAX), Axie Infinity (AXS), Chiliz (CHZ), Compound (COMP), Dogecoin (DOGE), Polkadot (DOT), Enjin (ENJ), EOS (EOS), Ethereum Classic (ETC), Filecoin (FIL), Chainlink (LINK), Decentraland (MANA), Polygon (MATIC), Maker (MKR), Augur (REP), Solana (SOL), Uniswap (UNI), Stellar (XLM), Tezos (XTZ), yearn.finance (YFI) and OX (ZRX).

While the treatment of Hard Forks and similar events (incl. "airdrops" and other token allocation events) is uncertain from a legal and practical perspective, Swissquote’s current policy in this regard is to make its best efforts to have its concerned clients benefit from such events, the way Swissquote deems appropriate. For more details, please refer to our Policy on Hard forks and similar events and section 12 of our Digital Assets Contract.

Yes, Swiss taxpayers must declare their digital currencies. Swissquote provides details of your cryptocurrency positions in January of each year to help you declare them correctly. This information can be found in the «Documents» section of your account.