Bitso Supported Countries | Eligible Outside Of Latin America?
Mike Harry
Feb 2024
3 min read
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Introduction: Bitso is a popular cryptocurrency exchange in Latin America that allows users to trade various digital assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple. In this article, we will provide an overview of the countries that are supported by Bitso and those that are prohibited from accessing its services.
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Bitso operates with a team of over 600 employees and primarly serves 4 Latin American countries including Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and Columbia.
The exchange is also operational across multiple European countries and certain other jurisdictions.
Bitso has grown it's user base to over 6 million and its mobile application has been downloaded over 1 million times.
In total, Bitso supports transactions in 50 different cryptocurrencies, including Decentraland, Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Ripple.
Bitso Restricted & Banned countries
Bitso services are prohibited in the following jurisdictions:
Afghanistan
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Burundi
Central African Republic
China
Cuba
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
Democratic Republic of Congo
Ethiopia
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Iran
Iraq
Kosovo
Lebanon
Libya
Macedonia
Mali
Montenegro
Myanmar (Burma)
Nicaragua
Russia
Serbia
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Syria
Ukraine
United States of America
Venezuela
Yemen
Zimbabwe
Is Bitso Licensed & Regulated?
Bitso International is a limited liability company incorporated and registered in Gibraltar, licensed by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFS), with license number FSC1348B, as a distributed ledger technology provider.
Is Bitso available in the US?
At the time of writing, Bitso's services are not available to US citizens.
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Can I use Bitso in UK & Canada?
While Bitso is a Mexico-based cryptocurrency exchange platform, residents in the United Kingdom and Canada have the possibility to signup and use it's services.
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