Where is cryptocurrency legal?
How cryptocurrency (also searched as crypto, Bitcoin) is treated in 99 countries, from sources last checked September 2026. Choose a country for its classification, the source, and how its neighbours compare.
- Legal 75 countries (76%), including India, United States, Pakistan and Brazil.
- Banking ban / restricted 17 countries (17%), including Indonesia, Nigeria, Russia and Vietnam.
- Banned 7 countries (7%), including China, Bangladesh, Egypt and Algeria.
Legal 75
- Albania
- Angola
- Australia
- Austria
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Chile
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lebanon
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malaysia
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Samoa
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tanzania
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tuvalu
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
Banking ban / restricted 17
Banned 7
About this data
Compiled from Wikipedia: Legality of cryptocurrency by country or territory; sources last checked 17 September 2026. The full dataset is available as JSON.
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A visual reference compiled from Wikipedia’s law-by-country articles, not legal advice. Laws change and summaries simplify — check a primary source before relying on anything here.