Is crypto legal in Saudi Arabia?
Banking ban / restricted
Cryptocurrency is legal to hold but banks are barred from handling it.
Saudi Arabia is one of 17 countries classified “Banking ban / restricted” for cryptocurrency — 17% of the 99 with data. (Also searched as crypto, Bitcoin.)
Source
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Qatar
- Banking ban / restricted Cryptocurrency is legal to hold but banks are barred from handling it.
- Jordan
- Banking ban / restricted Cryptocurrency is legal to hold but banks are barred from handling it.
- United Arab Emirates
- Legal Cryptocurrency is legal and regulated by various authorities including the Capital Market Authority, DFSA, and FSRA.
- Israel
- Legal Cryptocurrency is not regulated as currency, but holding and trading it is lawful.
- Egypt
- Banned Cryptocurrency is prohibited.
- Lebanon
- Legal Cryptocurrency is legal to own and trade.
Other laws in Saudi Arabia
- Gambling Age
- Gambling prohibited
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