Trade Cryptocurrency with FXCM

CFDs or Physical Cryptos?

Let us settle the debate for you. CFDs offer advantages to the speculator that are not provided by underlying "physical" crypto market. They are:

No Fussing with Crypto Wallets or Hardware Wallets

If you buy and sell physical cryptocurrencies you need to make a decision on whether or not you leave your physical cryptocurrencies with your provider. If you do, you risk they may be hacked. If you do not, you have to learn how to use hardware wallets where one wrong keystroke could mean all funds are lost.

Crytpocurrencies are not widely accepted as payment for goods and services. No need to hold them physically.

Regulation That Protects

CFDs are regulated financial products. Physical crypto is not. To the trader that means the firm they deal with is subject to oversight by both regulators, auditors, and best execution committees. With a CFD, you can be sure you are receiving the best price available as it's a regulatory requirement. You are not guaranteed that with physical crypto.

Safety of Funds

FXCM is regulated and your funds are held at leading financial institutions. Your funds are not kept by an unregulated exchange but instead with a company complying with required hacking prevention measures. And in the event FXCM is unable to pay back funds due to insolvency, customers can rely on FSCS protection up to £85,000 per individual.

Better Platforms

Our platforms are battle-tested and have been in development throughout FXCM's 20 year history. They are more feature-rich than the newly-established trading platforms of physical crypto companies. You may trade any crypto product you like without regard for what you currently hold in your account. For example, an FXCM account in GBP can go long BTC/USD without need to first own USD. That is not the case with major crypto "exchanges".

Our Markets

Bitcoin (BTC/USD)

Bitcoin is a global form of digital currency. Unlike traditional currencies, which were frequently backed by gold and silver, bitcoin is based on distributed computing. While traditional currencies are printed by central banks, bitcoins are created or "mined" by distributed computer networks.

Ethereum (ETH/USD)

Ether is the digital currency used by Ethereum. Ether is the fuel or "gas" used to pay for transactions made on the Ethereum platform. Ether gives participants a reason to contribute resources used by the platform, thereby ensuring a robust network. Further, it provides developers with incentive to write efficient code, as inefficient software programs are more expensive.

Litecoin (LTC/USD)

Litecoin is an open-source, decentralized digital currency that was created in 2011 using code from a Bitcoin client. Because of the close relationship between the two, many have described Litecoin as being the Silver to Bitcoin's gold.

Bitcoin Cash (BCH/USD)

Bitcoin Cash is a cryptocurrency that forked from Bitcoin in 2017. Its one major difference is that the blocks in bitcoin cash's blockchain allow far more space and therefore have the capacity to hold significantly more transactions.

Ripple (XRP/USD)

XRP is the native token of the Ripple network. Ripple is a cryptocurrency platform that facilitates exchange between participants via the online space. However, unlike Bitcoin and Litecoin instead of the primary objective being the creation of a decentralized and anonymous peer-to-peer mode of transfer, the target audiences for XRP are traditional banking institutions and is used to settle cross-border and cross-bank transactions transparently.

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