Buy Bitcoin In Nigeria

NairaEx provides secure and reliable Bitcoin exchange services for Nigerians. The platform is strictly limited to Nigerians and the Nigerian Naira.

Supported Fiat: NGN (Nigerian Naira)

Payment methods include: Bank Transfer Bank deposit ATM transfer

Headquarters: Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

Founders: David Ajala

Previously known as BitX, Luno was founded in 2013 in South Africa. Luno serves upcoming markets that lack local cryptocurrency exchanges and as such has a strong presence in presence in South Africa, Singapore, Nigeria, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

Supported Fiat: EUR, IDR, MYR, NGN, ZAR, ZMW

Payment methods include: Bank Transfer (SEPA) Credit Card Debit Card Cash Electronic Funds Transfer Interbank GIRO Interbank Funds Transfer

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Founders: Timothy Stranex

eToro is an innovative and versatile trading platform where you can trade stocks, ETFs, currencies, cryptocurrencies, incides, and commodities. eToro works as a social investment platform with its 'CopyTrading' feature which allows users to view, follow and copy the network's top traders automatically. eToro has a good reputation but it is worth mentioning that purchasing cryptocurrencies with eToro does not mean that you will physically own the asset. If you want to purchase the asset instead of just trading it, it is recommended to use another exchange.

Supported Fiat: USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, AUD, RUB, CNH, CAD

Payment methods include: Bank Transfer Wire Transfer China Union Pay Credit Card Debit Card Giropay Neteller PayPal Yandex

Headquarters: Tel Aviv, Israel

Founders: Yoni Assia Ronen Assia David Ring

LocalBitcoins works as a decentralized exchange, facilitating P2P (peer-to-peer) Bitcoin sales by allowing users to list their own buy/sell advertisements. By using the site users can create and list advertisements, communicate with prospective buyers and sellers and confirm all the transaction details before finalizing any trade. Users can either meet in person or trade online. LocalBitcoins allows for private purchases and can be used worldwide; it also allows users to make purchases via a number of different payment methods and doesn’t impose buying or selling limits.

Supported Fiat: USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, CAD, CNY & 50+ more

Payment methods include: BPAY Cash Credit Card Cryptocurrency Debit Card Flexepin iDEAL Neosurf Neteller PayPal Perfect Money Bank Transfer (SEPA) SWIFT Western Union

Headquarters: Helsinki, Finland

Founders: Jeremias Kangas

With millions of active users, an international market, and strategic investors on board, Kraken, joins Coinbase and Binance to become the big three cryptocurrency exchanges in the global market. Kraken provides cryptocurrency to fiat trading and provides price information to Bloomberg Terminal. In February 2019, Kraken announced that it had raised US$100 million in a direct offering to its largest customers at a $4 billion valuation.

Supported Fiat: USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, CAD

Payment methods include: Electronic Funds Transfer Bank Transfer (SEPA) Wire Transfer

Headquarters: San Francisco, California, U.S

Founders: Jesse Powell

OKCoin is a Chinese-based exchange that was founded in 2013 and is currently one of the more dominant platforms for Bitcoin trading. OKCoin primarily services users from China and the Asian markets but accepts traders from all over the world.

Supported Fiat: USD, CNY

Payment methods include: Bank Transfer Wire Transfer

Headquarters: Beijing, China

Founders: Star Xu

BitMEX (Bitcoin Mercantile Exchange), is a peer-to-peer derivatives trading platform that provides reliable derivatives, futures, and indefinite contracts on cryptocurrencies, primarily Bitcoin. BitMEX boasts over $180B traded since its’ launch and $80B in December of 2017 alone. The BitMex platform doesn’t work with fiat currencies.

Supported Fiat: None (only Bitcoin)

Payment methods include: Cryptocurrency

Headquarters: Hong Kong, HK

Founders: Arthur Hayes Ben Delo Samuel Reed

Paxful works as a peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading platform. Established in 2015, the peer-to-peer marketplace allows buyers and sellers to interact by posting trade offers. Users can choose to make purchases using PayPal, MoneyGram, Amazon/iTunes gift cards and many more payment methods.

Supported Fiat: USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, CNY & 50+ more

Payment methods include: Cash Credit Card Debit Card Flexepin iDEAL Neosurf Neteller PayPal Perfect Money SWIFT Western Union Moneygram Giftcards

Headquarters: Wilmington, Delaware, U.S

Founders: Ray Youssef Artur Schaback

Changelly allows one to exchange one cryptocurrency for another and also buy using a bank card. All this is done through a convenient and clean user-interface and a quick registration via email or social media account. Changelly’s conversion mechanism is integrated into some of the biggest cryptocurrency platforms such as Poloniex, Bittrex, and Binance. There are no geographical restrictions to the service that Changelly provides, so it can be accessed from anywhere in the world.

Supported Fiat: USD, EUR, GBP

Payment methods include: Credit Card Debit Card

Headquarters: Valletta, Malta

Founders: Alex Melikhov Konstantin Gladych