How to buy Bitcoin in Singapore
A practical Singapore guide to buying Bitcoin in SGD through MAS-licensed venues — Singpass, the risk quiz, PayNow deposits, and withdrawing to a wallet you control.
14 October 2026
Cryptocurrency exchanges · Singapore
The best crypto exchanges in Singapore, rewritten for MAS rules and SGD rails
CryptoMarkets.sg is the Singapore desk for exchange reviews, coin-buying guides and regulation explainers. We rebuilt the old WordPress review site as a long-form publication: still practical, now current.
Start with a coin
How Singaporeans buy the majors
How the reviews are crafted
Licence first, then fees, then the product
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We check the licence
The operating company goes through the MAS Financial Institutions Directory before we write a word about fees.
02
We walk the rails
Singpass onboarding, PayNow and FAST deposits, and the actual SGD spread — not a global marketing rate.
03
We publish the trade-offs
Custody, withdrawal limits, token lists and what happens if the platform is on an alert list.
Lead story
MAS crypto regulation explained
A plain-English map of how the Monetary Authority of Singapore regulates crypto — the Payment Services Act, digital payment tokens, the travel rule, retail safeguards and the Investor Alert List.
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How to store crypto safely in Singapore
A practical Singapore guide to exchange custody versus self-custody, authenticator 2FA, inheritance, why a seed phrase does not belong in Notes or iCloud, and how to travel through Changi with a hardware wallet.
13 October 2026
Best crypto exchanges in Singapore
A practical comparison of MAS-licensed retail crypto platforms in Singapore — Independent Reserve, Coinhako, Coinbase, Crypto.com, OKX and Gemini — covering PayNow, FAST fees, custody and who left the market.
12 October 2026
How crypto trading fees work in Singapore
Spread, maker-taker and instant-buy markup are different prices. Add network withdrawal fees and any BNB-style discount token, then compare the all-in cost in Singapore dollars — not the headline 0.1 per cent.
8 October 2026
Topic hubs
Exchanges
Crypto exchanges in Singapore
How to choose a MAS-licensed platform, fund it in SGD, and read fees, custody and withdrawal rules before you trade.
Coins
Buying coins in Singapore
Practical guides to buying Bitcoin, ether, XRP and SGD-linked stablecoins through licensed rails, with costs in Singapore dollars.
Regulation
MAS rules, tax and licences
The Payment Services Act, DPT licences, IRAS tax treatment, the travel rule and Singapore's stablecoin framework, written in plain English.
Guides
Wallets, withdrawals and safety
How to store coins, withdraw SGD over FAST, and spot the scams that target Singapore numbers, QR codes and fake MAS letters.
Markets
Fees, products and market structure
Maker-taker fees, dollar-cost averaging in SGD, staking under MAS rules, and the listed products available to Singapore investors.