Best crypto exchanges in Germany

• 21 crypto exchanges with a verified licence serve residents of Germany: 2 hold a local licence (BaFin) and 19 serve under an EU passport.
• Top pick by Coinish Score: Coinbase (80/100, Editor Rating 4.1/5).
• Lowest order-book trading fee: 0.09% (Revolut).
• No minimum deposit: Trade Republic.

Ranked by Coinish Score: half the Editor Rating for the entity that serves residents of Germany, half Market Signal. Brokers without enough verified data for a rating are placed by Market Signal and labelled; brokers with neither are listed last. How we rate

Of the 21 crypto exchanges on this list, 6 serve Germany under a MiCA authorisation from FMA (Austria) (Bybit, KuCoin, Bitpanda and 3 more), 4 serve Germany under a MiCA authorisation from MFSA in Malta (Crypto.com, Gate, OKX and 1 more), 2 serve Germany under a MiCA authorisation from CSSF in Luxembourg (Coinbase and Bitstamp) and 2 serve Germany under a MiCA authorisation from CySEC in Cyprus (Revolut and eToro); 7 more are authorised by BaFin, CBI, Bank of Lithuania, AFM, CNMV and Bank of Latvia.

Base-tier spot taker fees on the order-book exchanges here run from 0.09% (Revolut) to 1.2% (Gemini). Apps without an order book charge a per-trade fee instead: eToro 1%, Paybis 1.49% and Coinfinity 1.5%.

• Search the company name on the BaFin register (portal.mvp.bafin.de); for a firm licensed elsewhere, on its home regulator's register too (FMA (Austria), MFSA and CSSF for most of this list).
• Check which company your contract is with. Coinbase, for example, onboards residents of Germany through Coinbase Luxembourg S.A. (CSSF, MiCA CASP · LEI 984500F14CA4571AAC11), and the name on the account-opening documents should match the list.
• Confirm the exchange is an authorised CASP on ESMA's interim MiCA register, and that Germany is among the member states it has notified.

Yes, with a licensed provider. Since the MiCA transitional period ended on 1 July 2026, crypto platforms serving EU residents need MiCA authorisation as a crypto-asset service provider (CASP) in an EU member state.

Sources: esma.europa.eu, esma.europa.eu

By Coinish Score, Coinbase (80/100, Editor Rating 4.1/5), through Coinbase Luxembourg S.A. (CSSF, MiCA CASP · LEI 984500F14CA4571AAC11). Revolut (77) and Crypto.com (77) follow. The score rates the company that would serve you in Germany, so the same brand can rank differently in another country.

Trade Republic, one of the German-licensed providers here, says it doesn't take tax off crypto gains. You report them yourself in your tax return as private sales, and you can't set them against your saver's allowance (Freistellungsauftrag) or existing loss pots.

Source: support.traderepublic.com

Yes. A crypto-asset service provider authorised under MiCA in one member state can serve residents of the others once its home regulator has notified them. 19 of the 21 on this list reach Germany that way, most from Austria (6), Malta (4) and Luxembourg (2).

The home regulator supervises the exchange, and ESMA keeps the central register of authorised CASPs, so you can check any of them there.

Sources: esma.europa.eu, esma.europa.eu

Crypto held with an exchange is not covered by investor compensation schemes, so the exchange's own safeguards (segregated client assets, cold storage, proof of reserves) matter more than for a broker account.

Source: eiopa.europa.eu

Under current law, a sale of crypto held for more than one year is not a taxable private sale (§ 23 EStG covers disposals within a year). A Finance Ministry draft would abolish that one-year holding period and tax crypto gains at 25%; it was not law when we checked in October 2026.

Coinish isn't a tax adviser: check your own situation with the tax authority or an accountant.

Sources: gesetze-im-internet.de, bundestag.de