Skip to content

CFDs are leveraged products. CFD trading may not be suitable for everyone and can result in losses that exceed your deposits, so please consider our Risk Disclosure Notice and ensure that you fully understand the risks involved. CFDs are leveraged products. CFD trading may not be suitable for everyone and can result in losses that exceed your deposits, so please consider our Risk Disclosure Notice and ensure that you fully understand the risks involved.

Bitcoin (USD)

(BTC=)

Bitcoin (USD) chart This market's chart. This is a visual representation of the price action in the market, over a certain period of time. You can use this to help gauge a market’s performance.

95208.5
95253.5
-176.0pts (-0.18%)

High: 96310.5

Low: 93557.9

71% of client accounts are long on this market

The percentage of IG client accounts with positions in this market that are currently long or short. Calculated to the nearest 1%.

Why trade cryptocurrencies with IG Bank?

Trade on all major cryptocurrencies

Bitcoin, ether, litecoin and more. Plus our Crypto 10 index for broad exposure

Take advantage of weekend trading

Keep trading when markets are usually closed1

Make the most of volatility

Trade rising and falling prices on leverage, even while other markets are flat2

  • Costs and details
  • Related markets
  • CFD

Minimum size 0

Contract size BTC 1

One Pip means 1

Value of one Pip USD 1 (CHF 0.89)

Margin 10%

Minimum stop distance 0.5%

Minimum guaranteed stop distance 10.0%

Your aggregate position in this market will be margined in the following tiers:

Tier Position size Margin
1 0 - 15 Contracts - USD 10%
2 15 - 30 Contracts - USD 15%
3 30 - 45 Contracts - USD 30%
4 45 + Contracts - USD 75%

If your aggregate position is larger than Tier 1, your margin requirement will not be reduced by non-guaranteed stops.

Please note: we have tried to ensure that the information here is as accurate as possible, but it is intended for guidance only and any errors will not be binding on us.

Daily funding 7 days a week - pay 0.0694% when long, receive 0.0137% when short.

There is a limit of £5,000,000 notional value per client across all cryptocurrencies.

Any client with a notional size above this limit is at risk of having their cryptocurrency positions reduced.

Quoted 08:00 Sat - 22:00 Fri (UK time)

View all our charges

Other positions taken by clients trading this market

Use this to see how IG client accounts with positions on this market are trading other markets. Data is calculated to the nearest 1%, and updated automatically every 15 minutes.

This is calculated to the nearest 1%.

Discover opportunity in-platform

Discover opportunity in-app

Open a free, no-risk demo account to stay on top of index movement and important events.

Real-time charts

Analyse index price action on our fast, reliable HTML5 charts

Trading signals

Identify the right time to trade with free technical signals, on indices and more

Three types of alert

Be notified when a market changes an amount, hits a level or meets your technical conditions

Reuters news feed

React to the latest market news in-platform, where you need it

Real-time charts

Trading signals

Three types of alert

Reuters news feed

Open demo account
Or trade now with a live account

You might be interested in...

<h3>Trading bitcoin with IG Bank</h3>
<h3>Find out about us</h3>
<h3>Litecoin trading</h3>

Go long or short on bitcoin to make the most of volatility.

Discover why so many clients choose us, and what makes us the world's No.1 provider of CFDs.3

Open a position on litecoin via your CFD account.

1 Trade cryptocurrencies from 9am Saturday through to 11pm on Friday night (Swiss time). If you have a position open on one of these cryptocurrency markets, it will be affected by weekend trading. This additional trading period during the weekend means not only do you have longer to speculate on the price of different coins, but also any stops and limits you have open can be filled on the weekend.

2While leverage magnifies profits, it will also magnify losses.

3 Based on revenue (published financial statements, 2022).