Every platform below signs a trader in India up without identity documents; the sign-up column says how.
ApeX
Aster
Avantis
Derive
Ethereal
gTrade
Helix
Hyperliquid
KiloEx
Lighter
Ondo
Ostium
Pacifica
Paradex
Reya
Synthetix
Vest“No-KYC” covers three different arrangements in practice. Knowing which one a venue runs tells you where the friction will appear — at signup, at the first withdrawal, or at the local-currency step.
Routes that start from crypto you already hold stay document-free.
USDT P2Pfunding railFull identity verification is the norm and is a legal obligation on the venue: virtual-digital-asset service providers serving Indian users are Reporting Entities under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 and carry client-identification, record-keeping and reporting obligations to FIU-IND whether or not they have any physical presence in India.
It describes how a venue signs a trader up: an email, an X account or a wallet, with no identity documents before the first trade. It says nothing about the fiat step, where an on-ramp can still ask for them.
Yes. In India: 30% on income from the transfer of a virtual digital asset, with no deduction other than cost of acquisition and no set-off or carry-forward of losses, plus 1% TDS under section 194S on payment for a transfer to a resident.
USDC on Canton, Robinhood Chain, Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain or Arbitrum.
0.07% per side, 0.14% round-trip.