Trade Brent Crude in Taiwan

Brent Crude (BRENT) is tradable as a perpetual from Taiwan: the legal status, working funding rails and the practical route are below.

Is brent crude trading legal in Taiwan?

Holding and trading spot crypto is lawful in Taiwan and the state taxes the gains, but providing the service is not. Since the amended Money Laundering Control Act took effect on 30 November 2024, any enterprise or person providing virtual asset services must complete anti-money-laundering registration with the FSC before offering them, and providing them without that registration carries up to two years' imprisonment; nine entities had completed registration as of the list published on 22 September 2025. Taiwan then went further than registration: the Legislative Yuan passed the Virtual Asset Service Act on 30 June 2026 and the President promulgated it on 22 July 2026, creating a full licensing regime with seven categories of virtual asset service provider, a stablecoin chapter, minimum capital and an operating bond.

What the contract is

A perpetual on BRENT tracks price and does not confer ownership of the underlying — the same contract mechanics apply in every jurisdiction; what differs by country is legal status and funding rails.

Sign up on Canborsa with email, X or a wallet

No document upload to open the account. Canborsa is non-custodial: your collateral stays under your own keys until a position opens.

Email X Wallet

Fund the account with USDC

Deposit USDC over Canton, Robinhood Chain, Ethereum, Base, BNB Chain or Arbitrum. Canborsa takes no fiat, so buying the USDC happens wherever you normally buy stablecoins.

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Open BRENT-PERP

Pick BRENT in the markets list. The ticket shows the live price, the current funding rate and max leverage 20x .

BRENT-PERPPerpetual · USDC marginLONG

Choose Buy / Long, then set size and leverage

Buying $1,000 of BRENT at 5x uses $200 of collateral. Higher leverage moves the liquidation price closer to your entry: your exposure is the position size, whatever margin you posted. Set a stop-loss below your entry before you walk away.

There is no dedicated crypto tax. For an individual, gains on virtual currency that is not securities in nature are property transaction income — sale price less original acquisition cost and related expenses — aggregated into consolidated gross income and taxed at the individual's ordinary progressive rate.

Trading BRENT from Taiwan: legal.

Taiwan residents can trade Brent Crude on 8 platforms, including Avantis, GMX and Helix.

Canborsa offers up to 20x leverage on Brent Crude for traders based in Taiwan.

On Canborsa, Brent Crude trading from Taiwan costs 0.07% per side.