Spot crypto and holding crypto are lawful in India — the state taxes gains on virtual digital assets and licenses nothing, so the activity is permitted but sits outside any prudential regulator. Crypto is not legal tender.
Leveraged derivatives are the separate and harder question: no Indian exchange lists crypto perpetuals or CFDs, no regulator supervises them, and the Ministry of Finance says plainly that crypto products are unregulated and may leave no recourse; several of the offshore venues FIU-IND moved against in October 2025 were perp or margin exchanges, cited for missing AML registration. Retail foreign-exchange margin trading through overseas internet portals is separately prohibited under FEMA.
The contract itself does not change by geography: a CXMT perpetual settles in USDC everywhere.
6 venues open ChangXin Memory Technologies perps to traders in India.
ApeX
Aster
Hyperliquid
Lighter
OndoFour steps from sign-up to an open position.
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.
Trading ChangXin Memory Technologies from India: regulated.
India traders can fund ChangXin Memory Technologies positions using UPI, IMPS/NEFT/RTGS bank transfer and USDT P2P.
India residents can trade ChangXin Memory Technologies on 6 platforms, including ApeX, Aster and edgeX.
Canborsa offers up to 5x leverage on ChangXin Memory Technologies for traders based in India.